HotelChatter - Stories about CASANOVA http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T17:22:55Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/1025 Barcelona: Hotel Casanova Provides The Party and The Beach Space to Pass Out http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/1/133246/6224 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hipclubbincasanova.jpg" class="top"><p> The whole point of laying out on the beach all day is to look extra hot and glow later that evening in your "Going Out" clothes, and then stay out too late, drink too much and pass out on that same beach and do it all again, right? It appears <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/CASANOVA/local/1025"><b>Hotel Casanova</b></a> in Barcelona is on the up and up on understanding this tight vacation schedule. They've put together two stay-and-play vacation <a href="http://www.casanovabcnhotel.com/packs.php?lng=es">packages</a> so guests can book their beach and night lives all on one credit card statement. <p><b>The Casanova Hip Clubbing</b> package fills that beach-by-day, dance by-night-quota. Guests get a day of access to the Tropical Beach Club in Playa Gava along with two shiralevine 2009-06-01T17:08:18-05:00 Barcelona: Dollar On Lockdown At Barcelona&#146;s Casanova http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/2/93112/65926 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/slh_casanova.jpg" class="top"><p> Europe: nice place, shame about the currency. With the Euro strong as ever (okay, the dollar&#146;s climbing against it, but you&#146;ll still only get 79 measly cents for every dollar you hand over), it&#146;s tough hopping across the pond. <p>So what to do? Go over this year all the same and work overtime to pay for those bills you&#146;re going to be racking up? Or stick around at home until Obama gets you more bang for your buck? <p>Well here&#146;s some news that might nudge you in the direction of the airport: Barcelona&#146;s <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Rafaelhoteles+Casanova/ian/244678">Hotel Casanova</a></b> just announced that it&#146;ll be operating a one-to-one exchange rate between the US dollar and the euro for this year. So juliab 2009-03-02T12:50:30-05:00 Barcelona: If The Penelope-Scarlett Kiss Isn't Hot, At Least A Set Exchange Rate Is http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/15/135611/714 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/slh_casanova.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>In honor of Woody Allen's latest film "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", our bro <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/8/14/215448/907/travel/Movie+Set+Travel:+Vicky+Cristina+Barcelona">Jaunted</a> has the lowdown on the Pen&#233;lope Cruz-Scarlett Johansson make out (apparently not that hot. <i>Wait</i>--who are we kidding?), as well as where to eat, visit and sleep.<p>And while he sagely recommends <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Casa+Fuster+Hotel/ian/222832"><b>Hotel Casa Fuster</b></a>, we're going to throw the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Rafaelhoteles+Casanova/ian/244678"><b>Casanova Hotel</b></a> in the mix, and not just because the name is so apropos for Javier Bardem's character. <p> We've written about the Casanova <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/17/21138/000/hotels/Barcelona_Hotel_Guide_The_Casanova_Hotel">before</a>, but it just so happens that the hotel is offering a set exchange rate of 1.3 for U.S. travelers through September 15. Room rates at the hotel start at $197. <p> Apparently the hotel lobby bar is jennm 2008-08-15T14:15:11-05:00 Barcelona: What Culinary Culture Amalgamation Will Hotels Think of Next? http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/19/11226/4419

The Mexiterranée restaurant

The other day it was Mexican-Japanese fusion, today it's "Mexiterranean" cuisine being cooked up by a hotel. Barcelona's Casanova Hotel, home to the Mexiterranee restaurant, is offering private gourmet food and wine tours that claim to bring together the best of Mexican, Catalan and Mediterranean ingredients. ]]> jennm 2008-03-20T10:35:01-05:00 Barcelona: Barcelona Hotel Guide: The Princess and the Pea http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/17/33647/525 <![CDATA[<p><i><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/monica%20guy"><b>Monica Guy</b></a>, our own younger, blonder, more attractive but still curmudgeonly version of Andy Rooney has returned yet again. This time, she's giving us the lowdown on the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Barcelona%20Hotel%20Guide">Barcelona</a> hotel scene. Enjoy. </i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/casafuster.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Casa+Fuster+Hotel/ian/222832"><b>Casa Fuster</b></a>.</i><p>Once upon a time, in a land far, far away (<a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Barcelona%20Hotel%20Guide"><b>Barcelona</b></a>) there was a beautiful princess.<p> She was born in the rich area of Barcelona, around the <a href="http://www.seebarcelona.com/passeig.htm">Passeig de Gracia</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Via_de_les_Corts_Catalanes">Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes</a>, where all the 5-star hotels are. But she couldn't settle. Glamorous, rich, a lover of luxury and a bit of a gourmet: where should she stay?<p>She tried her father's favorite hotel first, the huge, ugly <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Rey+Juan+Carlos+I/ian/130089"><b>Rey Juan Carlos I</b></a>. femmefatale 2007-12-18T12:09:07-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/