http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T15:26:12Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/15/15333/3131 <![CDATA[<p><i>Our Super Secret Hotel Maven network extends far and wide and thanks to another SSHM, we have a mini-guide to Russia's luxe hotels--perfect for ballers, high-rollers and Russian mobsters. It's a mini-guide because it's really only a few hotels in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Up next: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Hotel+Europe/ian/127219"><b>The Grand Hotel Europe.</b></a> Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/grandeuropepburg.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Now on to my favorite hotel in St. Petersburg, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+Hotel+Europe/ian/127219"><b>Grand Hotel Europe. </b></a> I actually didn't want to like this place, because well, it's an Orient Express property. And frankly, when I think of Orient Express, I think of Ben-Gay stank old ladies. The hotel is thankfully in a bustling part of St. Petersburg.<p> Before I made my way over to this area, known as Nevsky HotelChatter 2008-04-15T15:42:52-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/14/143338/275 <![CDATA[<p><i>Our Super Secret Hotel Maven network extends far and wide and thanks to another SSHM, we have a mini-guide to Russia's luxe hotels--perfect for ballers, high-rollers and Russian mobsters. It's a mini-guide because it's really only a few hotels in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Up next: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Eliseev+Palace+Hotel/ian/221153"><b>The Eliseev Palace</b></a> and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Angleterre+Hotel/ian/189682"><b>Hotel Angleterre</b></a>. Enjoy.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/eliseeveroom.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>Eliseev Palace</i><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/ru/St.%20Petersburg"><b>St. Petersburg</b></a> is a lovely city, I guess. The architecture is delightfully institutional. The snow, I mean slush, is a wonderful hue of mocha. And nothing says warm and fuzzy like Russia, right?<p> When it comes to the sites, St. Petersburg is all history--lots of palaces and museums and pretty things. Pretty things get boring, though, so this hotel freak decided to HotelChatter 2008-04-14T14:43:53-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/7/164629/2964 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/astoria_room.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>Our Super Secret Hotel Maven network extends far and wide and thanks to another SSHM, we have a mini-guide to Russia's luxe hotels--perfect for ballers, high-rollers and Russian mobsters. It's a mini-guide because it's really only a few hotels in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Up first: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Rocco+Forte+Hotel+Astoria/ian/240457"><b>The Hotel Astoria</b></a>. Enjoy.</i><p>It's not easy to travel to Russia if you're a picky Angeleno with the sniffles. Recently, though, I did the difficult and braved the subzero temperatures. I saw the two main cities, St. Petersburg and Moscow, and explored the cultural treasures of each. More importantly, though, I made stops at each of the city's key hotels for tours of the facilities and rooms, and have smuggled my reports HotelChatter 2008-04-07T17:18:52-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/7/143355/0424 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/w_hotel_sf_wifi.jpg"><p>Not content to let Hilton have all the world-dominating fun, Starwood plans to open a <a href="http://www.whotels.com"><b>W Hotel</b></a> in St. Petersburg, Russia <a href="http://www.hotelmotel.com/hotelmotel/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=409456">by summer of 2008</a>. Looks like the motto is ever-eastward, now that the chain's two <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/6/19/105230/160/hotels/W_Hotels_Heads_to_the_Middle_East_Again">Middle East outposts</a> are underway. What should we expect from the first Russian W?<blockquote><p>The W St. Petersburg is centrally located south of the Neva River in the historic centre of St. Petersburg, with many of the city's cathedrals, museums and palaces accessible by foot. The hotel will be located on Voznesensky Prospect, between St. Isaac's Square and the Admiralty, just a stone's throw from the lavish Winter Palace which houses the world famous Hermitage Museum. From their rooms, hotel guests pbb 2007-03-07T16:43:30-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/29/21621/612 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/grandhotel_europe.jpg"><p>If you want to be seen in St. Petersburg, Russia, you've got to be on Nevsky Prospekt, the promenading main street where all the pretty young things strut their stuff. And the best place to stay or even just to buy a drink and sit on the street is the <a href="http://www.grandhoteleurope.com/web/stpetersburg/grand_hotel_europe.jsp"><b>Grand Hotel Europe</b></a>, proudly in the middle of this famous stretch.<p> Even the name tells you it's the place to be: this is not the Grand Hotel St. Petersburg, or even Russia, but the Grand Hotel EUROPE. On top of this, they've just renovated AND have their own chocolate factory.<p> Okay, whether it really is the best place to stay or not is debatable, as a lot of amandak 2007-01-02T16:35:02-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/