Category: Hotels

The Grand Hotel Union has probably the best location in town, just @ the main square. The exterior and interiors both included old-world charm. Differnet strokes for differnet folks, it’s always interesting to stay in a hotel of historical significance. The city is a perfect blend of museums, art galleries and open-air markets, with a castle-on-a-hill, and some very pretty churches like the beautiful Annunciation church, just 50 meters away from the hotel. The original was completed in 1905. Grand it is, softened with Art…Continue Reading “Grand Hotel Union Different old warm charm experience / Ljubljana / Slovenia” →

Contributed by Jens Hoffmann. Me gusta Barca. The nice Eurostars Marina 5star hote, located in the city’s Port Vell, the unique architectural structure looks like the bridge of a large ship, the hotel Eurostars Grand Marina is a great place full of comfort and luxury. The building, which resembles a transatlantic liner, is often mistaken for the ships and cruisers which, anchored in the port of Barcelona, protect the hotel. All rooms have the constant presence of the Mediterranean light that finds its way into…Continue Reading “A fantastic view – Check in @Eurostars Marina / Barcelona / Spain” →

We landed at Istanbuls International Atatürk Airport and went straight to the Ciragan Palace Kempinski. The lovely 5star luxury hotel of the Kempinski Group was formerly the palace of an Ottoman Sultan. Nowadays it is the grand dame of Istanbuls hotel and it wows guests at every turn, from the sprawling, manicured grounds, to the heated infinity pool right on the Bosphorus, to the refined suites. Take a look: Entering the hotel and walking the hotel grounds immediately began to increase my serenity. I enjoyed…Continue Reading “Sultans experience – Hotel Ciragan Palace Kempinski, Istanbul / Turkey” →

We took the nightrain from Bangkok to Laos and checked in “The 3 Nagas”, a charming boutique hotel in Luang Prabang, Laos. Always so nice to be in Laos and in the region where I used to live and work for three years. After arrival, outside the hotel an old Citroen welcomed us. The 3 Nagas in Luang Prabang is beautiful and you feel like in a bygone century. The hotel comprises three meticulously restored UNESCO World Heritage Buildings, each more than a hundred years…Continue Reading “Cosy destination Laos – Hotel 3 Nagas / Luang Prabang” →

House & Hotel Magazine likes this beautiful boutique hotel in Hamburg. The one and only SIDE Hotel is the first and sole 5 star Design Hotel in Hamburg. Located near the inner Alster lake and the city’s shopping arcades, it combines wellness with lifestyle and luxury with design. The 11 floors of puristic design were composed by architect Matteo Thun. It is just a short walk to the next U-bahn station and you can catch a train straight to the airport. The staff is very…Continue Reading “Design & Style Side-Hotel / Hamburg / Germany” →

House & Hotel Magazine features China’s horseshoe-shaped Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort hotel which is set to be the country’s latest landmark. China unveiled the world’s largest and biggest building in Chengdu today it’s Huzhou in the northern Zhejiang province that claims attention, with the opening of a 27-storey hotel set on the Taihu Lake between Nanjing and Shanghai. It looks great, congrats to the fantstic design by architect Ma Yansong. From above water the hotel looks like a horseshoe, but it actually has two…Continue Reading “Horseshoe hotel by Sheraton / Huzhou / China” →

Winter 2013! Snow, ice skating? No, not at all. It is 8 degrees in Berlin and sunshine. No Maldives or Thailand this year for us, we are in Nauen, 30km away from Berlin City, in the eco-friendly Landgut A. Borsig hotel. We stayed together with the family and kids in a nice big suite in a proper 4-star bio hotel. The Landgut A.Borsig combines all the services you’d expect from a four-star hotel, design and style, friendly and welcoming staff that characterise the region and…Continue Reading “Booming ecoluxury – Hotel Landgut A. Borsig in Nauen / Germany” →

Singapore – a city in the garden Contributed by Jens Hoffmann. A foodtrip brought me to Singapore. I like it to be here, Singapore has always been a garden city, full of tropical plants all over the island. Now, with the help of innovative environ­ mental technology, this lush foliage will be encouraged to grow skywards, adding a welcome touch of green, inside and out, to an increasing number of high-rise buildings in this metropolis of millions. Spectacular architecture and abundant vegetation are not the…Continue Reading “Singapore – a city in the garden” →

We enjoyed this special location. If you like luxury cabins, go to Mexico and watch out for this design hotel on a secluded hill in the wine-growing region of Valle de Guadalupe. This luxury cabins bring people into direct contact with the nature. Located in the municipality of Ensada. Blending seamlessly with the surrounding landscape, the expansive views of the mountains and fertile wine-growing soils are given pride of place. Endémico, Spanish for endemic, meaning native to a specific region or environment, was designed to…Continue Reading “Me gusta Mexico – Designhotel Endémico / Mexico” →

I love the city and just to be in A’dam makes me happy. The Pulitzer hotel is my #1 location. It gives you a great view on the canals, sprawling, though ever so elegantly, across a staggering 25 canal houses, it is an ideal destination for indulgent getaways. Guests can arrive by boat, rooms are big and stylish, and there are top-notch facilities, including a Gordon Ramsay restaurant. And everywhere in the hotel there are antiques galore and glistening marble. There is a lovely garden…Continue Reading “Welcome in A’dam – Hotel Pulitzer / Holland” →