Monthly Archives: July, 2013

Axel Hotel, colourful cubic tables and a pool with a translucent bottom

The Axel Hotel is located in Buenos Aires, in Argentina. The hotel has white room, a swimming pool with a glass floor and a restaurant where the tables are large colourful cubes.

Rooms.

This hotel has 48 designer rooms. These double rooms are decorated with metal and glass and have a large bathroom and views towards the city. This hotel is geared towards gay couples.

The are several types of rooms and each room has a kingsize bed. The hotel’s furniture was designed by several teams of local designers. Each room has Internet access, a safe, iPod docks, a lounge with a minibar, a flat screen television set and views towards the gardens and the neighbourhood. There are bathrobes and slippers in the bathrooms, and part of the rooms have large bathtubs with garden views. Price is around 129€ per night.

The Axel City rooms are standard rooms, and there are rooms with twin beds and rooms with a double bed. There is a glass shower booth in the bathroom. These rooms have views towards San Telmo.

The are Axel Superior rooms with two twin beds and with a kingsize bed. Some of the bathrooms have a shower stall decorated with tainted glass and others have a jacuzzi. These rooms have views towards the gardens and the pool.

Tha Axel Suites are suites with a kingsize bed. The suite’s bathroom has a hydromassage shower and a jacuzzi. The living room has a designer sofa and a flat screen television set. Each suite has views towards the gardens and the pool.

Restaurant.

Guests will be able to enjoy the hotel’s many services. The hotel has several bars and a restaurant decorated with designer furniture and colours.

Breakfast is served in the hotel’s buffet restaurant and guests will be able to enjoy freshly baked croissants. The Kitchen Restaurant has tables that have the shape of colourful cubes and this restaurant serves local and international dishes.

Guests will be able to enjoy cocktails and coffee at the Cosmo Bar, located on a large terrace with views towards the neighbourhood of San Telmo. The Sky Bar is decorated with wooden panels and has a bar that serves cocktails next to the swimming pool.

This hotel has two large swimming pools and a jacuzzi for guests. The floor of one of the swimming pools, the main pool, is made of glass.

The hotel has WiFi for guests. The hotel’s large spa is located on the rooftop, near the swimming pool with the glass floor. The spa has a gym and several jacuzzis and massage rooms.

Events.

The hotel has several rooms where guests will be able to organize their events. Guests will be able to rent the hotel’s two bars, the restaurant and the conference room, which can accommodate up to ten people.

The hotel can organize events and has audiovisual equipment available for larger conferences. Each one of the hotel’s floors has a business center with Internet access, a printer and several wooden chairs.

Private parties can be held in the hotel’s designer pool and the pool area. The hotel can organize events and activities around the city center.

Location.

The hotel is located in the district of San Telmo, a trendy neighbourhood filled with bars, restaurants and vintage stores. Guests will be able to visit its many art galleries.

This bohemian district is one of the city’s most visited area. Guests will be able to enjoy some real Argentinian steak and dulce de leche in one of the nearby restaurant.

The hotel is located a short distance away from the Museum of Modern Art and the National Museum of History. Next to the hotel guests will find the San Telmo Market. The Casa Rosada, the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Plaza de Mayo square are located within walking distance.

Hi Hotel Eco Resort and Spa, colour, technology and a private beach

The Hotel Hi Eco Resort and Spa is located in Nice, in France. This hotel has rooms decorated with designer furniture and a private beach.

Rooms.

The boutique hotel is an ecological hotel that has nine types of rooms and 38 designer rooms. Each room has a double bed with a private bathroom and views towards the city, and each room has one of the hotel’s nine designs.

The Techno Corner rooms are designed in the style of private viewing rooms. There is a large television screen that can be watched from the bathtub and the bed. The sofablaster is a sofa with integrated loudspeakers and headphones, and the armrest has a selection of CDs.

The Happy Day rooms change each afternoon. During midday each room has a sofa where guests will be able to relax and are decorated in light woods and bright greens, and during the afternoon the panels behind the sofa glide to reveal a double bed decorated in pink. Each rooms provides slippers and water for guests.

The Up and Down room is a duplex room decorated with chestnut furniture. The lower floor is a large living and the upper floor has a large double bed. Behind a large chestnut wardrobe guests will find the bathroom.

White and White are large white rooms where each piece of furniture is not used in a traditional way. The table is the bed, the bed is the bathtub and the ceiling is fuchsia. This rooms is filled with organic products.

