Original Hotels

Helga’s Folly Sri Lankan Home is a rather eccentric hotel in Kandy, a city in Sri Lanka. This original hotel is full of modern facilities clashing with unusual architectural designs, bright eclectic colours and a mix of many different styles.

The creator of this unusual hotel is Helga. Helga’s mother, Esme, is an artist and designer, while her father, Edmond Frederick Lorenz De Silva was a politician, a member of parliament and an ambassador. Her grandparents, aunts, uncles and siblings were also very prominent politicians, womens’ rights activists and artists. Helga was responsible for turning the stately family mansion into a curious hotel, and she was in charge of the tropical decorations that cover the mansion from head to toe, as well as creating an interesting juxtaposition between madness and life which is present in the hotel’s décor.

Helga’s Folly is a large compound formed by several red buildings hiding in the trees, and looks like a fairy tale home in a world where everything is upside down. The walls are painted in all the colours of the rainbow and are shaped in different waves, and hold many newspaper clippings, pictures and drawings which tell the viewer the history of the hotel. This hotel is a popular haunt for the artiest citizens of the world, since many painters, actors, singers and the like have been inspired by the mad atmosphere of this hotel.

The hotel was built during the third decade of the XXth Century, and originally it was a large family mansion. Later on, the mansion underwent a radical transformation which symbolizes the more traditional aspects of Sri Lanka and the innovation of art. The hotel is located only 10 minutes away from what used to be the ancient Kandy Kingdom, full of palaces, castles andreligious temples.

The hotel stands on a hill overlooking the jungle, and is only a short distance away from several famous landmarks. Those landmarks include the Anuradhapura, Polanaruwa, Sigiriya and Nuwaraelita temples. The hotel also offers excursions to Hunasgiriya and the Knuckle mountains, as well as several natural landmarks.

The hotel consists of a large main mansion with a living room, two triple rooms with bathroom, a dining room and several terraces, as well as several apartments. The Colombo apartments have a large visitors’ lounge and a dining hall with a balcony, as well as a main bedroom with two double our poster beds and an ensuite bathroom with a Jacuzzi. There are also two extra guest rooms decorated in a lavish antique style, as well as a closet with chandeliers, a small kitchenette and several wardrobes covered in mirrors.

Helga’s Folly is decorated with art nouveau ornaments and has 40 rooms. There are several types of rooms, such as Standard, Deluxe and Superior rooms, as well as a large suite. All rooms have air conditioning, a double bed, a private bathroom and a balcony with views towards the Kandy Valley. All rooms have an individual design full of decorations that date from several different centuries and there are many brightly coloured sculptures throughout the hallways.

Some of the rooms have easily recognizable themes, such as the A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof room. Another room is family friendly and is full of DVDs and books for children. Yet another room has a distinctly hippie look around it with the flower power décor seen in the 1960’s. One room has a darker feel around it, since it is painted in dark colours and has several Gothic candles and black designs.

The Nutcracker Suite is undoubtedly the best suite at the hotel. It has a separate living room, an enormous master bedroom with a double four-poster bed, a luxurious en suite bathroom and a chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

Price per night varies according to the type of room and the dates. A Standard room is prices at about 133€ per night, while Double room costs 140€ per night and a triple room costs around 152€ per night.

This hotel offers its guests comfortable lodgings, many activities and the possibility to relax. There is laundry service at the hotel, and the hotel offers its guests the option to pick them up from and leave them at the airport.

Most of the decorations at this hotel are antique artefacts from every corner of the world, such as India, Sri Lanka, The Netherlands or Great Britain. All rooms have painted walls which are covered in photographs, high ceilings and a unique décor in each room.

The hotel’s garden has many trees and curious plants. Many monkeys and cats like to take long walks amongst the lush gardens. The large pavilion on the territory has been transformed into a tea house and many guests choose that spot in order to relax while watching exotic birds fly by.

The hotel also has a large swimming pool. In the nearby building there are seven dining rooms, all of which have beautiful views of the jungle. Guests will also be able to enjoy the traditional bar and restaurant on one of the floors, or else visit the library or the quiet room. One of the common rooms also holds a large collection of DVDs, most of which show 1930’s films which can be viewed in the hotel’s own cinema.

