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Killer View
Room With a Killer View: Villa Francia Has Views, But ...
October 4, 2007 at 9:22 AM | 0 Comments
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 HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. 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.
Here's a cautionary tale about a killer view. This one is from inside a room at the Pierre Vacances-Villa Francia in Cannes in the south of France. On the strength of this picture we'd be inclined to book ourselves straight in. You can even see the sea!
But after closer investigation, we're thinking maybe just enjoying the view is not enough. The Villa Francia is found at the top of a very steep hill, making coming and going a bit of a nightmare. Other previous guests have complained about things like lumpy pillows, unhelpful staff, small, cramped rooms and one guest even described it as just one step up from a prison. But at least it's a prison with a really nice view.
[Photo: dan taylor]
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Entourage Hotels
Johnny Drama Finds Love, Loses Hotel Room in Cannes
September 4, 2007 at 10:21 AM | 0 Comments
In Sunday night's Entourage season finale the boys head to Cannes (courtesy of Kanye West's private jet) and promptly shack up at the Intercontinental Carlton Cannes Hotel---well, all of them except Johnny Drama. Apparently, the room he reserved months ago and confirmed "at least a dozen times" is nowhere to be found.
Considering that his old show "Viking Quest" was a huge hit in France, Drama expects the hotel to rectify the situation immediately and put him in an ocean-facing suite like his brother Vince. Unfortunately, the hotel takes quite a few hours only to show Drama a closet-sized room with a twin bed not facing the ocean.
Making matters worse, Drama has met a girl, Jacqueline, and thinks he's in love. So he asks her to wait in the room while he goes downstairs and demands a suite. But he gets angry, calls the manager a "French f--k" and is carried out of the hotel by security. When he tips a bellman to look for the girl, the bellman says she's missing. Also, Drama only tips him a lone American dollar.
But don't worry this is Entourage. All ends well all the time. At least for Drama in this episode and not so much for the boys behind "Medellin." Drama ends up finding Jacqueline and having sex with her for three hours on the beach. Guess he didn't need that twin bed after all.
Movie Set Hotels
Movie Set Hotel: The Carlton Cannes in Hitchcock's 'To Catch a Thief'
August 20, 2007 at 1:49 PM | 0 Comments
We were in the mood for a Hitchcock movie the other night, and the only one we could nab at the local Blockbuster was To Catch a Thief. We'd forgotten was a prominent role the Carlton Hotel in Cannes played in this 1955 thriller starring Cary Grant as a former jewel thief and Grace Kelly as an American heiress on holiday in the Riviera with her mother.
The Carlton, now an InterContinental hotel, hosted the production crew during 1954. The film was released the following year. During the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, Grace Kelly met Prince Rainier for the first time at the Carlton, at the prince's request. Kelly married Prince Rainier the following year.
Cannes Hotel Reviews
Tight as a Bug in a Rug in Cannes
August 4, 2006 at 1:46 PM | 0 Comments
Yesterday we warned you that all of France has settled into the south, or at least all the Parisians. The beaches of the Rivera will be beyond packed this month. But, if you must go let us at least send you off with a bit more advice and a little warning.
Unless you have millions to fork out, you are not going to be staying in roomy and luxurious spaces when staying in the major resort towns like Cannes. Take this blogger's warning for example:
The Hôtel Alnea, a charming two-star hotel just a (Sharon) stone's throw away from the Grand Palais, should be listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as "The Smallest Hotel in Cannes." I was in fact able to simultaneously sit on the toilet, wash my face AND take a shower - without moving a muscle. How many world-class hotels can boast such a luxury I ask you?"
Since it's Friday we thought we would try to see the bright side of things. That said, Hotel Alnea is in an ideal location in Cannes and has Wifi, cable TV, French breakfast and all that so aside from being crunched in your room you really can't ask for more (without of course, unloading your savings account). Plus, what better practice than in your tight hotel quarters, to get accustomed to the even more crowded beaches?
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