In the Indoor Terrace rooms the furniture is located in the center of the room, and the rest of the room is used as a terrace with wooden floors. The bathrooms are located inside a cabin in the room.

The Digital rooms are decorated with several graphic design themes dedicated to cyberculture. There are large pixels on the room’s surface and the furniture has the shape of desktop icons. In the center of the room there is a box that changes its colour.

The Rendez Vous rooms are modular rooms. The space can be rearranged into a bathroom with a lounge and a desk area with desk and chair. Each room has a private terrace.

Monospace are rooms that have three sections, and each section is decorated in one colour. Each section is dedicated to one function, and one of the sections is for relaxing and another one is for comfort.

The Strates rooms are designer rooms decorated with coloured panels. The shower cabin is transparent, and bright red stairs lead to the double room.

The Happy Day, Monospace and Up and Down rooms cost around 269€ per night. The Digital, Strates and Techno Corner rooms cost 309€ per night. The Indoor Terrasse has a price of 369€ per night. The Rendez Vous and White and White have a price of 489€ per night. Price includes an organic buffet breakfast at the hotel, Internet access and use of the spa area.

Restaurant.

The hotel has a bar and a restaurant. The Happy Bar is the hotel’s epicentre, and has views towards the hotel’s gardens and the street. DJ’s and group perform each afternoon at the bar.

The Cantine Bio is a restaurant where visitors will be able to enjoy dishes made using organic ingredients. The restaurant offer breakfast, lunch, dinner and brunches. There are vegetarian menus and a sushi bar. The restaurant is decorated in bright colours. Guests will be able to enjoy their meals in the garden.

The hotel has a private beach and a terrace with views towards the sea. The Hi Beach has colourful hammocks for guests. The terrace, which has three parts and each part has a theme, has access to the beach.

Guests will be able to enjoy many spa treatments at the Hi Body spa. There are massages and relaxing treatments. The spa has a steam room and two chamber hammam that is connected to a lounge where guests will be able to relax before heading to the massage room. Next to the spa there is a shop.

Events.

Events can be organized at the Happy Bar. The bar has its own large screen and a projector for when the hotel organizes themed movie nights.

Location.

The hotel is located in the center of Nice, a short distance away from the Promenade des Anglais. Guests will be able to visit the beach and the city’s main landmarks.

Concordia Eco Resort, ecological tents and crab races

The Concordia Eco Resort is located on the island St.John’s, in the United States Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. This ecological resort has tents decorated in a traditional Caribbean style.

Rooms.

The eco resort has tents equipped with solar panels. The hotel has several studios where the rooms are decorated with traditional local furniture.

The 25 tents are ecological and the nine studio suites are located on a hill on the hotel grounds. Each tent has solar panels and a wooden structure. There is a kitchen, a loft room with several beds and a large bathroom powered by solar energy. The terrace of each tent has views towards the sea.

Several of the studios are duplex studios located in the hotel’s main building. The studios are double rooms with a double bed and a private bathroom. Biodegradable products are used in the bathrooms.

The Eco Tents are fifteen tents that have the shape of tree houses located on a hill. Each tent has its own bathroom with a shower, a kitchen with a fridge and a large terrace. The rooms have ventilators. These tents can accommodate up to six people. Price is between 87 and 131€ per night.

The Premium Eco Tents are ten independent tents. These rooms have views towards Drunk Bay and Salt Point Bay. One of these tents was designed for guests with mobility issues. Each tent has a large double room. Price is between 100 and 155€ per night.

There are eight EcoStudio rooms that can accommodate up to four people. There is a queensize bed and a sofa bed that can be converted into a double bed. The bathroom and the kitchen are decorated with recycled glass and are solar powered. These rooms have several designs based on local traditions and have views towards the ocean. Price is between 131 and 203€ per night.

There are several types of studios. The Duplex Loft are two storey studios with a room with a queensize bed, a living room with a queensize sofa bed and two bathrooms. The Deluxe studios have a room with a queensize bed, a bathroom and a kitchen. The Superior Efficiency rooms have have a queensize bed, a bathroom and a small kitchen. These rooms are located next to the hotel’s swimming pool and have views towards the ocean. Price is between 95 and 203€ per night.

Restaurant.

The Café Concordia serves breakfast, brunches, aperitifs and dinners. Guests will be able to enjoy traditional regional dishes made using fresh organic ingredients.