The hotel also has a traditional restaurant. The restaurant specializes in the most traditional regional cuisine, and its menu is full of different types of meat, fish, noodles and vegetables, all of them accompanied by many different savoury sauces. The ingredients used are all organic ingredients from ecologically friendly farms. Many main courses are prepared with the many spices that grown directly in the hotel gardens, and many desserts are made from the hand made jams and sweet sauces that are made at the hotel. Guests will also have the opportunity to taste some local cocktails and the best tea from the Agarsland region.

During many years, the hotel has been a popular choice of many celebrities who have come to this hotel in order to relax from the paparazzi and enjoy the upside down world that reigns at Helga’s Folly Home. Some of the most famous visitors have included Vivian Leigh, Sir Laurence Olivier, William Holden, Gregory Peck, Sir Alec Guinness, Zandra Rhodes, Paula Yates, Mahatma Gandhi himself, Nehru or even Indira Gandhi. Even Kelly Jones of the Stereophonics stayed here and was inspired to write a song, Madam Helga, about this curious Sri Lankan hotel.

The Bloom! Hotel is a lovely hotel in Brussels, in Belgium. This curious hotel has 302 spacious rooms, where even the smallest rooms, with an area of 30 square metres, has enough space for a sleeping and a working area. All rooms at this boutique hotel have curious and unique decorations.

There are several types of rooms which vary in size, starting from the small L! rooms to the much larger XXL! rooms. All rooms are double rooms with a private bathroom, a double bed or two twin beds and a working area with a desk, a chair and an ergonomic chair. Price per room varies according to its size, but the minimum price is around 62€ for a small room per night.

Some of these rooms also have special facilities. Some rooms are designed for people with limited mobility, while others can be adapted for families and children, and some are usually used by celebrities who want to avoid the press.

Each room has a large double bed, an office space, Internet access, a safe, a large flat TV screen which can also be used for listening to music, a Senseo coffee machine, a small fridge and even some small details such as comfortable armchairs and footstools. From some of the rooms, guests will be able to enjoy panoramic views of the city towards famous monuments such as the Grand Palace Tower, the Koekelberg Basilica or the Atomium.

All rooms have a unique style with different decorations, frescoes and a personal theme. One of the most intricately designed rooms is Room 201 L!, where white walls are covered with a monochrome, black and white theme. Another curious room is Room 208 L!, painted in golden colours that remind one of the autumn season. Room 301 is an organic room, painted in both smooth and shiny colours, while Room 303 is solely dedicated to airport symbolism. Room 424 is full of flowers painted in light blue, creating a very rustic, natural atmosphere, while Room 427 has walls peppered with small rose petals.

All XL! rooms are spacious rooms which have two comfortable armchairs designed specifically for the comfort of their guests. Room 535 has walls decorated with an abstract mural painted in several different colours and representing the roots of flowers, while Room 536 has immaculately white walls with a fresco of a single flower exploding in several colours.

The XXL! rooms are larger than the rest, with more working space, the ideal place for workaholics. Along two joined twin beds, this space also has a sofa bed. The most interesting XXL! rooms are Room 701, with vibrant green walls, and the conceptual Room 714, covered with coloured walls and complex geometric shapes.

This hotel also has several other types of accommodation, such as lofts. The lofts are duplex rooms with a large walk in wardrobe on the ground floor and a bedroom with a bathroom on the top floor. One of the lofts, Room 824, has a vibrant decoration full of clashing colours with a breathtaking atmosphere, and all other lofts also have their own, unique signature.

Most rooms have a common theme. Even the name of the hotel, Bloom!, hints at what one will be able to see there, so it comes as no surprise that most rooms have murals depicting different flowers. Some murals in some rooms are conceptual art, while others have a more minimalist style or a fantasy theme. All rooms have been designed by students from ELIA, the European League of the Institutes of the Arts, an organization which works with more than 350 art schools in around fifty different countries. The walls are covered in frescoes, pictures or graffiti of flowers, plants, symbolism or curious designs. Even the smallest details follow each room’s theme, since the tea cups in each room also have a similar design to the rooms.

