Where to stay when you leave.
6/04/2007 at 9:11 AM
Tags: Hotel News, Europe Hotels, Cool Hotels

This weekend's UK Times published a list of what it thinks are the coolest new hotels across Europe.
We're not sure how much faith we can put on this list, since it does include the Adam and Eve in Antalya, Turkey, home to the world's slowest and most stupid bar staff. It does, however, get a bit of credibility back by adding the Chedi Milan, which probably does warrant the label of one of Europe's coolest new hotels.
So we're thinking that perhaps the new-since-last-month Mystique on the paradise of Santorini, Greece, might also be okay:
Its 18 villas are carved into the cliff face, each overlooking the caldera, and every one flat-screened and hi-fi'd. There's locally quarried limestone on the floor, original art on the walls, cushions clad in antique textiles.
Yep, definitely cool. They also give a tip on the Hotel Fouquet's Barriere in Paris which we've already decided is cool, after it opened in November last year. Perhaps it's all a matter of opinion on what's cool, but we guess a list is at least a starting point.
[Photo: newpn2000]
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· Europe's Coolest New Hotels [UK Times]
· A Parisian Hotel Deal [HotelChatter]
· No Paradise at Turkey's Adam and Eve Hotel [HotelChatter]
by amandak
2/16/2007 at 4:56 PM
Tags: Salvador Hotels, Cool Hotels, Spaceship Hotels

Cocoon Hotel in Salvador da Bahia claims to be the first ever "spaceship hotel", and we believe 'em.
We wish we were heading to Bahia right now.
[Photo: Jacobo Zanella]
by markj
5/11/2006 at 12:00 PM
Tags: Cool Hotels

Could Berlin be any more hip and minimalist? Smack dab in the middle of the Mitte district (think a counterpart to NYC's Meat Packing District) is the Lux 11 Hotel, a perfect example of Berliner style: simple but luxurious and cooler than cool.
The best feature may be the chance to live like a local. The rooms are more like apartments than hotel rooms with plasma TVs, WiFi, kitchenettes and of course, more minimalist chic. You can even pick a floor plan from the boutique hotel's website.
Another restaurant lounge within the hotel should be finished soon but for the meantime guests can indulge in the signature Aveda Salon.
With rooms around 115 euros/night for a "smart room" and considering all the in-room amenities, a nice long jaunt in Germany's capital sounds not only uber-cool, but uber-realistic.
Related Stories:
· Lux 11: New and Stylish Boutique Hotel [Enter Berlin]
· Lux 11 reviews [HotelChatter]
by Courtney