Guests who travel with a group will be able to rent part of the hotel and the hotel’s pavilion, and there are discounts for breakfasts, lunches and dinners. The hotel offers picnic baskets.

The hotel has a swimming pool where visitors will be able to relax. There is a shop that sells suncream and towels, and the hotel has a massage parlour.

Guests will be able to enjoy yoga and other activities offered in the hotel’s pavilion. Yoga retreats take place at this hotel. Guests will be able to rent their snorkel equipments and snorkel along the shore, filled with colourful fish.

The hotel organizes cultural evenings and performances are held at the pavilion. One of the hotel’s main activities is the crab races. Each guests will be able to choose a hermit crab and watch it race the other crabs. There are several boardgames and newspapers available for guests. Guests who want to immerse themselves in local culture will be able to crochet and knit following the local tradition.

Events.

There is a pavilion on the hotel’s territory where guests will be able to celebrate events, and the pavilion can be rented for larger celebrations. The pavilion can accommodate up to sixty people, and there are tables, chairs, a microphone and a projector. There are docks for iPods and a DJ’s cabin.

The are two places with WiFi at the hotel. There is a business center where visitors will be able to use the printer. The hotel can organize a transport service to and from the airport.

Location.

The hotel is located on a hill on St. John’s island. This ecological hotel has views towards the ocean, and guests will be able to relax on the nearby beaches, located near the Virgin Islands National Park.

St. John’s is known for its beaches. The Salt Pong Bay and the White Sand Beach are located a short distance away from the hotel, following the Nature Trail. Guests will be able to rent snorkel equipment and dive. Boats can be rented to explore the nearby islands. The hotel can organize kayak trips and scuba diving trips. The hotel offers boat tours to nearby islands.

The Olive exclusive, ecological suites and furniture made from tree trunks

The Olive Exclusive is a hotel located in Windhoek, in Namibia. This hotel has designer room with large bathrooms and traditional wooden furniture.

Rooms.

This hotel has several rooms decorated with furniture made from local trees and twisted tree trunks. The hotel was designed in cream colours.

The hotel has seven double suites and each suite has its own bathroom. Each suite is decorated with murals typical of each one of the country’s regions.

Each suite has a large double bed and a lounge area with a dining hall and a fireplace. In the center of each bathroom there is a bathtub with views towards the mountains. There is air conditioning, iPod docks, Internet access, a minibar with a selection of wines and a television set. A set of glass doors lead to a private terrace, and each terrace has a rustic hammock. The four premium suites have a private swimming pool.

The Junior Suites are Benguela, Namib and Otavi. The Benguela suite is decorated in hues of blue, grey and white, and has a large double bed with a carved wooden headboard and murals and paintings of the region. The Namib suite is decorated in the colours of the desert, with a wooden headboard, a bed with a blue cover, dark wooden furniture and an ochre bathroom with two grey sinks in the shape of stones. The Otavi suite is decorated with local artifacts made from copper and has grey and light wooden furniture and a light brown bathroom with two stone sinks.

The Premier Suites are the Caprivi, Erongo, Etosha and Kunene suites. The Caprivi Suite has a room decorated in greens and whites with wooden furniture and a living room with beams on the ceiling and a large painting of a cheetah. The Erongo Suite is decorated in cream colours, with a coffee table that was built from a block of stone and a sofa made from woven baskets. The Etosha suite is a blue suite with a kitchen decorated with a painting of an elephant, a bathroom with one stone wall and a living room decorated in light colours and rustic vases. The Kunene suite is a large suite with two double beds and large windows with views towards the city that is decorated in light and dark colours and has colourful lights, wooden furniture and stone decorations.

The rooms have views towards the Eros mountains and the olive groves. From the hotel grounds visitors will be able to enjoy views of the Windhoek Valley.

Price is 203€ per night for a Junior Suite and 318€ per night for a Premier Suite, and the price includes breakfast, coffee and tea. Guests will be able to relax on the hotel grounds, which were designed and decorated by locals.

Restaurant.

The hotel has a restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. The menu changes each season and the dishes are made using local ingredients. The bar has a selection of wine and whiskeys.

There is a swimming pool for guests. The Olive Grove mansion is a mansion that belongs to the hotel, and the hotel’s spa is located here.

Events.

