Original Hotels

The Pod Hotel is located in the centre of New York, in the United States. This small hotel is the ideal accommodation choice for those who travel on business, since it is well equipped with all the necessary technologies and comfortable as well as ergonomic furniture which ensures a pleasant stay.

This hotel may not be big, but it is definitely very modern and stylish. The hotel has four different types of rooms, the Bunk rooms, Single Rooms, Double Rooms and Queen Rooms, as well as several apartments. All rooms have at least one bed which can vary in size depending on the room, a shared or individual bathroom, an iPod dock, free Internet access and flat screen televisions.

All rooms have a sleek design, with modern amenities as well as ergonomic and multifunctional furniture. The rooms are also equipped with the latest technologies and the flashy colour scheme brightens up the living spaces. Guests will be able to choose the accommodation type that best suits their needs, as well as relax while listening to their own music and enjoying the beautiful view out of the window. The rooms also have a sophisticated temperature control and dimmer light control system.

Each Pod adapts to each guest. The mp3 and iPod docks allow guests to feel like they’re at home, and the dimmer light control system will allow the workaholics to concentrate better on their tasks. The furniture is ergonomic, allowing to increase the available living space.

There are several types of rooms. The Bunk Pods are small rooms with a bunk bed. Each bunk has curtains for privacy, as well as its own overhead lamp and a small TV screen with individual headphones. This room also has a large and spacious wardrobe with a safe and views towards the city.

The Single Pod rooms are the ideal choice for those who travel on their own or are planning a short business trip. These rooms, decorated in bright colours and prints, have a single bed, a wardrobe and an in room sink. There is also a working area with a large desk and light control. Like all other rooms, these pods also have free Internet access. The safe is hidden inside the wardrobe. Price is around 65€ per night.

Both the Bunk Pods and Single Pods share a bathroom, and each room has a light indicating whether or not the bathrooms are occupied. The shared bathrooms are quite large, with spacious private shower cabins, designer lavatories and music, as well as marble floors and counters and bathroom decorations made of granite.

The larger Pods are more original. The Double Double Pod is a larger room with two double beds. All beds have personal drawers for guests to keep their personal items in. Like all rooms, these pods also have enough space for a television, a working desk, a wardrobe with a safe and iPod docks, as well as a private bathroom.

The Veranda Pods are larger rooms designed for larger groups who travel together, and have a double and an individual bed. All beds have individual drawers for personal items and the enormous wardrobe has a safe. These rooms have a television, an mp3 and iPod dock, Internet access, and a small, cute terrace with mesmerizing views towards the city. These rooms also have a private bathroom.

The Townhouse Studio Pods are larger pods usually used as family rooms. The sleeping area stands on a small dais, and there is a queensize bed as well as a double bed. The working area is slightly larger, but as all other rooms there is a wardrobe with a safe, mp3 and iPod docks and Internet access. The large 32 inch television screen occupies one wall. These rooms also have a spacious private bathroom with a bath tub and a shower amongst other details, as well as a hair dryer and other necessary amenities.

The Double Pod rooms are ideal for couples, and are spacious enough for a large desk and a big double bed. The working area holds the desk and an ergonomic chair, and the lights can be controlled manually in order to achieve the necessary brightness. The  wardrobe has a curious design full of shelves and different sized drawers which ensure that all the guests’ clothing and personal items are organized throughout the stay. The Double Pods have their own private bathroom with a thick glass doors, a sleek modern lavatory and a large shower. Price per room usually varies between 80 and 120€ per night.

The Queen Pod rooms are the most luxurious and spacious rooms at the hotel, where every inch of space is full of colour. These rooms have a large queensize bed with bright covers and an enormous closet with drawers, shelves, and enough space for suitcases. These rooms also have a safe, a spacious working space with light control, a 20 inch flat television screen, an iPod dock and free Internet access, amongst curious decorations. The en suite bathrooms are separated from the main dormitory by an opaque glass wall, and have a relaxing cascading shower and a sleek sink and lavatory. The price of this rooms varies depending on the season, although usually it is around 130€ per night.

