http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T22:19:22Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Pool%20Scenes http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/5/27/14937/8724 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/VegasPoolGuide2010.jpg" class="top"> <p>Ah, Memorial Day. Ah, Vegas! The weather in Sin City may not have been great up to now, but things finally seem to be heating up. Which means this weekend we shall be thoroughly throwing ourselves into the pool partays and keep throwing ourselves into them until they kick us out in September. <p>But with so many on offer, which to go for? Nobody likes dilemmas (especially when you should be saving your brain in Vegas for more important ones such as &#147;Which flavor daiquiri?&#148; and &#147;Chippendales or Thunder Down Under?&#148;) <p>Which is why our sister website, <a href="http://www.vegaschatter.com/story/2010/5/23/174952/102/vegas-travel/VegasChatter_s_2010_Field_Guide_to_the_Vegas_Pool_Scene"><b>VegasChatter</b></a>, has compiled a big fat guide to the 2010 Vegas Pool Scene, with options for whatever kind of juliab 2010-05-27T14:55:43-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/20/93152/425 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/emebar.jpg" class="top"> <p>As we said <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/19/123639/64/hotels/Which_Rooftop_Pool_Should_You_Go_For_in_Seville_">yesterday</a>, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Pool%20Scenes"><b>rooftop pools</b></a> and bars are all the rage in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/seville%20hotels"><b>Seville</b></a> at the moment. <p>But nice as the others can be, there&#146;s one place that stands head and shoulders (or maybe that should be a couple of floors) above the others &#150; the <b>Santo Terraza Bar</b> at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Eme+Fusion+Hotel/ian/266199"><b>EME Hotel</b></a> on Calle Alemanes. <p>For a start, the position is unbeatable &#150; it&#146;s in the cathedral square, facing the Giralda and the north side of the cathedral, with all its balustrades and flying buttresses and other architectural delights. <p>And they&#146;ve really made the most of it, singling the hotel out from the touristy bars and shops dotted around it, by laying juliab 2009-11-20T11:29:30-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/19/123639/64 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/donamaria.jpg" class="top"> <p><i>The pool at the Hotel Doña Maria</i><p> <p>As we told you <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/18/104441/67/hotels/The_Hotel_Pool_Scene_in_Seville_is_Taking_Off_">yesterday</a>, we noticed last weekend that the hotel pool scene is really taking off in Seville. <p>The poor old <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Alfonso+Xiii,+The+Luxury+Collection/ian/141165"><b>Alfonso XIII</b></a> may not have a particularly sexy offering, but some of the rooftop ones are good enough for you to book a room on the basis of the pool. <p>Perhaps the best known is the pool at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Dona+Maria/ian/227088"><b>Hotel Doña Maria</b></a>, just off the cathedral square, which makes for stonking views of the Giralda. The terrace is split into two levels, with the bar and some tables down below, and the pool and a few more tables up some stairs. <p>Obviously, the views juliab 2009-11-19T14:19:30-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/18/104441/67 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/alfonsopool.jpg" class="top"> <p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/17/9373/0631/hotels/The_Alfonso_XIII_May_Be_Seville_s_Grandest_Hotel_But_Its_Wifi_is_Less_Than_Grand">Yesterday</a> we lamented about the lack of decent WiFi at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Alfonso+Xiii,+The+Luxury+Collection/ian/141165"><b>Hotel Alfonso XIII</b></a> in <a herf="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/seville%20hotels"><b>Seville</b></a>. Today we&#146;re going to tell you about its pool. Why? Because we noticed this weekend that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Pool%20Scenes"><b>pool scene</b></a> in Seville is really taking off. But as with most hotel trends, the newer and hipper places do it best. <p> When the Alfonso XIII was built, back in the 19th century, they preferred to stick turrets and stuff on hotel roofs, rather than pools so because of the gorgeous façade of the place, there&#146;s not exactly room to stick a tub up there. <p>Thus the pool is in the traditional, round-the-back-of-the-hotel position. It's a nice size with juliab 2009-11-18T11:58:56-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/19/21915/8428 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/34094/sandiego_pearl_hotel_003_20080116_mdm_s44_877_ga.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>As the countdown until the end of summer ticks away and people try to cram in last-minute outdoor activities, San Diego's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Pearl+San+Diego/local/728"><b>The Pearl</b></a> is just getting started with its <b>Dive-In Theatre</b>, a weekly swim-and-cinema social. Every Tuesday year-round, the hotel screens a flick onto its 10-by-13-foot outdoor screen that overlooks the oyster-shaped pool. <p>Between 50 and 100 people show up to see the movie of the week at this retro-looking hotel, which avoids the trendy Gaslamp Quarter in favor of the quieter Point Loma area. The Pearl's been holding <a href="http://www.thepearlsd.com/divein/">Dive-In Theatre</a>&#151;its signature event&#151;since the hotel's opening in September 2007. It's free for hotel guests, but everyone else has to buy a drink at the bar Jennifer Kester 2009-08-19T08:38:26-05:00 32.7253260 -117.22900 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/