The hotel does not have a conference room. The hotel can organize private events in the hotel’s restaurant and offers private tours for groups. The hotel can organize a transfer service from and to the airport.

Location.

The hotel is located in Windhoek, and is one of the first boutique hotels built in the city. There are several historical buildings located near the hotel.

This hotel is an ecological hotel where the furniture is made from natural materials. The reception area has carved benches and wooden tables. The lounge is decorated with large blocks of granite that are used as tables and there are several abstract murals, where each mural is dedicated to one of the country’s regions.

The hotel was built on the grounds of an olive grove. The hotel is a short walk away from the city’s financial district. Guests will be able to visit the city’s historical district and the main landmarks.

Reflections Boutique Hotel, murals, stickers and a statue of a horse

The Reflections Boutique Hotel is located in Siem Riep, in Cambodia. This hotel is a traditional building with colourful designer rooms.

Rooms.

The hotel has 16 themed rooms with a private bathroom. Each room has air conditioning, Internet access and a plasma television set, and the bathrooms have designer products.

Each room as designed by a group of designers. Each room varies in design and has themed decorations and is filled with colour. Price is between 31 and 110€ per night.

Stick To It is a room decorated with many stickers, and guests will be able to bring their own stickers and add them to the murals. Price is 47€ per night.

Hope for Cambodia is a room dedicated to the country’s many jungles. The walls were designed by orphans from a local orphanage and are decorated with colourful tropical birds. Price is 47€ per night.

The Moody Moody Moods room was designed by a team of graphic designers. The room is filled with colour and there is a large bathroom with a jacuzzi and a shower. Price is around 95€ per night.

My Secret Garden is a room with a garden theme and murals of flowers and vines. There is a jacuzzi in the bathroom and a sink covered in flowers. Price is 95€ per night.

Animal Farm is a room where animals and animal print decorate the wardrobe and the bathroom. This rooms costs around 83€ per night.

From Belgium with Love is a smaller room with two twin beds decorated in blacks and whites. Prices is around 63€ per double room per night.

Snap Shot is a room dedicated to the city’s arts and culture scene, with many glossy magazine covers decorating the wallpaper. Price is around 47€ per night.

Life is Plastic is Barbie’s room. Large Barbie heads decorate the area above the door and Barbie accessories cover the bed and the lampshades. Price is around 47€ per night in this pink room.

What a Cat Thinks is a room filled with feline decorations that has twin beds. Feline eyes decorate the wardrobe doors and the lamps. Price is 63€ per night.

The Art Studio as a room decorated with bohemian art pieces. The room has a double bed and a large balcony with views towards the swimming pool. Price is around 63€ per night.

Under Smile is a room dedicated to those who want to achieve a certain goal. The room is decorated in creamy colours and has a large mural. Price is 47€ per night.

Imagine is a blue room that has colourful furniture and bright murals that shine in the dark. Price for this large room is around 47€ per night.

The Mood of Nature is an ecological room with murals of nature and people. Price is around 63€ per night for this double room with a double bed.

Trash Chic is a room filled with colour and many artistic decorations. This rooms has several antique paintings and frames. Price is 47€ per night.

Dream Dreaming has decorations hanging below the ceiling. There are several china dolls and china plates. Price is around 63€ per night.

Butterflies is a room dedicated to art and design, with large butterflies that decorated the doors and furniture. This room has purple decorations. Price is around 63€ per night.

Restaurant.

The hotel has a bar and a café. The Reflections Beach Restaurant is a designer restaurant where guests will be able to enjoy traditional Cambodian and Thai food. Meals can be served in the room, by the pool and on the hotel’s terrace. The hotel’s kitchen specializes in Asian dishes and international dishes.

The hotel offers several types of massages. There is a large garden where visitors will find the hotel’s swimming pool, where they will be able to relax.

Events.

The hotel has several conference halls where guests will be able to organize events. The hotel can organize private functions in the hotel bar, in the café and in the restaurant.

Location.

The hotel is located in Siem Riep, one of the country’s most visited cities. The hotel is located a short walk away from the Angkor Wat.

The hotel uses recyclable materials and reuses and redesigns the building’s ancient structure. The reception area is decorated with the statue of a large black horse holding a red lamp on its head. The hotel has a colourful kitsch design.

The hotel offers a transport service to and from the main stations. The hotel can organize guided tours to Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and Bayon. These guided trips can be in several languages and guests will be able to explore the country’s most visited places.