The Pod Hotel is a hotel full of colour and music. The stylish lobby is also a small information office where guests will be able to get all the necessary details and information about the city and its most famous landmarks. The hotel can also make restaurant reservations, buy tickets or else arrange excursions. The hotel also has a small restaurant which is well known for preparing the best and most original organic meals. The hotel is comfortably located in Manhattan, near the Radio City Music Hall, the United Nations Headquarters and the famous Rockefeller Center.

The First World Hotel is undoubtedly one of the largest hotels in the world. It is located in the Genting Highlands Resort, in Malaysia. This hotel has several floors, and has its own mall, several parks, an open air and an external amusement park and a hotel on the rooftop.

This hotel is the third largest hotel in the world when it comes to the number of guestrooms. The gargantuan hotel has a whooping 6,118 rooms available for visitors. However, the hotel itself occupies only a very small part of the building, since apart from the guestrooms, one can find a megamall, a tropical forest and even an amusement park. This giant, whose bright, colourful façade cannot be easily missed, also happens to have a wide variety of entertainment options.

The main building is made up by two towers, and each tower has 28 floors. In order to get to the hotel, which stands atop a mountain, guests will have to take the fastest cable car in the world, which travels at around six metres per second.

The hotel also has more than 80 different shops and stores, around 90 different restaurants specializing in food from all over the world, and even a large casino. The most adventurous guests will be able to try their luck at the Starworld casino or else sing the greatest hits in one of the 50 karaoke bars.

The First World Hotel has several types of rooms, although most rooms are simple standard rooms with a double bed, a bathroom and views towards the city. The Standard rooms can either have a double bed or two twin beds, while the Standard View rooms have the same characteristics but with better views. The Deluxe rooms are slightly more spacious, and can either have a double queensize bed or two individual beds. The smallest rooms are 19 square metre rooms, but the Deluxe ones are larger.

Price per night varies according to the type of room and season.A Standard room can cost around 23€ per night, while a Standard View costs around 25€ per night and a Deluxe room costs around 27€ per night during the low season. The World Club rooms are exclusive suites with their own fridge and sofa. All rooms are painted in bright, jovial colours and have windows facing the city that spreads below their feet.

The hotel does not cease to surprise its guests. Its colourful façade stands like a beacon dozens of metres above the city and the main lobby is designed like a traditional Spanish courtyard and is located in a tropical forest. Hotel guests will be able to enjoy different cuisines from all over the world in one of the hotel’s 11 restaurants. Several of the most notable dining places are Ristorante Torcello’s, which serves the best Italian food, as well as the First World Café and the Hou Mei Noodles House, where guests will be able to taste many of the different varieties of local noodles.

Since the hotel itself occupies the top floors of the building, the lower levels are made up of over 46, 000 square metres full of shops, bars, restaurants, casinos and amusement parks. There is a large stage in the middle where each week guests will be able to enjoy magic shows or concerts. One of the most curious aspects of the hotel is the small replica of the Times Square that stands on one level, with the nearby Statue of Liberty looking over it. The hotel also has an interior water park with an enormous pool, as well as the first free fall simulator in Asia. This hotel is also in the Guinness Book of World Records since it is the largest hotel complex by number of rooms.

The Pelirocco Hotel is located in Brighton Beach, in the United Kingdom. This hotel was one of the first boutique hotels of the country, and it has several main themes, including the 1950’s, rocknroll and pop themes.

The hotel has 19 very different rooms, such as individual rooms, double rooms with a double bed, or double rooms with two twin beds, as well as rooms for people with reduced mobility. All the rooms at this hotel have their own bathroom with a shower or a bathtub, and breakfast is included in the price. Each room is decorated in its own quirky style, and all rooms are painted in very bright colours and have rather unusual decorations. Each room has a flat screen TV, a Playstation 2, radio and Internet access. Price varies between 50 and 270€ per night.

