Posts Tagged ‘Design Hotels’

By Dian Hasan | October 7, 2009

Barcelona is likened to one huge museum of Art & Design, offering galleries of different artistic styles by neighborhood. Or so it seems, as this Mediterranean city with a glorious weather is an amazing exercise of old and new, and the fashion by which they fuse it so seamlessly simply needs to be experienced.

Hotel Cram personifies this see-saw of design harmony. Located in the heart of Barcelona, just a few blocks from the Passeig de Gràcia, Plaça Catalunya and the world-famous La Rambla. Close to the vibrant local nightlife of Barcelona.

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By Dian Hasan | October 7, 2009

A unique luxury boutique hotel in the heart of dynamic Barcelona that celebrates Warhol’s Pop Art and Egyptian Pharaoh antiquities. An unusual combination for hip Claris Hotel, as it turns out part of Barcelona’s Egyptian artifact collection are on display at the hotel.

Claris‘ excellent downtown location puts it at the center of Barcelona’s business center, with easy access to Passeig de Gràcia, Plaça Catalunya and Avinguda Diagonal.

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By Dian Hasan | October 7, 2009

Hotel Urban is situated in the cultural centre of Madrid, Spain. The hotel has absolutely fantastic interior and offers a variety of exhibits with its private collection of ancient art and an Egyptian Museum.

Urban’s city center location is excellent for exploring Madrid’s main museum, all a short distance away: Museo del Prado (Prado Museum), Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum), and Museo Reina Sofía (Queen Sofia Museum).

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By Dian Hasan | October 7, 2009

Miró Hotel is located in the city center of Bilbao, Spain, just 200 m from the world-acclaimed must-see Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts. Named after surrealist Spanish painter Joan Miró, the hotel is a excellent example of Spanish design ingenuity, a harmonious blend of old and new in a similar approach to Italian design.
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By Dian Hasan | September 29, 2009

Chile is on the upswing! The small but narrow country has earned the nickname “Tiger Economy” likened to the other export-oriented economies of the Far East.

A healthy economy has spilled into other areas of Arts and Architecture. Chile’s stunning natural beauty and diverse landscapes provide the perfect inspiration. The past few years have seen a steady flow of new hotels across Chile that have raised the bar in style and design language.  This hotel is no different.

The Arrebol Patagonia Hotel is located in the forest area of Puerto Varas, Chile just on the south-east border of Llanquihue Lake. The area is an amazing array of natural beauty, full with native trees, lagoons, ravines and little creeks and rivers.

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The Anantara Seminyak Resort & Spa offers luxurious relaxation at its 59 spacious suites and one lavish penthouse. Flavorsome dining, the signature Anantara Spa and 3 swimming pools (one with an infinity ocean view edge) complete the line up. Anantara Seminyak Bali recently won a HAPA Indonesia Chill Out Bar award at the Hospitality Asia Platinum Awards 2008 – 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

Arguably the term “chic” entered Mexican tourism vocabulary with the opening of Villa del Sol back in 1978. Fast forward almost twenty years and this beach resort is back, reincarnated into The Tides Zihuatanejo in 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

By Dian Hasan | July 13, 2009

In yet another attempt to create a modern Mexican sophistication, the creators of the super-stylish Habita Hotel in Mexico City have shifted their attention to Yucatan peninsula, with their brand of chic. In a short span of time, Grupo Habita, has catapulted into Mexico’s most progressive and cutting edge hoteliers. The Mayan Riviera, long attracting travelers for her stunning archeological ruins and scuba diving, now has the ultimate destination for relaxation, Deseo, comfortably nestled on Playa del Carmen’s hip Quinta Avenida, sandwiched between the touristic Cancun to the North, and the sedentary coast of Riviera Maya to the South.

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For some, Guadalajara might be considered a place to make a connecting flight en route to our final destination in Mexico, but you should give yourself time to explore this beautiful city. Take a look at its first high-design lodging, which comes in the form of Clarum 101, a hotel that does its best to remind us of the days when the phrase “boutique hotel” was virtually a guarantee of exclusivity. Read the rest of this entry »

When discussing style and Mexico in one sentence, one name immediately comes to mind, and it’s not even from the rag trade. Grupo Habita, purveyor of stylish hotels that have put Mexico on the design map – one destination at a time. The latest addition to Habita’s brood of chic hotels comes, La Purificadora, in the little colonial city of Puebla (on the road from Mexico City to Oaxaca) that is now firmly on the fashionistas travel radar. Read the rest of this entry »