HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Balconies

Panama City: Do Yourself A Favor and Make It An Ocean View At Westin Playa Bonita

ASchechter — 2012-02-01T09:28:50-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/WestinOceanView.jpg" class="top">You're checking into your hotel. You're tired from the trip, yet excited to be somewhere new, yet disoriented by the unfamiliar sceneryoften all at once. Without your wits about you, how are you supposed to determine which side of the building to request to get the best room view? Well, in the case of <a href="">Westin Playa Bonita</a>, let us point you in the right direction: between two options (Rainforest view and Ocean view), always, always pick the Ocean view. We were lucky enough to get given a room with an Ocean view right off the bat. And sure enough, one of the first things we did upon entering our room was rush over to our balcony, slide

St George's : Wake Up To The Caribbean On This Balcony

ASchechter — 2011-12-15T10:35:01-05:00

What is one thing people really, really love about Mount Cinnamon Resort in Grenada? According to TripAdvisor, it's Grand Anse Beach. Which isn't that surprising, considering these stunning snapshots taken by reader Cynthia during a recent stay there.

On a cold, gray day in New York, this is pretty much all it takes to perk us up (simple pleasures, right?) and induce visions of long-lasting sunsets by the beach and rickety old hammocks. According to our tipster, these delicious views are common throughout all the resort's suites—whether it's the St. George Carenage (harbor), mountain views, or just the good ol' Caribbean Sea, guests at Mount Cinnamon basically have no reason to ever leave their balconies.

Miami Beach: The Gansevoort Miami Beach is Neglecting Some of Its Hotel Rooms

juliana — 2011-10-04T14:05:01-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/gvoortbustedview.JPG" class="top"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gansevoort+Miami+Beach/local/125">The Gansevoort Miami Beach</a> underwent some managerial woes nearly <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/2/16/194652/377/hotels/It_s_Official_Gansevoort_Hotel_Group_No_Longer_Managing_Gansevoort_South">two years ago</a> and it looks like the scuffle has started to affect the hotel rooms.A HotelChatter reader sent us this note along with the following photos about the sad state of the rooms, particularly room 536. They write: <blockquote>I just got back from the Gansevoort in Miami Beach. After some research, I found your article which may explain why our rooms were in such sad shape. While the public areas of the hotel are beautiful, the room seemed to be one of the forgotten ones. The balcony was pretty shoddy looking (see photos), a handle to the shower controls was constantly falling off. One of

New York: Going Pink On Madison Avenue

ASchechter — 2011-08-16T13:50:38-05:00

Spoiled princess? Grandma chic? What's your take on this week's all-pink bathroom?. After last week's all black-and-white affair, we felt a little color was necessary. Perhaps we ventured too far to the other side of the spectrum?

As a bonus, we also are including a special video we shot from the wraparound Madison Avenue-facing balcony, attached to the suite. Though, when you're this high up, "avenue-facing" becomes more a figure of speech than anything else. It might be more accurate to say "avenue-defying."

Rio de Janeiro: Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson Do a Balcony Dance at the Copacabana Palace

JetSetCD — 2010-11-08T15:52:28-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/CopKStew1.jpg" class="top"> The current big news on the celeb front has to do with the migration of the Twilight cast and crew down to Rio de Janeiro, where the honeymoon scenes of the upcoming Twilight: Breaking Dawn are being filmed. Stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are of course staying at the most iconic hotel in town, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/COPACABANA+PALACE/local/2505">Copcabana Palace</a>, where their top-floor suite hasn't escaped the telephoto lenses of the paparazzi. The <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1327614/Robert-Pattinson-Kristen-Stewart-dance-fans-hotel-balcony.html?ito=feeds-newsxml">Daily Mail</a> claims that the duo briefly stepped out onto their terrace to wave and shimmy for the fans down below, but as you can see from the location of their suite on the picture of the hotel below, we doubt the fans without