All rooms have curious themes, with some of the rooms decorated in a lavish pop style, other rooms decorated like a mermaid’s dwelling and other rooms dedicated to musicians. The Pin Up Parlour is decorated with a Pin Up Girl theme, full of dark colours and photos. One of the rooms has a curious boudoir dedicated to the 1950’s muse Betty Page.

The Play Room is the most burlesque room at the hotel, with an enormous circular bed, kitsch decorations and a boudoir. The room even has a pole in the centre, allowing guests to take pole dancing and striptease lessons. One of the newest rooms at this hotel is The Ophelia Fancy Upper Room, a room where lingerie and lace are part of the pastel decorations.

The Sputnik room is an individual room with a futurist look in just about every centimetre of the room, and reminds guests of a space capsule. The Rough Trade Rough Nite room was inspired by a music shop in London, and immortalises an indie style. Ali’s Room is named after one of the best boxers in the world, and in the very centre of this large room guests will find a real boxing ring.

One of the best rooms at this hotel is the Soul Supreme Room. It has a classical style with similar furniture, golden walls, a wide array of golden ornaments, dark purple details and smoke screens. Another delightful room is Cissy Mo’s Magic Garden, a room full of psychedelic colours and intricate designs.

The hotel organizes many activities. Guests can enjoy a Singstar night, when all guests are invited to sing along to their favourite artist’s song as they watch their videoclips, or else visit the hotel’s PlayStation Bar. The hotel offers its guests a delicious traditional English breakfast, with bacon, eggs, fresh fruit and toast. The hotel also offers menus for vegetarians.

The hotel also offers a catering service, and can even prepare picnic baskets for guests who want to spend a quiet day in the countryside. The picnic basket varies according to season. The hotel can also bake fresh cupcakes for guests to enjoy upon their arrival. The catering service can also prepare salads, sandwiches or puddings for guests to enjoy directly in their rooms or in one of the meeting rooms.

The hotel has several meeting and conference rooms, which can be used both for informal meetings and more formal conferences. The meeting rooms are quite small and can be arranged in several ways. The maximum capacity is eight people sitting around a large desk or fourteen people sitting in rows opposite a large screen. For larger celebrations and conferences, guests can rent the PlayStation Bar and the hotel’s restaurant, with a maximum capacity of 25 people.

The Petit Moulin Hotel is a small, fashionable four star hotel in Paris, France. The charming hotel was designed by Christian Lacroix and is a must see place for all fashionistas.

The hotel is located in the Le Marais neighbourhood, which spreads out between the 3rd and 4th arrondissements. The hotel is well known for its curious designs.

The hotel is located in an historical building dating from the XVIIth century. Before it became a hotel, this building housed a bakery but was renovated later on. However, the building’s façade, which dates from the early years of the XXth Century, and the vintage Boulangerie sign that still hangs above the door, have been named Historical Monuments.

The lobby at this luxurious hotel, designed by the famous designer, is fashionably decorated with many colours, paintings and statues and is open 24 hours a day. It also has access for people with reduced mobility, a business centre with photocopy machines and fax, laundry service and a private parking. This hotel also allows guests to bring their small pets.

The hotel has 17 rooms. There are several types of rooms with different characteristics, such as the Confort, Executive, Superieur and Deluxe rooms. All rooms have a double bed, a bathroom and panoramic views towards the city. Each one of the rooms also has air conditioning, a safe, a hair dryer, WiFi connection, a flat screen TV, a mini bar and a telephone.

All the 17 rooms are decorated in a unique style. Each rooms offers guests several varying points of view of the historically bourgeois neighbourhood of Le Marais.

One of the rooms at this hotel has a more rustic touch, with Toile de Jouy decorations, curtains and furniture. Another one of these luxurious rooms has a Zen atmosphere, with purely oriental designs and Asian silks spread around the room.

