Nicest hotel room ever?

Old May 21st, 2000, 08:14 AM
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Nicest hotel room ever?

After becoming appropriately disgusted from the topic about dirtiest hotel rooms, how about clearing the air with details about your nicest, if not cleanest? Perhaps some of us can book them in the future.

One of my favorite rooms is in London, at the Goring hotel, where there is a huge, wooley (fake) sheep standing by the bed--a quirky and lovable feature in many of the rooms. But I'll undoubtedly think of some great rooms.
 
Old May 21st, 2000, 08:48 AM
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The Half Acre bedroom in Temple House, Sligo Country in Ireland gets my vote. It is just soo big with real shutters on the windows and a dressing room and ensuite complete with family paintings and a wash stand (antique). The bed with its 4 posters fits in just right as if it is meant to be there but then it has been there for the past 300 years. One other favourite place are the rooms in Tinakilly House, near Dublin with its large beds with fluffy covers, sea views, old wooden cabinets. I could go on forever ... but I won't. All was completely finished with breakfast in bed. Need I say more

Joyce
 
Old May 21st, 2000, 09:14 AM
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Our favorite is probably the top floor suite at the Hotel Eiger in Muerren, Switzerland. Comfy king bed. Two baths filled with Italian (?) tile and marble. Handcrafted Swiss trim and furniture. Leather upholstery. Large closets. Tasteful decor.

A fine suite. But the best part is the view from the living room sliding glass doors (on to the balcony) overlooking the Lauterbrunnen Valley and the threesome of the Eiger, Moench and Jungfrau. We've stayed in larger suites, suites with more antiques (beside us) ... but combine the superb rooms and the view and it's hard to beat.

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Old May 21st, 2000, 07:29 PM
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My favorite and nicest hotel room was overlooking the French Riviera on my honeymoon in Rochbrune(?) many years ago. I cannot even remember the name of the hotel, just the incredible view both day and night, and the bath gel. Nothing will ever be as romantic.
 
Old May 22nd, 2000, 06:26 AM
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I've stayed in some very nice hotels with some swell views (the Villa Parisi in Castiglioncello springs to mind), but the room I enjoyed the most was not very distinguished. It was, however, the one nearest the train station, and the friend I was travelling with had gotten sick. After a week of five women sharing one room, it was a thrill to stay someplace with just the two of us, each in our own bed, and a private bath.
 
Old May 22nd, 2000, 06:32 AM
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It has to be in Venice, The Hotel Europa and Regina. We lucked into getting a huge suite with numerous rooms, 2 large walk-in closets and a 400 sq.ft. verandah overlooking a postcard view of Venice!
Coming in 2nd might be in NYC at the St. Regent. Not nearly as large a room but sooooooo nice with butler service, crystal chandaliers, 1st class all the way.
 
Old May 22nd, 2000, 09:57 AM
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Loew's Hotel in Denver - Gorgeous rooms with a European feel (company paid for it, which made it even better).

Every room in every B&B in Northern Ireland - frills and decorator pillows and big fluffy towels and knicknacks up the wazoo...like staying with my grandmother.
 
Old May 22nd, 2000, 11:42 AM
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Funny, this topic just came up at work the other day. Definitely the Kahala Mandarin Oriental in Honolulu! Not the greatest landscaping but beautiful beautiful rooms!!!
 
Old May 22nd, 2000, 11:50 AM
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Back in my previous life (when I was a corporate VP with a huge expense account and before I became poorer but happier working for a university research institute, I booked a room at the Willard Hotel, just down the street from the White House in Washington D.C. Some kind soul upgraded me to a fabulous suite. I had orchids in the gorgeous marble bathroom, a real paneled library with real books, and a beautifully decorated bedroom, so fancy that even the walk-in closets had matching wallpaper. It was outstanding.
On the simpler end of the scale, my favorite justplainold hotel room was at the Goring Hotel in London (see Lola's above). It was tiny and had a view of the ugly inner court, but it was cosy and had a heated towel rack...the first time I'd experienced one of those. When I travel alone (as I was for business on that trip), I feel even more lonely in a huge room, so the wraparound effect of this tiny cozy room at the Goring made me feel fine and comfy. I have to say though that the lovely suite at the Willard didn't make me feel lonely at all! And Mohammed Ali roomed right down the hall and I was introduced to him. Ah, those were the days.
 
Old May 22nd, 2000, 12:05 PM
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Please include room rates!

Thanks!
 
Old May 22nd, 2000, 12:07 PM
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Oh this is a tough one! But since you ask, I suppose I have a tie. Hotel Grand Balcons in Paris, which I recommend time and time again and never grow tired of. I adore the Luxembourg Gardens (sp?) and the staff and the breakfast. Otherwise the Hotel Helvetica (at least I THINK thats what it was called) in Monaco! We arrived in the off season expecting to pay a fortune but found that our room was very resonable, and since we were the only guests there, we got this huge room with gigantic windows that looked strait down the main shopping street with an unobstructed view to the blinding blue water of the Riviera! It was like being in heaven! The staff was also top notch, advising us on the proper attire for an evening at the Monte Carlo.. (with our whopping 25.00 USD budget for gambling!) They even clued us in to this "Rose Ball" that was happening so we got see, (from a distance of course) the entire royal family arrive decked to the nines for a charity ball..I would stay there again in a heart beat...in fact what the heck am I doing in this lousy office? Ok. Making money to travel some more I guess.
 
