HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND DESTINATIONS REVIEWED AT THE SPEED OF TRAVEL
Posted in Europe, Restaurant, Stockholm, Sweden on Jan 3rd, 2010
Visible through the entrance of Berns Asiatiska: Berzelii Park. Berns opened its doors August 1, 1863, (big ups to architect Johan Fredrik Åbom). If created today, those mega-sized chandeliers wouldn’t survive the focus groups. The next time I’ll bring a food stylist. This mess is my first round at the Sunday brunch at Berns Asiatiska. [...]
Posted in Europe, Hotel, The Netherlands on Nov 11th, 2009
Fact: In Amsterdam, your taxi driver rarely knows where to go (dispite his car being equipped with a fully functional GPS). Hence this pic. If it looks like this, tell him to stop! Rooms at the Dylan have everything you’d expect to find in an Anoushka Hempel hotel. I stayed in a Garden Room where [...]
A standard room at the Klaus K. A pretty nice place to stay. Visually, I won’t complain about the bathroom, but there was this rather unpractical, (and wet), solution for the shower… For such a small space the lobby area suffers a little bit from sensory overload. Not that it’s unattractive, but for sure Swedish [...]
A journalist bought it as a ruin. It was originally built for a prosperous local merchant at the beginning of the 19th century. Now it is a very nice Russian hotel. Probably not a typical Russian hotel room. Well travelled locals would say it’s not even typical for St. Petersburg. The bathroom – way more spacious [...]
From the outside it’s hard to tell that the Britania is one of the best hotels in Lisbon. No doubt the entrance is the most striking feature of the exterior. It’s also one of a few things that would tell the fans of Deco that the Britania is Lisbons only surviving Deco hotel! It sure [...]