Another room has a more jovial style, and is painted in many different colours and furnished with comfortable, kitsch furniture. Yet another room is decorated in a more antique style, with a bathroom full of mosaics and wooden, ancient looking furniture. One of the rooms has a traditional Scandinavian touch, with walls covered in wall paper, lush carpets and covers and textiles picturing Nordic designs.

One of the most curious rooms at this hotel has black walls and black curtains with red and green prints representing hunting scenes in the campagne, or countryside, as well as a shiny black bathtub with red details and a large selection of bath amenities. Another room has white walls covered by coloured haute couture runway sketches, giving the guests who stay there a distinctive feeling that their room is actually some famous designer’s office.

Price varies according to the type of room. The cheapest rooms are the Confort rooms, which cost around 190€ per night, followed by the Superieur rooms, at 250€ per night. The Executive rooms are more spacious and cost 290€ per night, while the most expensive and luxurious rooms are the De Luxe rooms, as 350€ per night.

The hotel is located in the Le Marais district, a bohemian and bourgeois neighbourhood with hundreds of things to see. Guests are only a short walk away from the Picasso Museum, the Carnavalet Museum and many art galleries. The nearby Place des Vosges is the ideal place for a quiet walk or for a shopping spree in the best boutiques, and there are many delicious haute cuisine restaurants and theatres next to the hotel.

The Monaco Hotel is in Seattle, Washington, in the United States. This original four star hotel is located in one of the most active neighbourhoods of the city. The hotel is a fascinating meeting point between eclectic themes, clashing colours and wacky decorations. This boutique hotel is smaller than a usual hotel, which adds to its charm, as do the brightly coloured rooms decorated with curious and unique designs in each one of them.

Even before guests enter the lobby, they are surprised by the varied décor reminiscent of an Ancient Greek Port. The floors, ceilings and walls are decorated with white stucco and bright blue murals and decorations. The lobby and most of the halls at the hotel are full of bronze decorations and ornaments, with big, shiny, multicoloured crystal globes and extraordinary murals about marine and nautical life spread around the hotel.

All rooms have luxurious amenities, ranging from Aveda bath products, bathrobes decorated with leopard print and an ironing board. The rooms also have an in-room honour bar, comfortable armchairs, a work area with a chair and a desk, flat screen televisions and even a Nintendo. The rooms and suites at this hotel are designed in different shades and colours, with some rooms painted in bright scarlet and others decorated in yellow ochre. All rooms have a double bed and a classically designed bathroom. There is a great variety of comfortable and eclectic furniture in all of the rooms, as well as several ornaments which harmonize the varied décor of the hotel and give the rooms a younger, lighter atmosphere.

This hotel has several types of rooms. There are small yet comfortable double rooms, spacious rooms adapted for people with any mobility problems with an adapted bathroom, and rooms which allow guests to bring their pets with them.

The Monaco Queen Queen is a double room with two large, queensize beds. With 36 square metres of space, these rooms have beautiful views towards the city. There are several types of pillows and covers for guests to choose from, all of them made with the best materials, a little something which makes their visit much more enjoyable. The average price per night is around 114€ per room.

The Monte Carlo Suite is another distinguished rooms. There are 33 suites of this type, each one of them with 44 square metres of space. These suites have a master bedroom with a kingsize bed, a living room with a sofa bed and velvet curtains separating both rooms. The decorations are painted in different shades and have varying styles. Guests will be able to sit in hand carved chairs while admiring some Native art. Price per room is usually around 134€ per night.

The Mediterranean Suites are ten luxurious, 45 square metre rooms. These rooms have a master bedroom and a king-size bed, a large, spacious living room and a big bathroom. Those guests who choose to stay at these suites will be able to enjoy the large Fuji Spa Tub with a capacity for two. The bathroom also holds a separate, glass-enclosed shower. The decorations are traditionally Mediterranean, with a summer atmosphere that makes the suite look like a Mediterranean Villa with coastal decorations. The minimum price for the suite is around 134€ per night.

The hotel also has other rooms and suites. The average price is around 214€ per night, although the best suites are much more expensive and can cost around 500€ per night.