The hotel also has 1300 square metres of recently renovated meeting space, where guests can host business meeting or conferences. The twelve conference rooms are spread out between three floors. Some conference rooms are larger than others, and all have plenty of natural light,  coffee, tea and water served at all hours, as well as a Meeting Lounge designed for taking small breaks. All rooms have Internet access, large flatscreens, projectors and comfortable chairs specifically designed for work. The largest room, known as the Forum, has 430 square metres and is ideal for all kinds of events.

Hotel Bloom! is located in the centre of Brussels, a place where guests can relax with plenty of natural light, ergonomic furniture and a pleasant atmosphere. The hotel is only a short walk away from the major business districts and the more commercial areas full of restaurants, bars, coffee shops and restaurants.

The Puerta de América Hotel is located near the centre of Madrid, in Spain. The hotel was designed by numerous architects, designers and artists. The hotel’s façade is painted in a variety of bright colours with words in many languages written across the balconies. The fusion of a classy decoration and an unexpected mixture of colours and languages creates a most interesting effect.

This five star hotel is a fusion of several different art and design currents. The merger of several very diverse atmospheres, designs, materials and colours creates a rather comfortable unique space.

The hotel has twelve floors, each floor designed by a different team of designers and architects. Designers from more than nineteen different studios have worked on this project, and some of the most famous names include Teresa Sapey, Victorio&Lucchino, Norman Foster, Kathryn Findlay and Arata Isozaki, amongst many others.

There are several different types of rooms. There are several double rooms, deluxe rooms, junior, senior and executive suites, as well as two luxurious presidential suites. Price per night varies depending on the type of room and the season. A standard double room costs around 100€ a night, while most of the deluxe rooms cost between 200 and 350€ a night. The cost of staying in one of the exclusive suites varies between 800 and 3424€ per night.

The hotel has 315 double rooms, as well as 30 rooms adapted for people with reduced mobility, and 12 suites. All the rooms have a comfortable double bed, their own private bathroom and magnificent views towards the city. The style of each room varies greatly and follows the design set by the decoration of each floor. Most rooms are full of bright colours, with a minimalist touch and curved furniture.

Each one of the double or deluxe rooms has a safe, a television set, Internet access, a mini bar and a stereo set. The floor designed by Ron Arad has rooms with round double beds, while the one designed by Richard Gluckman has a variety of minimalist designs in light colours. The floor designed by Arata Isozaki is full of oriental décor belonging to a traditional Japanese interior, with dark lacquered colours in the rooms and light wooden decorations in the bathrooms.

The executive suites were designed by Jean Nouvel. Each suite has an area of 60 squared metres full of all kinds of luxuries. Each suite has its own hall, a master bedroom, a living room, a complete bathroom and a large walk in wardrobe. Enormous windows decorate the walls, and a multi use remote control controls the intensity of the lights and the window shutters. This remote control also controls the wooden panels that can be moved according to the guests’ desires, allowing each guest to design and divide their room the way they want to see it.

The two exclusive presidential suites are 140 squared metres each, and have two dormitories, two bathrooms, a hall, two walk in wardrobes, a living room and a dining room. One of the bedrooms has large, curved windows that stretch out from the floor to the ceiling, allowing guests to enjoy enviable views of the city. Guests can choose whether they want to stay at the black or the white suite.

The Puerta de America has several restaurants as well as a bar in the attic. The restaurants, found on the ground and top floors of the hotel, have magnificent views towards the vast city. The attic of this hotel is the ideal relaxation zone, with a funky bar which offers its guests a large variety of cocktails, and floors made of glass supported by great metal pylons which allow visitors to watch the bustling city right below their feet. In the attic guests will also be able to find the curious swimming pool decorated with black tiles.

This hotel also has a lobby where events can be organized. The 950 metre squared lobby has five different halls. This floor was designed by John Pawson. Several halls can be used for each event, and all halls have the best technological and audiovisual material and very high ceilings.

On the other floors of the hotel guests can also organize a variety of events, reunions, business meetings and celebrations. The fifth floor has 11 conference rooms designed by Victorio&Lucchino. Two of these rooms, V&L Black and V&L Silver, have a more elegant, dark design, making them the ideal locations for a party or a festival. The Parking Space floor was designed by Teresa Spacey, and is the most used location where numerous runway  and fashion shows have taken place. If visitors want to organize a conference or an event in a more stylish, avant-garde room with breathtaking views towards the city and the mountains, they can rent the hall on the thirteenth floor, which was also designed by Jean Nouvel.

