http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T23:56:05Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Norway%20Hotels%20 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/7/13/123551/110 <![CDATA[<P><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/1Vatnahalsen_2.jpg" class="top"> <P>In the wilds of the fjords of Norway, travelers braving the hiking and biking trails (or driving RVs around the winding roads) will every so often catch a glimpse of a tucked away hotel, silently calling out like an oasis, We recently came across one of these lovely little properties at a stop along the famous <b>Flåm Railway</b>, just before reaching the high town of Myrdal, Norway. <P>The <b><a href="http://www.vatnahalsen.no/index_eng.html">Vatnahalsen Hotel</a></b> is popular with families and outdoorsy types, in the area for a night or two while continuing fresh air adventures through the lush Norwegian countryside, dotted as it is with waterfalls and mountains. When Vatnahalsen is at its busiest, the hotel also plays host to catered JetSetCD 2011-07-14T09:30:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/26/122048/25 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/Missoni_hotel_int.jpg" class="top"> <p>As this last week of 2008 is prime time for best-of lists, <i>The Times of London</i> has released a <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/where_to_stay/article5389541.ece">list of twelve hotels</a> which tip their scales in terms of hotness. Looking ahead to 2009, the list of newcomers includes everything from the <b>Juvet Landscape Hotel</b> in the backwoods of Norway to the Missoni Hotel of Edinburgh and the Dubai <b>Armani Hotel</b>, set to occupy the first 37 floors of the Burj Tower. <p>Considering the diversity of their choices, hotel openings in 2009 are guaranteed to be a hoot. We mean, who doesn't want to check out the <b>Sassi di Matera Albergo Diffuso</b> in Basilicata, Italy, with its 18 rooms with modern conveniences set inside natural JetSetCD 2008-12-26T13:00:37-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/10/1/22388/4933 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/basecamphotel.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>If you're sick of the standard Paris, Cabo, or Vegas trips, consider heading out to the Svalbard Archipelago of Norway &nbsp;-- 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. <p>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."<p> <p>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 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/18/54727/2385 <![CDATA[<p><i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. &nbsp;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.</i><p><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Killer_View_Solstrand_Bergen.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>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 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/15/72912/1169 <![CDATA[<p><i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. &nbsp;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.</i><p><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/stalheim_hotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>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 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/