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Spinning Croatian Hotel Will Have Best Views For Everybody

You know how they charge a bit more for the rooms with a good view? There's one way to solve this dilemma and get no complaints about it, although it's a pretty hi-tech solution: build a rotating hotel. That's exactly what they're planning in Croatia where some spinning accommodation will be built on Šolta Island, near the city of Split.

But don't worry, it's not turning at a rate likely to make you dizzy. The design has it rotating 1.3 times per day, barely fast enough to notice at all, and at the right pace so that if you stay a few days, you'll get a different view at all times of day. It will be just a three-storey hotel and there will be a central hub including the reception, stairs and elevator that won't rotate, so you won't have to look for the front door in a different place each time.

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Do You Prefer A Room On a Higher Or Lower Floor?

It might seem like a no-brainer that people prefer staying in a hotel room on the highest floor possible to get a killer view, especially when trapped amongst skyscrapers in a big city.

And if you're the competitive type, staying on a high floor makes you feel as if you have an advantage over the other guests. "Oh you're on 18? Too bad, I'm on 32. Boo-ya!" You know how some people think.

Yet there are guests who may roll VIP-style but actually prefer a lower floor to the penthouse suite on the top floor (see: Richard Gere in Pretty Woman) It's true, not everyone wants to stay way up there. Do you?

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The Best View In San Francisco

Last week, while in San Francisco, we didn't stay at the SOMA Marriott in SF. However, we did hit up the 37th floor, also known as "The View Lounge", for a quick drink before leaving the city. While many locals may tell you the best view of the city is from the Top of the Mark, or the Bank of America building, the truth of the matter is San Francisco's greatest vista is from atop the Marriott.

The Tie Fighter style windows allow you to sit and astonishingly quaff in the sweeping views in every direction. That means you can have a drink on one side of the bar an stare down the Bay Bridge, or head to the other side of the bar and glimpse the Golden Gate. Sunsets are incredible as the light disappears from all sides of the bar as the city lights. Furthermore, drinks are not that expensive.

The SOMA Marriott itself is a conference hotel full of ho-hum rooms and the usual Marriott Flagship wireless policies. However The View Lounge is well worth the price of a drink.

A second photo looking southwest from the lounge is here.

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Flickr Hotel Review: Squinting at Mount Fuji

Where: 10-30, Takanawa 4-chome, Tokyo, Japan, 108-8611

Look kids, Mt. Fuji. Sure you have to kind of strain your eyes to see it, and it is the only time the hotel maven behind this photo saw the mountain during a seven day stay at Shinagawa Prince Hotel, but still, it is Mount-Freakin'-Fuji.

The photographer's hotel room was 31 stories up, and while reports on the Shinagawa Prince hotel rooms vary, what can't be argued is the property is a five minute walk from Shinagawa Train Station.

Plenty more great hotel room photos over at the Flickr group "sitting in my Hotel Room". Oh, and naturally remember to help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading hotel photos to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool.  Alternatively, you can just tag your Flickr photos "HotelChatter", or send them along to us.

[Photo: cjw333]

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Marriott is 'Dangerously' Close to Niagara Falls

Where: 6740 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls, ON, Canada

We got a kick out of perusing some of these pictures of the Niagara Falls Marriott which looks like someone at the place has been having a bit too much fun with photoshop.

When you head to the bookings page, you can select from a variety of room choices which all conveniently have thisclose views of the falls and a pretty little rainbow too.

We decided to put our Google Earth obsession to investigative use and check out how close the hotel is to the Falls.

Our photo analysis after the jump

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