Where to stay when you leave.
4/01/2008 at 4:11 PM
Tags: Train Hotels
There are model trains, hobby trains, Lionel trains, even Thomas the Train, but there's no better way to travel the globe than by train hotels and B&Bs.
While we love our traditional stationary hotels, Train Hotels may be the way to see more of the world. Imagine going through Australia, Scotland or Spain in railroad cars converted into lavish lodgings. This way you can travel in style, with comfy accommodations, plush lounges, gourmet restaurants, and friendly, personal attendants that treat you like a king and queen.
Even Wes Anderson made train hotels cool in his latest movie, The Darjeeling Limited. So which train will you be taking?
Some options after the jump.
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by mytwocents
3/03/2008 at 12:24 PM
Tags: UK Hotels, Train Hotels, Novelty Hotels
If you're not English and you're struggling to understand us, there are two things you need to know: we love trains (talking, reminiscing, complaining about them - we're a nation of train-spotters) and we love browsing junk in dusty antique shops.
Hence the Old Railway Station, a converted railway station with suites in old train carriages, in Petworth, West Sussex, England's region of antiques and ye-olde-tea-shoppes.
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by femmefatale
11/14/2007 at 12:20 PM
Tags: Train Hotels, York Hotel Reviews
From Hotel Maven Annabel Ross....
Enjoying a traditional railway tour of Ye Olde England? What better place to stop than The Royal York Hotel, a luxury Victorian building just a stone's throw away from the neighbouring train station and National Rail Museum. At the time of its opening in 1877, The Station Hotel, as it was then called, was the biggest hotel in Europe. After a visit from Queen Victoria the name was changed to the Royal Station Hotel, and finally, the Royal York.
With 170 bedrooms, each including a high-speed internet connection and a working area, a health and fitness centre incorporating a gym, sauna, steam room, whirlpool spa and swimming pool and a renowned restaurant and bar, all the bells and whistles are included in your stay at the Royal York.
There's always room for improvement, however. If the sounds made by trains annoy you, you'd be best off asking for a room on the "city wall" side of the hotel to avoid being woken by station announcements. As the hotel has recently undergone a £7m (US $14m) refurbishment, you might want to ask for one of the newly renovated rooms as well, and preferably on one of the top floors as the function room downstairs can get quite noisy.
With rooms ranging from £149 - £169 (US $300 - $340) per couple per night (including breakfast), it's not a cheap place to stay but the grounds are absolutely magnificent, the food divine and the location superb. You could do a lot worse than the Royal York, that's for sure.
[Photo: PaulJCripps]
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by juliana
