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The Largest Lake in Southeast Asia is Right Outside Your Hotel Room
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.
This week we're going easy on the continental U.S. and looking abroad for anti-views (found in London) and killer views like this one from Hotel Niagara in Parapat, Indonesia.
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And This is Why You Request a Room on a High Floor
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.
Let's hear it for New York. So technically, The Mandarin Oriental New York doesn't even begin until the 35th floor but as this view from the hotel's 51st floor shows, it never hurts to request an even higher floor here. This snapshot dropped into the HotelChatter Flickr Pool by shaolo/paolo is absolutely stunning.
Shaolo/Paolo writes it was taken from a Central Park View room which is the second to last room category before the suites begin. This room will cost you approximately $895 a night. So not only does it have a killer view but a wallet killer as well. Har har.
[PS. Here's another killer view from the hotel in the daytime.]
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The One Where We Revisit the View from the Marriott Niagara Falls
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.
Way back in 2006, in the early days of calling out hotel website photos for being a little too embellished, we made fun of the Marriott Niagara Falls room photos because they so clearly were photoshopped. C'mon, is there a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow too?
We were able to determine that hotel was not "dangerously" close to Niagara Falls but that it was definitely the closest hotel yet and provided you get the right room category, you could have a pretty killer view of the falls.
Photographic proof of that comes from Mr.Kathika, who dropped this shot of Room 1422 into the HotelChatter Flickr Pool. There's no rainbow over the falls and you can't jump out the window in barrel but that view of Niagara is amazing. Room rates start at $119 CAD for a queen room with views of Niagara and a fireplace.
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Donny and Marie Invade Our Hotel Room Views in Vegas
View from Vdara.
We’re not above cheesy entertainment in Vegas. We would have happily gone to see foreign pop idols Matt Goss or Human Nature—and we did enjoy Cirque’s Viva Elvis on The King’s 75th birthday. But we’re not so hot on The Osmonds. Especially when the supposedly wholesome Donny and Marie mess with our hotel-room views of the Strip.
Our first stop was at the Flamingo, where we had upgraded from a regular GO room to a GO room with a view prior to arrival. (We received an email offering the upgrade for just 15 bucks, which the reservation agent assured us was a great deal.) Psyched for the view, we hit that big ol’ button for the blackout shades and sheer curtain … only to be greeted with this gauzy view of Caesar’s across the street.
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The Sun God Wakes Up THOR in the Mornings
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.
Waking up at The Hotel on Rivington isn't so bad as this killer view shot sent in by reader Deirdre shows us. Inside the room (92), there's a soaking tub for two that also gives you views of the Lower East Side. However, you should take great care in fogging up the windows before stepping into the shower or the tub as rooms at the hotel are incredibly voyeuristic.
Interestingly, this looks like the reverse view of another room at THOR that we received last year. However, both rooms allow you to peek in on your neighbor. Naughty, naughty, naughty THOR.
A high floor corner king with a soaking tub goes for $389 a night. A regular king room (no tub) is cheaper at $289 a night.
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Best Killer View: The Eiffel Tower, As Seen From a Tub at The Plaza Athenee
It's what you've been waiting all year for--The 2009 HotelChatter Awards! We'll be bringing you the best and worst of the year (and the decade) all day today and part of tomorrow. Agree or disagree with our picks? Air your thoughts in comments below.
BEST KILLER VIEW: THE PLAZA ATHENEE
We're suckers for Paris and if there's a hotel that has a view of the Eiffel Tower from a bathtub, yeah, that's gonna be an award-winner for us.
This is the view (sent to us by a tipster) from a suite at the Plaza Athenee where you can gaze at the Eiffel in all its grandeur, naked, from your suite's bathtub. The suite is actually the three-bedroom Terrace Suite that goes for about 8,000 Euros a night. You do get a Maserati to use your during your stay and the suite comes with a private hammam and a roof deck with panoramic views of the city.
And about that view, it's actually facing a window to a hallway with another window that has the killer view. There's a switch in the bathroom so you can frost the window for privacy or in case you're sick of looking at the Eiffel Tower. Um, how do you say, "AS IF!" in French?
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Inside The Strand Hotel (and More About That Killer View)
OK, clearly we need to get more obtuse with our hints because there is always someone who can ace our Guess the Hotel game. Chocokide is our latest smarty-pants. She correctly guessed that the new hotel with the killer view of the Empire State Building was The Strand.
Earlier this week we attended a party at the hotel’s rooftop Top of The Strand bar, and we couldn’t help but be impressed by the front-and-center view of the Empire State. This is one of the only rooftop bars in the city with a retractable roof and while it was closed during our visit, we can tell that this is going to be a sweet spot to enjoy a cocktail and a warm breeze come spring.
The bar is classier looking than the one on top of neighboring Hotel Metro, but we expect similar warm-weather crowds, and wonder how The Strand will control access when it gets busy. (The bar is not huge, although if there were less planters you could squeeze in a few more bodies.)
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Looking Down at The Plaza From The Penthouse at AKA Central Park
Ok, so the AKA Central Park is not as tall as The Plaza Hotel next door but the view from AKA's Penthouse suite does give you the chance to spy on hotel guests and gawk at the tourists milling about the front of the hotel. (If you see us in the window at The Plaza, yes, we're wearing pants.)
Another cool part of this killer view is that you're able to see the iconic Apple glass cube which is actually the entrance to the Apple store on Fifth Avenue.
The only downer here is that you need serious dough to spend the night, about $2,500.
So just in case you aren't flush with that kind of cash these days, we've decided to show you a mini-gallery which includes a shot from the wrap-around terrace's seating area. It's a Sweet Suite, a Killer View and a Hotel Rooftop story, all in one!
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A Special Killer View from Riu Guanacaste in Costa Rica
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.
Today we have a very special Killer View from Adam Kirby of HOTELS Magazine. These snaps were taken at the all-inclusive Riu Guanacaste Resort in Costa Rica from the balcony of room 5105. And in case you were wondering, Adam says, "Yes, it was awesome." Rooms start at $216 a night for the all-inclusive offer.
More photos of the pool and beach after the jump. Thanks Adam!
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Nothing to Complain About Here at the Pacific Edge Hotel
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.
What a pretty picture for a cool and dreary Thursday morning. (At least it is here in New York City.) Wouldn’t you give your right arm to be strolling on that sand, or sitting on the balcony gazing out at the Pacific? We probably would, but as it turns out, this killer view doesn’t have to come with a killer price tag. It’s not taken from the terrace of a five-star resort, but from the affordable Pacific Edge Hotel in Laguna Beach.
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Now, Wouldn't This Be Loverly?
Ed. Note: Usually we do these feature on Thursdays but we couldn't get to it yesterday. Enjoy! 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. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.
Any hotel with the word Palais in it seems like a safe bet for a killer view and the Hotel du Palais in Biarritz, France does not disappoint. HotelChatter Flickr Pool member SehParks sent us this south-facing view of the pool and the beach. But if you can't get a south-facing room the western views are rather charming as well.
The room furnishings are palatial in the 1990s sense but the wireless internet is free. Room rates start at 425 Euros.
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Soak and Stare at The Eiffel Tower from Plaza Athenee
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.
Whenever you stay in Paris, wherever you stay, having a view of the Tour Eiffel is probably at the top of your Parisian wish list. Well, if you have more money than Bill Gates you want the best view a hotel has to offer, then you should consider this suite at the Plaza Athenee where you can gaze at the Eiffel in all its grandeur, naked, from your suite's bathtub.
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