The Chelsea Hotel is a hotel located in Manhattan, New York, in the state of New York in the United States. This curious hotel is renown for its famous guests throughout the XXth Century, since many exceptional people from the world of art, literature or cinema have stayed during long periods of time at this hotel.

The building dates from 1883, when it still formed part of the Theatre District, during the time it was a neighbour to the best performance arts theatres. By 1905, the building was transformed into a hotel, and almost since the beginning it attracted many known names in the art, literature and theatre industries.

Later on, and during almost a century, world known celebrities such as Mark Twain, O Henry, Jane Fonda, Stanley Kubrick, Sid Vicious, Dylan Thomas, Jack Kerouac, Uma Thurman, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Frida Kahlo or Diego de Rivera, amongst many others, stayed at this peculiar hotel. Many of them rented their rooms for rather long periods of time. However, right now the maximum amount of days guests can stay at this hotel are 21.

This hotel has also proved itself to be an inspiring place for many authors. For instance, here Arthur C. Clarke wrote his famous book “2001, Space Odyssey”, while Jack Kerouac wrote his master novel “On the Road” during his stay at this hotel. During a period longer than 35 years, the artist and painter Alphaeus Philemon Cole lived here.

Several songs have been written at this hotel, while it has been honoured in many others. For instance, “Chelsea Morning” is a song by Joni Mitchell about this hotel. Several movies have also been shot on its premises, and it appears in several films such as Leon or a film produced by Andy Warhol. Several survivors of the Titanic stayed at this hotel, since it is close enough to Pier 54.

The Chelsea Hotel has several different options of accommodation, such as double rooms, studios or suites. All the rooms have enormous windows that cover the space between the floor and the ceiling, allowing its guests to enjoy a lot of natural sunlight as well as breathtaking views. All the walls at this hotel are painted in bright colours, and guests can find themselves in pink, blue, red or yellow rooms. The design and decorations of the rooms are quite eclectic and modern, with a great fusion of styles, making it this the favourite haunt of many artists. All rooms have air conditioning, a bathroom, a double bed and a television.

The studios have their own kitchen, and are larger and therefore more spacious rooms. Some of the rooms also have cosy chimneys, while others have two double beds. All the suites have two rooms and a small living room near the entrance. Normally, in most suites guests will be able to find a large table with several chairs, several armchairs, flat screen televisions and many pictures on the walls.

Prices per room can vary greatly between 94 and 110€ per night. However, prices depend on the season and the type of room guests choose to stay in. It is widely recommended to take a tour around the hotel, which takes guests around the most interesting rooms and shows them the favourite places of many masters of art. music and theatre. Guests can also enjoy many on the master pieces that hang along the hotel’s walls.

The staircases at this hotel are painted in different colours and in various styles, and serve as a reminder that this hotel is dedicated to art.  Legend has it that several of the historic characters who have stayed at this hotel have decided to come back as more permanent, ghostly residents after their death. Many guests have reported seeing Dylan Thomas, Eugene O’Neill or Thomas Wolfe walking along the hotel’s hallways years after their deaths. Others say that the spirit of Sid Vicious’ girlfriend, who was stabbed at this hotel, still lives here and can be frequently seen in the elevator. Some people also say that Sid Vicious himself haunts the hotel.

Near the hotel guests will be able to find several galleries, coffee shops and restaurants full of actors, both known and unknown, who stop in the neighbourhood to grab a quick bite. A couple of minutes away guests who stay at this hotel will be able to visit several of New York’s most famous places, such as beautiful landmarks and historic buildings. Guests will be able to enjoy a full day of sightseeing and visiting places such as the Empire State Building or the famous Greenwich Village, the Jacob K. Javits and the Midtown.

The Max Hotel is located in the very center of Seattle, Washington, in the United States. This hotel is an ode to art and painting. This hotel is the ideal place for both those who want to visit Seattle as tourists and those who visit the city on business.

This hotel has been specifically designed like an exposition center, both for long established artists and regional photographers. The hotel has more than 350 paintings and photographs hanging near the lobby, along all the hallways and in all the rooms of this enticing hotel.

