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Room With an Anti-View :: Mandarin Oriental Excelsior, Hong Kong

Where: 281 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.

Yet more evidence to support our claim that you can't believe everything that's written on a hotel's website. On the Mandarin Oriental's Excelsior Hotel site, they say that this Hong Kong hotel has

A prime location overlooking Victoria Harbour and the luxury of 34 floors with spectacular views.

We presume that this particular view is not one of those, although some might say that it's spectacular in its scariness. There probably are decent views to be had from other rooms, and the Excelsior is in Causeway Bay, an interesting area of Hong Kong to stay in and a bit different from the usual downtown or Kowloon stops.

Cheapest rates at the Excelsior start at HK$1,180 (US$150--it's a bargain internet only rate) and they also have a range of packages both for business travelers and families headed to Hong Kong Disneyland--yep, both ends of the market. And both kinds of views.

[Photo: Swami Stream]

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Room With a Killer View: Hong Kong Harbor from the Park Lane

Where: 310 Gloucester Road, CAUSEWAY BAY, China

We are suckers for a room with a killer view.  We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.

This view from the Park Lane Hotel just goes to show that Hong Kong is not all skyscrapers and Chinese restaurants: it's green too.

There are over 800 rooms at the Park Lane, so not all of them have a view that's quite this spectacular, but if you feel like you're missing out then just head up to Riva, the roof top restaurant, for a meal and panoramic views. By day or by night, views over Hong Kong harbor and Victoria Park are worth getting whether you've paid for an expensive enough room or not.

[Photo: shinyai]

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Hong Kong Boutique

Where: 1-5 Irving Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Going to Hong Kong and looking for an alternative to the omnipresent skyscraper hotel?

Daily Candy points us to the Jia boutique hotel apartments.

JIA is the first Philippe Starck designed boutique hotel in Asia.

One tower, 24 stories with 54 chic studios and suites featuring contemporary all-marbled kitchens and bathrooms.

JIA also kicks in free broadband.

The 380 sq. ft. studios will run you ~HK$1,600.

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