HotelChatter - Tag: Norway Hotels

HotelChatter - Tag: Norway Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-10-12T19:59:23Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Norway%20Hotels Longyearbyen: Trapper Chic At Basecamp Svalbard Spitsbergen http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/1/22388/4933 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/basecamphotel.jpg" class="imgborder"> If you're sick of the standard Paris, Cabo, or Vegas trips, consider heading out to the Svalbard Archipelago of Norway  -- specifically to the island of Spitsbergen, a former base for whaling in the 17th and 18th centuries, now settled by both the Nords and the Russians. It's in the Arctic Circle, so there's continuous sun from April to August -- and according to its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitsbergen">Wikipedia entry</a>, "November to the end of January there is civil polar night, where it is so continuously dark that artificial light must be used 24 hours each day." It's also home to the <a href="http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/15-06/ff_seedbank">Svalbard Global Seed Vault</a>. In the event of a doomsday scenario, the world can re-sow all annie0007 2008-10-03T12:53:11-05:00 Osoyro: Room With a Killer View: Solstrand Fjord Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/18/54727/2385 <![CDATA[We are suckers for a room with a killer view.  We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Killer_View_Solstrand_Bergen.jpg" class="imgborder"> Gazing over a Norwegian fjord is clearly something tailor-made for a killer view. So views from many of the rooms at the amandak 2008-09-18T09:49:43-05:00 Stalheim: Room With a Killer View: Down Into The Valley From the Stalheim Hotel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/15/72912/1169 <![CDATA[We are suckers for a room with a killer view.  We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view. <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/stalheim_hotel.jpg" class="imgborder"> We've already checked out a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/13/45426/4163/hotels/Eng_G_rd_Hard_to_Pronounce_Boring_to_Look_At_and_Kind_of_Expensive_Too">Norwegian hotel</a> once this week and since that one turned out to be a bit boring, amandak 2008-05-15T09:14:34-05:00 Tjome: Engø Gård: Hard to Pronounce, Boring to Look At and Kind of Expensive Too http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/13/45426/4163 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Engo_Gard_Bed.jpg" class="imgborder"> If you are pining for the fjords of Norway, maybe it's time to check in to <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Engo+Gard/ian/212313">Engø Gård</a>, one of those hotels that comes with a couple of odd-looking letters in its name. (And we can't even get how to pronounce them right). But seriously, the Engø Gård small country inn on the coast about an hour and a half from Oslo, and travelers have been enjoying staying there off and on since it was first built in 1845. In its most recent incarnation, it labels itself a "country house hotel", which reopened in 2000. It's got just 13 rooms and 11 suites, but it also has a restaurant called the Relais Gourmand which seems popular. amandak 2008-05-13T13:30:02-05:00 Neiden: New Europe Hotel: Try The Other Side in Norway http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/8/31/51714/7166 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/theotherside_logo_on.jpg" class="imgborder"> In the July/August issue of the European Travel Commission's newsletter, they highlighted several new and upcoming hotels in Europe. We'll be taking a closer look at some of these hotels this week but we're always interested in hearing your recommendations for hotels in Europe. <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">So send 'em our way.</a>If you're looking for a hotel that's on top of the world then Norway's <a href="http://www.theotherside.no/">The Other Side</a>, opening next spring, is a place to try. A pretty exclusive-sounding place up on the top of the map at Neiden, near Norway's borders with Finland and Russia, The Other Side is a design hotel made up of 12 "houses" arranged in groups of three. The houses are designed to amandak 2007-08-31T09:24:14-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/