This hotel has a wide variety of rooms, and there are four different types of rooms at this hotel. Comfort is the key word at this hotel, and thus all rooms have best quality bed sheets, thin TV screens and a rather curious multitasking telephone with a “You Got It” button ideal for those away on business trips. Each room also has its own bathroom and can accommodate up to two people.

The first type of room is the Solo Art room, a small double room with a bed decorated by regal duvets. In this room guests will find a large desk, walls covered by mirrors and fast Internet connection. This room is an ideal room for all those travelling alone or who stay at the hotel only for a couple of nights or for a business meeting. Like all the other rooms, this type of room is decorated with both small and large paintings drawn in very different styles and numerous photographs.

Another type of room is the Queen of Art, a large double room with a queensize bed covered by a duvet with intricate designs. This room also has a large working area, with a huge desk and floors covered by sleek gray carpets with highlighted orange and red areas. The price of this room varies between 65 and 100€ per night. This room is much more spacious and thus more comfortable, and are the ideal choice for couples or friends visiting the city.

The Artist King room is a great, spacious room with a large kingsize bed and exquisitely embroidered covers. Just like all the other rooms, this room also has a separate working area with a carved bed and carpets in classic colors. Price per night in this rather luxurious room, where guests can enjoy the plushiest robes, varies between 70 and 105€ per night, though prices may change according to season.

The Art of Two Beds is unequivocally the largest room at this hotel, with two large double beds and exquisite decorations. This room also  has a large working table with decorated carpets. The Art of Two Beds room also happens to have more paintings and photographs decorating its walls than all the other rooms, with several decorations and ornaments set around different themes, forming a truly unique style. This room is also the most expensive room at the hotel, with prices that vary between 80 and 105€ per night.

All rooms have fast Internet connection. Guests at this hotel will have a wide variety of services available for their use, such as a large business center, full room service and a modern gym open 24 hours a day. Guests who arrive by car will be able to use the private parking lot for a small extra cost, although special offers are offered to guests with cars who only stay at this hotel for a couple of nights.

Undoubtedly one of the most curious aspects about this hotel is the fact that it offers a wide variety of menus adapted for people with different religious beliefs, thus making a stay at this hotel an enjoyable one for everyone. Another interesting feature at this hotel is that all guests can choose their favorite pillow from a special pillow menu, guaranteeing a comfortable experience to all guests. Furthermore, each guest room has notepads with the hotel’s logo, Aveda bath amenities and a very wide selection of organic teas and coffees.

Guests who choose to stay at this hotel will be able to enjoy a small private bar directly in their rooms. Those who would like to try something healthier can visit the hotel’s own restaurant, the Red Fin, where they will be able to savour the most delicious dishes belonging to the Asian cuisine. Those guests who do not want to leave their furry pets at home can bring them, too, as this is a pet friendly hotel, and for only a small extra cost one can bring their cats and dogs to this Seattle hotel. Since the beginning of 2009, smoking is not permitted at this hotel.

The Max Seattle Hotel also has several comfortable conference rooms with the best technologies. Furthermore, this hotel is located in the very center of Seattle, near all the most important museums, theatres, restaurants and cafés.

This hotel also offers its guests several holiday packs and offers depending on the room they choose to stay in. Those who travel by car are welcome to buy one of their holiday offers and pay less for the parking lot, while those who come to the city in order to be able to enjoy its art panorama can buy special packs where they can accommodate in the best rooms and get free tickets to the Seattle Art Museum, the Henry Art Gallery and the Experience Music Project.

The Cartuja de Cazalla hotel is a small and slightly unusual hotel in an ancient charterhouse in Cazalla de la Sierra, in Seville, Spain. The century old Carthusian monastery used to belong to the Order of the Carthusians, and is located in the Northern Sierra of Seville.

The hotel is located in a very quiet and picturesque place. The historical monastery was built on a natural plateau, which in turn has thick walls and a 30 mere cliff guarding its perimeter. Those tourists who would like to stay here will have the best views of the Sierra Morena, and will enjoy sundowns and sunrises from the very heart of the Sevillian Sierra.