The hotel also has gift certificates available for several nights at the hotel. This original idea allows guests to find the ideal gift for those friends and family members in need of a break. Gift certificate holders have several perks, such as free Internet access.

The Monaco Hotel is very focused on the smallest details. Apart from having the traditional hotel commodities, guests will be able to watch several films from the hotel’s large DVD collection, listen to different types of music, enjoy a relaxing cup of coffee or tea at any time of day or enjoy the company of several coloured goldfishes. The goldfishes have their own name and personal fish bowl. Guests will also be able to enjoy a wine catering experience in one of the hotel’s halls or a free cup of coffee or tea at the reception.

Amongst the numerous services offered by this luxurious boutique hotel, guests who stay here can also enjoy a relaxing spa treatment directly in their rooms or practice yoga with help from the yoga kits available at the hotel. Near the reception, guests will also find a small shop which sells all the necessary travel equipment, as well as an express laundry service and a shoe shiner.

Guests participating in the Kimpton InTouch Guest Loyalty will be able to modify their rooms according to their taste, as well as enjoying free Internet access and free Nintendo games. All guests will be able to enjoy a selection of hot beverages, such as the best Starbucks blends, which are served at the hotel. Guests also receive free press each morning. During the evenings, the hotel organizes several activities, such as a wine reception or Guitar Hero games. Each Wednesday and Friday guests are welcome to visit the fortune teller of the hotel, who will read your palm. Each Thursday guests can enjoy the massaging armchairs.

This hotel is part of the Kimpton hotel chain. It is located in the centre of the city, near Pike Place Market, the famous Pioneer Square and the Washington State Trade & Convention Centre. Near this hotel guests will also be able to find the main shopping streets, and they will also have the opportunity to visit several famous landmarks, including the Seattle Public Library.

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 Hotel Crazy Bear in Oxford, England, is certainly one of the most original hotels in the country. The hotel is located in the English countryside, near the center of Oxford.

The Crazy Bear Hotel is certainly an extravagant hotel with an unique design and several details designed to make their visitors’ stay as enjoyable as they can. The design of this hotel, where the reception is decorated as a classical red double decker bus, shines amongst the nature of the English midlands.

The hotel has a large garden full of tropical trees and a maze of paths that zigzag along all the territory. There are also several fountains, waterfalls, terraces and even a forest.

The building where this hotel is located dates from the XVI Century, and has seventeen rooms, a bar and several restaurants. The dwellings at this hotel have been recently refurbished and remodeled, and the bar now carries the traits of both the more classic and traditional British style and the idiosyncratic decorations, such as a 2.40 metre tall bear.

Each one of the seventeen rooms spread out across the hotel has its own individual style. While all rooms have a similar structure, with a double bed, a bathroom and luxurious furniture, they each have their own style. All rooms have a TV set, a CD player and CD library, robes, complimentary newspapers and wireless Internet access. Each room also has its own name, and the name of the room is a small introduction to the decorations that one will be able to find inside the room. Several rooms are connected rooms, ideal for families or groups of people travelling together. Price per night varies depending on the type of room and season, though the mean price is between 200 and 385€ per night.

The Punch room is decorated with several colourful baubles on the walls, while the Ramón Allones room has a more curved design. The Bolivar room reminds the visitors of the influence of the XIX Century politician, while the Romeo and Juliet room is one of the most spacious and most romantic rooms named after the famous Cuban cigars. Other rooms at this hotel, such as the rooms Black, Peppermint, White or Silver have a much more classic style and are decorated in the colour of the room’s name, and have inspiring decorations.

This hotel also offers its visitors the possibility to enjoy a delicious meal at an exclusive Thai restaurant located just below the hotel. The luxurious restaurant has a large collection of wines in its cellar, a ceiling covered with mirrors and masks of faces that cover the velvet covered walls. The English restaurant at this hotel is also an interesting place to dine, with wine bottles hanging from the ceiling, strange animal footprints on the floor, walls covered in leather and mirrors, and several chandeliers which only add to the restaurant’s charm.