Old May 22nd, 2000, 12:13 PM
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Inter-Continental in Frankfurt, Germany.
I was lucky enough to have a wonderful suite on the top floor overlooking the river. The room was fantastic with pretty yet "modern" decor. Plush sofas, chairs and beds. As I was alone on business, I took full advantage and ordered salad, bread and an almost erotic torte from room service!
 
Old May 22nd, 2000, 12:27 PM
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Ann, you asked for room rates, so I looked up today's prices on othe web for my two favorite rooms.
The Goring's small room now goes for 160 pounds a night plus tax of 17.5 %.
Today's typical single room at the Willard now is $400 a night, but I was upgraded to a $1,000 suite (today's prices).
I think both rooms were in the $200 a night range back in the mid-1980s when I was swanning around on a nice expense account.
Note about the Goring Hotel: It is in between the side area of Buckingham Palace and Victoria Station. Great location. The orginal Gorings had a house on the grounds of what was to become the palace, as far back as 1650. During the Blitz in WWII, many titled families moved into the Goring because they were having difficulty keeping up their own homes.
The best cup of tea I ever had in my whole life was at the Goring. It is billed as the only family-owned top quality hotel in London today.
And, The Willard Hotel is where the word LOBBYING comes from. President Grant used to walk over to the Willard and hold court in its lobby after his lunch. Office seekers and other seekers of favor would hit on him there in the lobby..hence the term, to lobby.
(sorry but I guess my history degree is showing....just love this stuff)The current Willard is built on the grounds of the post-Civil War era Willard.
 
Old May 22nd, 2000, 12:39 PM
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It's a tie for me between Inverlochy Castle and Kinnaird - both country house hotels in Scotland. Truly outstanding guest and common rooms at both locations as well as impeccable, warm and friendly service. Super pricey - but well worth it for a special occasion splurge.
 
Old May 22nd, 2000, 12:54 PM
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Nicest hotel room? Any room where my darling wife, the light of my life, is sleeping late while I get the coffee...

Okay, dues paid.

(1) A casita (don’t remember the number) at Las Brisas in Acapulco. Look out over your private pool with flowers floating down to the crescent of Acapulco Bay shimmering in the sunset. Marble bath, granite floors, no TV, breakfast silently appearing in a box by the door, pink Jeeps to take to the beach or the restaurants…muy bueno.
(2) Horta da Moura, a pretty remote country inn near Monsaraz in the Alentejo region of Portugal. Arched brick ceilings over a feather bed, a private patio with the grandest sunset of our lives, friendly horses in the stable (named Rose and Tulip), crows and goat bells, olive trees, vinho verde….
 
Old Jul 1st, 2000, 07:57 PM
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Skibo castle at the Carnegie Club, north of Inverness, Scotland. $700 a night, included dinner. Met some interesting, and some snotty, folks. Had a bagpiper that would start a procession to dinner each evening. They have their own golf course, fishing, yada, yada, yada.
The castle used to be Andrew Carnegie's private residence there at the turn of the century. Fabulous.
 
Old Jul 2nd, 2000, 02:01 AM
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Hello,

two month ago, the Hotel "Puig" in Deia, Mallorca. A lot of people involved in arts live in that romantic little village up in the mountains. The Hotel "Puig" used to be the house of owners parents. He has worked as an accountant in Palma de Mallorca and finally decided to transform his parents house into a Hotel with ca. 15 rooms. Every room is differently decorated, but all in a Mallorquian style with handcarved wooden beds and closets made out of bricks. The bathrooms are all new and in a more modern style. Everything is very clean which is not always standard in Spain. And the best was the little balcony attached to the room where you were able to have a view all over the mountains and the beautiful town.
The price was ca.100$ for a double-bed room including breakfast.
I`ll surely get back to this place as soon as I can.

Miriam
 
Old Jul 2nd, 2000, 02:35 AM
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Mine seems to be different from youse guys- bit less luxury, bit more character, maybe.

I would vote for Hotel Eilean Iarmain on Skye. Loveley rooms with period iron bedsteads and patchwork quilts, pine panelled, with small but perfectly forme en suited with local bath rpoducts and local malt whisky miniatures in every room.

c £80 per night.

Al, didn't Skibo belong to Carnegie's daughter? I don't think he ever came home after he left to set the west alight
 
Old Jul 2nd, 2000, 01:01 PM
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I've generally been more in kk's realm having been an on an expense account as an international auditor and now European ex-pat so most of the places I stay have great service, etc. but are sometimes lacking in character but I have lucked out.

1) Because of a lack of single rooms, a group of 4 of us bunked up in two suites, one above the other, at the Hotel Regina in Grindewald, Switzerland. All wood, two big bedrooms, each with a full bath, nice kitchen, etc., and a balcony where we watched the pink and purple colrs of sunset dance on the Eiger while enjoying a few bottles of wine ($400/night for the room).

2) Although not Europe, the Island Shangri La in Hong Kong (Asian hotels I think are generally far nicer with respect to amenities/service than European ones) Could control everything practically from the bed including the curtains for the full length windows overlooking the city. Possibly the nicest bathroom/showers I've ever had and huge comfy beds. ($350/night)
 
Old Jul 2nd, 2000, 02:15 PM
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Nicest and most ROMANTIC hotel where I've spent was Maison Jolly, located on Ilhabela island - Brazil. Charming suites, each with spectacular ocean views and Mediterranean flare. If it was good enough for the Queen of Sweeden and the Rolling Stones, it can't be that bad...
 

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