Near the hotel, tourists can find a natural water source and enjoy the amazing views around them. This site is considered to be a site of historical importance, since centuries ago it was a holy place for religious gatherings. Studies have managed to confirm that this site already existed before the Phoenicians opened the Silver Route. Nearby, one can still find the ruins of antique mosques and houses dating from the VIIIth Century, as well as some old mills.

The old building where the hotel is now used to be a mosque, and later on became a hunting house for the King. By the start of the XVth century, the building became the Monastery of the Jeronimos, and by the end of the XVth Century, the monastery became the Monastery of the Carthusian Order. The small decorated chapel then became known as the Pilgrim Chapel.

In the 1970’s, the building was bought, and was conserved as an historic building which housed the Center of Contemporary Art and Culture. It wasn’t until years later that the building was transformed into a small and comfortable hotel.

The hotel has a total of four suites in the monastery, as well as two individual rooms and eight double rooms in a small annex called the Hospederia. Each bedroom has its own ensuite bathroom and comfortable furniture. Another house on the hotels territory, the Gardeners House, is ideal for accommodating large families or groups, and has two bedrooms, a large living room, a kitchen and a bathroom.

Price per night can vary depending on the type of room or the season. An individual room costs 50€ per night, while a double room costs 80€ per night. Each suite costs 120€ per night, while the Gardeners House, which can accommodate up to five people, costs 300€ a night. Each extra bed costs 17€. However, prices can change, and cost per night is lower after the first night.

The hotel also has its own restaurant, where one can try and savour the best local meals. Most of the products used are ecologic, including poultry, meat, eggs and even vegetables, which grow in the hotel gardens.

This historic place also offers its guests many entertainment options. Guests can take long walks around the countryside, watch the sundowns and sunrises, and relax in the hotel garden. This hotel also organizes several art exhibits and even has a concert room. The hotel also has its own art gallery which has several different art collections by various local artists, and guests can enjoy arts and crafts classes. Guests can also participate in activities such as swimming in the hotel pool or horseriding.

The Hotel Residenza D’Arte is a romantic and poetic luxury hotel in Italy. The hotel follows an art theme and has several paintings exhibited in its halls, and many different art expositions take place in this hotel. The Residenza D’Arte is an original hotel ideal for those who enjoy the tranquility of the Italian countryside and who want to relax amongst the many art paintings that fill the hotel’s walls.

As one steps into this magical hotel one immediately realizes that this hotel lives and breathes art. This artistic and unusual hotel is located near Sienna, and the rustic building is flanked by hundred year old olive trees.

The hotel can be found on a hill full of cypress and olive trees, a rather inspiring panorama for the many artists who designed this hotel. The reception hall is a grand hall with wooden tables and carved chairs, stone walls and sculptures that decorate the walls. The rooms are designed in a variety of styles, colors and shapes. The hotel also has its own park, ideal for those who like taking long walks or who enjoy painting.

The hotel has three different types of rooms, each one with its own particular paintings and its own bathroom. Prices can vary between 400 and 550€ per night. The Junior Rooms are a set of comfortable rooms full of paintings and all the necessary comforts for a luxurious stay. The Superior Rooms are larger rooms with their own entrance hall and all kinds if luxurious details. The Suites are more like a set of luxurious apartments with two big rooms and a living room connected by a wide hall.

The hotel is exquisitely decorated with a large variety of  paintings in may different styles, sculptures, arches, marble floors and stone walls, all of which have been recently renovated. Each room has a double bed, a renovated bathroom, a fridge and a plasma TV, and most of the rooms have their own private entrance from the small park.

The Hotel Residenza D’Arte offers its guests a wide range of services and activities. One can enjoy a guided excursion to the charming neighboring town of Torrita di Siena, a XIVth Century town. Guests can also participate in painting and cooking classes, go on trips around Siena, relax on weekends at the Montepulciano spa, enjoy horse riding or bicycle routes, as well as renting luxury cars and visiting Siena, Montepulciano, Montalcino and Chianti.

Furthermore, fashion lovers are in for a treat. Only 45 minutes away from the hotel one can find the best outlet shops of the most exclusive Italian brand names, such as Gucci, Valentino, Giorgio Armani, Agnona, Bottega Veneta, Ermenegildo Zegna and Salvatore Ferragamo, amongst many others. One can buy their products at a 70% discount rate and hire a chauffeur who will transport them to and from the hotel.

