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Bruges: Just The Sort Of Welcome Note You Don't Want To Find In Your Hotel

juliab — 2011-08-25T17:00:01-05:00

Not the kind of thing you want to see in the information kit in your hotel room: a notice informing you that mosquito nets are available at the front desk.

What makes it worse is that this wasn’t the steamy South, or somewhere exotic. This was our hotel room in Belgium. Bruges may be the prettiest town in Belgium, but even that won’t swing it a get out of jail pass when it comes to mosquitoes.

Luckily, we’ve just emerged unscathed after three days at the Grand Hotel Casselbergh, so it appears the hotel may just be being a little protective of its guests. Better safe than sorry, though.

Bruges: Visiting the Infamous Hotel from the Movie 'In Bruges'

JetSetCD — 2010-01-21T09:18:59-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Relais1.jpg" class="top"> The hotel is the two matching wood facades over the canal At this very momentbelieve it or notwe are in Bruges, and no not because of the tourist rush that the Colin Farrell/Ralph Fiennes movie "In Bruges" brought. We've just always wanted to head to the "Venice of the north," as the town is called, but while here we can't simply ignore the now-famous sites around town that became almost another character in the movie on their own. One such spot is the hotel in which the main hitman characters Ray (Farrell) and Ken (Gleeson) are put up by their boss, Harry (Fiennes). In the movie, it's passed off as a quaint, home-run bed and breakfast, but

Bruges: No More Creepy Couples Massages at the Kempinski Dukes Palace

juliab — 2009-11-02T14:14:21-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/bruges.jpg" class="top"> Weve been itching to go to the fabulous-looking <a rhef="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Kempinski%20Hotels">Kempinksi</a> <a rhef="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Kempinski+Hotel+Dukes+Palace/ian/263416">Dukes Palace</a> in a 15th-century castle in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/be/Bruges">Bruges</a> since it opened, and every time we hear some more news about it, we get closer to opening up our wallets. This time its the new spa menu taking our fancy. Its using the French Thalgo line (nice) for some pretty well-priced treatments including a Detox (scrub, detox gel, sauna and massage, 85) for after you've gone overboard on the local chocolate, and the cozy-sounding Mothers Cocoon (massage, facial and foot treatment, 140) for the preggers among you. Best of all, theyre making an admirable break from the creepy couples massage their Harmony for Two treatment

Bruges: A Boxing Day Vow: Next Christmas, A Luxury Hotel in Bruges

femmefatale — 2007-12-26T10:08:42-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/rbc_bruges.jpg" class="imgborder">Guess what <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/monica%20guy">Monica Guy</a> was doing yesterday on Boxing Day? Yup. Fantasizing about hotels....It's Boxing Day and you're wishing you'd gone away for Christmas. The turkey-smeared plates are piled up in the sink and you are feeling the after-effects of Aunty Jean's home-made concrete mince pies and knock-out Christmas pud. (Or is it just the English who inflict these Christmas "treats" upon each other?) Either way, you've vowed you won't be messing around with Christmas at home again - you're on the internet checking out Christmas hotels for next year. Bruges, Belgium is possibly the sweetest Christmas city in Europe. Okay, so it's cold...but you might get snow and at least it's small and cosy enough