http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T09:05:22Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/14/64051/4989 <![CDATA[<p><i>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 <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.</i><p><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Anti_View_King_Jason_Hotel_Athens.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>When you're on your honeymoon, you're hoping not to come up amandak 2008-07-17T09:35:17-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/4/35415/42476 <![CDATA[<p><i>Our far-flung correspondent <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/monica%20guy">Monica Guy</a> has once again slapped together a guide to city we have only dreamed about visiting. This time, she's summing up various hotels in Greece. Got a tip, question or suggestion about where to stay? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send it our way</a>.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/oandbehotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> Chaos. It's a Greek word originally, and it's exactly what you'll find in Greece's capital of Athens. <p> <p>Chaotic driving, chaotic shopping, chaotic, hot, throbbing nightlife. It's good chaos - especially if you need a break from the boring predictability of an office - and one of the most fun and alive places to visit in southern Europe.<p> The hotel scene is as chaotic as the rest of the city. We've had the femmefatale 2008-01-07T09:00:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/30/7453/6277 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/FreshHotelroof_terrace.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>Here's some fresh news about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Fresh+Hotel/ian/201062"><b>Fresh Hotel</b></a> in Athens, Greece. It labels itself an urban resort and boasts "subtle luxury", as well as pretty amazing views from the deck on top of the hotel (they stretch even to the Parthenon).</p><p><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g189400-d455633-Reviews-Fresh_Hotel-Athens_Attica.html">Recent guests</a> have had lots of positive things to say about their stay at Fresh. They speak of helpful staff, a tasty breakfast with lots of alternatives to choose from and an impressive pool on the rooftop. The major downside seems to be that Fresh is located in a slightly seedy area and not everyone will feel safe walking back here at night; plus in true designer style, some rooms have those showers which looking amandak 2007-10-30T09:20:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/2/6733/86943 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/spidey_room.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>The name of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Baby+Grand+Hotel/local/544"><b>Baby Grand Hotel</b></a> alone conjures up elegant kind of jazz-on-a-Sunday evening images ... but that's not exactly what you'll find if you check into this Athens hotel. While it has some relatively normal guestrooms and suites, there are also 55 graffiti rooms, that the hotel itself describes in this way:</p><blockquote><p>Each room is an individual piece of art... From fantastic street and Japanese art to simply spaced out fantasies. Running waters, mountains, forests, flowers, true fairytales, dreaming creatures, and legendary cartoon heroes decorate in the most unique way our 55 graffiti rooms.</blockquote></p><p>This week, a <a href="http://travel.guardian.co.uk/article/2007/apr/28/saturday.athens">UK Guardian review</a> explained it in a slightly different way:</p><blockquote><p> The result is a hotchpotch of wacky installations such amandak 2007-05-02T06:07:33-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/10/24/115234/82 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/karim_and_the_kone.jpg"><p> Worldchanging designer Karim Rashid is at it again. Last night we spotted him hawking his new <a href="http://www.dirtdevil.com/Products/productDetail.aspx?id=39409">Dirt Devil Kone</a>--it is the new shape of clean y'all. &nbsp;<p> Of course, the design guru was dressed in his trademark white suite for the Dirt Devil spot, which eerily reminded us of the Dyson vacuum ads.<p> While Karim toils in the Dirt Devil lab, across the globe at his <a href=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Semiramis+Hotel/local/93"><b>Semiramis Hotel Athens</b></a>, some question his choice of palette. A recent French guest critiques Semiramis (read the following tip in a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415306/">Jean Girard</a> over-the-top accent for added amusement):<blockquote><p> We are big fan of design hotel, however this one is not what we like. I will recommend visiting the markj 2006-10-24T12:15:16-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/