Q: What is it? A: A High Renaissance Tuscan villa that has been turned into a hotel, with ”frescoed ceilings, elaborate stuccowork and colourful terrazzo floors” and a pretty unmotivated staff. Impressive. That’s the first word that comes to mind… While driving up the hill after having passed the manned gate, you can’t but think [...]
Tag Archive 'five-star'
Higashi-Yama Restaurant, Meguro, Tokyo *****
Posted in Japan, Restaurant, Top rated, Top rated restaurants on Okt 23rd, 2009
After dinner the chef laid out his hardware for me. I quickly decided not to mess with him. They serve green tea crème brûlée for dessert – and they get away with it! This Google Maps™ image is here for a simple purpose: Print it out and show the address in Japanese to your cabbie. [...]
Sigtuna Stadshotell, Sigtuna, Sweden *
Posted in Europe, Hotel, Sweden, Swedish countryside on Aug 23rd, 2009
Room #106 is one of the larger rooms in the Sigtuna Stadshotell. It’s actually a corner room, one of those you’ll get if you are willing to pay for a seaview. Left: The ”Lamino” chair. Designed by Yngve Ekström for Swedese in 1956, voted Swedish furniture piece of the century in 1999. In #106 it [...]
Nimb, Copenhagen, Denmark *****
Posted in Denmark, Europe, Hotel, Top rated, Top rated accommodation on Dec 5th, 2008
It doesn’t look like your ordinary boutique hotel. It doesn’t even look like a hotel. Room 12 is located at the very end of the Eastern Wing at the Nimb. And it has a fireplace! Personal hygiene, room 12 style. Not visible in this picture: The bathtub. The Nimb, Bernstorffsgade 5. On the other side [...]
Elite Plaza, Gothenburg, Sweden *
Posted in Europe, Gothenburg, Hotel, Sweden on Sep 28th, 2008
First a Swedish hotel joke: ”Servicenivån som Elite Plaza Hotel erbjuder är den allra högsta för att varje vistelse ska bli en unik upplevelse.” ”This was the first hotel in Sweden to be awarded a five-star rating.” Their website is pumping up the expectations even higher, claiming that the hotel is providing ”…a unique environment [...]