The Qbic hotel chain has three different hotels in three different Benelux cities. Those three curious and low budget hotels are located in Amsterdam, Antwerp and Maastricht.

All three Qbic hotels are low cost hotels designed by a group of artists, and they are ideal for groups who want to stay in those cities for a couple of days. Price per person per night starts from 69€, including all taxes, but guests are encouraged to book in advance since there may be lower fares.

Each room, called a “Cubi“, has a rather futuristic design and is shaped like a slightly distorted cube. Each room has a Hästens bed, designed by Philippe Starck, a plasma TV, a security box and Internet access. Each Cubi also has a different set of lights that can change the colour of the room depending on the guest’s preferences.

The hotel also has a range of touch screen computers in its hallways where guests can search for entertainment options, such as the movies at the cinema, the shows at the theatre or the restaurant where they would like to have dinner. Moreover, both the reception and the check in are also digitalized, which means that guests will not have to wait in a queue to check themselves in and only have to pick the key up at the reception.

In the lobby we can find Grab&co, a small establishment where new painters, decorators and designers can experiment with art. Here we can find all types of vending machines, some selling home made food brought from a local bakery by catering, while others sell objects for personal hygiene and clothes.

The hotel chain has three hotel in three different cities. Qbic Hotel Amsterdam is located in the city’s financial district, while Qbic Hotel Antwerp is in the very heart of the city center, as is Qbic Hotel Maastricht, which is comfortably surrounded by small coffee shops.

The Künstlerheim Luise Hotel is a rather curious hotel in Berlin, Germany. The guests of this hotel have a rather unique opportunity to live and sleep amongst various art pieces in their art themed rooms.

This hotel has fifty rooms, each one with its own bathroom. Each one of the rooms was designed by a different artist, and the hotel subsidizes all of the painters and decorators that made each room unique. The artists who worked on each room receive a percentage of revenue that their room generated, and have the right to stay there for free.

Each one of the fifty rooms enjoys a rather personal style, and each one has a different theme. Price per night varies between 120€ and 150€, but it can change depending on the season. The hotel also has its own restaurant, the Habel, where visitors can taste traditional regional dishes and the best wine.

The hotel is located in the center of the city, in a grand classic building that dates from the XIXth Century. The hotel used to be a residential building that was abandoned, and by 1984 it was transformed in a hotel with shops. Years later, another building was added to the compound, and a patio was formed.

The reception hall is usually decorated with new art works and houses new art exhibitions each time, something that distinguishes the hotel amongst its competitors. Even though the facades have not changed since 1825, several major reformations have managed to change the classical style building into a monument to modern art.

The hotel is located in the heart of the city, near Tiergarten Park and the Spree River. Near the hotel, one can find the famous Reichstag, the Friedrichstrasse and Unter den Linden streets and the great Brandemburg Tör.

The hotel Atelier Sul Mar is a very interesting hotel in Castel di Tusa, between Palermo and Messina in Italy. The hotel was the idea of the italian artist Antonio Presti.

This hotel breathes with a passion for contemporary and modern art. Most of the rooms were designed by contemporary artists and decorated in varying manners, according to the style of each room. The hotel has a total of 40 rooms, while 11 of these are exclusive artworks of leading artists.

Each room is different, and has a certain modern art or poetic meaning to it. According to Presti himself, the hotel is also a socially friendly one, since some of the revenue goes towards the promotion of art to other less well off regions. Price per night is at a fixed 70€ rate.

One of the designed rooms is called the Profet’s Room, in memory of the italian intellectual and poet Pier Paolo Passolini. This rooms was designed by three reknown artists, including the founder of the hotel himself together with Adele Cambria and Darrio Belleza, who was also the author of one of the poems that decorates the room’s walls. The other walls are decorated with poems written by Passolini himself.

The Trinacria room has a peculiar triangular bed, while the room called Sigismundo’s Tower has an enormous window on the ceiling. This window can be opened at any time and the guest can enjoy the precious views of the sea. Yet another one of the rooms is fully dedicated to the utopian ideology.

Apart from the more artistic rooms, there are others which are more traditional and have an impressive view of the sea. Of course, even these rooms are slightly more innovative in their own way, since the walls are decorated with paintings and detailed furniture designed by various artists.