Other buildings on the hotel’s territory include a lavishly decorated log cabin and an enormous Moroccan themed glasshouse full of vivid colours and its own copse. For guests who would like to celebrate their wedding or another important event, the hotel has a special Oak Room, a large hall ideal for great parties, weddings, reunions or conferences.

The hotel is only 20 minutes away from Oxford, and has an enormous, 60 acre, territory. One of the most original and endearing aspects of this hotel is its small farm that can be found on its territory, full of several different species of farm animals. This hotel also has its own food shop that sells agricultural products and organic meat, and all of the goods can be savoured at the hotel restaurant.

The visitors of this hotel will be able to visit the charming and historic city of Oxford, the world renown Oxford University, the Blenheim Palace, various shops, theatres and museums, the Dorchester Abbey and many other historic places. The hotel will be able to organize all kinds of fun activities such as hot balloon trips, helicopter excursions, long rides on horseback, shopping sprees, quad circuits, fishing trips, walks in the countryside, golf, bicycle rent and hundreds of other fascinating activities.

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 Grand Daddy Hotel is a luxurious four star hotel full of the newest technologies and an impressive decoration. Both creativity and magic rule in this hotel in Cape Town, in South Africa.

This curious hotel has several different types of rooms. Prices vary according to the type of rooms and season, but during the low season, a double room can cost around 85€ per person per night, while a trailer can reach 140€ per person per night.

The superior rooms are the most chic rooms at this hotel. Each superior room has air conditioning and its own marble bathroom. The interior design is full of silver details and African motives, such as carved figures on the bedposts. Furthermore, a large black globe stands proudly in the room, with fine silver lines indicating the countries one should visit next.

Another type of room are the two Sugar Daddy suites. These luxurious suites, each one of them with a private patio, an elegant living room and plasma televisions, are full of technology and intricate design. Each suite has a kingsized bed and a luxurious bathroom.

The penthouse of this curious hotel resembles a wide rooftop with several exclusive vintage trailers. All seven of these trailers, or American Airstreams, have been refurbished in order to be able to accommodate two people, and each room has been designed by a local artist. All the trailers at the top of the hotel have breathtaking views to the world below. From the rooftop, one can observe the Mesa Mountain situated in the Kirstenboch National Botanical Gardens. Each one of the trailers has its own double bed and a bathroom.

All of the trailers have been designed and redecorated by a team of local artists. Each trailer has its own theme, all of them definitely rather eccentric and original.

The Afro Funk room is decorated with traditional African motives and draped in colors of the dessert. Love of Lace is a quirky room decorated in light pink colors, and has a large boudoir. The Dorothy room is another room with light blue walls decorated with extra large polka dots, where everything is decorated in the same way, and even the tea cups sport decorations of polka dots in several tones of blue. In the Goldilocks room, characteristically enough, everything is multiplied by three, and many figures of bears can be found in the room. The Ballad of John&Yoko is a rather large and curious room dedicated solely to music, with an extra large bed and several musical instruments. The Pleasantville room serves as an iconic reminder of the 1950’s decade, and is furnished with 1950’s materials and furniture. The Earthcote room is a room dedicated to the Earth, with peaceful colors and several layers symbolizing the layers of our planet.

Each one of the trailers has its own small front garden, decorated with a small mailbox and other small details. During the summer months, visitors can walk across their gardens and visit the Pink Flamingo Cinema, a free open air cinema on the roof.

The Grand Daddy Hotel has its own bar and restaurant. The Daddy Cool Bar is one of the most renown bars in the region, decorated with light colored leather furniture, golden decorations and shiny metal tables. The bar has a truly exquisite wine and whisky menu. Next to the bar one may find a curious digital art and photography gallery. Furthermore, the hotel restaurant, the Showroom Café, is the ideal place for one to taste a different breakfast every day. This restaurant offers its clients a wide variety of home made food and organic products, as well as many local foods, such as fresh fish or large steaks.