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Room with an Anti-View: The Merchant Hotel's Rooftop

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  Site Where: 35 39 Waring Street, Belfast, Ireland, BT1 2EW

2/14/2008 at 2:30 PM
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You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-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 with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.

Rooftops are never pretty (with or without tenement laundry) and The Merchant Hotel in Belfast, Ireland is just the latest in our Anti-View collection.

The Notorious Meg dropped this photo into the HotelChatter  Flickr Pool along with dozens of other snapshot from hotels around the world that we encourage you to scope out.

In fact, of all the photos Meg contributed this is probably the ugliest. And we can't believe we are about to say this but its kinda the prettiest rooftop view we ever did see. It looks like there is a piece of art on the wall and at least the other rooms get to look out at some potted topiaries.

Hotel Reviews:
The Merchant Hotel

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Snobby Getaway In Belfast

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  Site Where: 35-39 Waring Street, Belfast, Ireland, BT1 2EW

5/15/2006 at 3:41 PM
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If you are traveling to Ireland and not for a wedding, consider a luxury spot in Northern Ireland's capital of Belfast. The Merchant Hotel steps onto the decidedly un-hip scene with a glam slam.

With just 21 rooms and 5 suites the hotel can go over the top in decadence. The place oozes luxury and with several barons and baroness at the hotel's opening bash, the place is posh enough for the royals.

Classy black Bentleys are available for airport pick-ups. Over 400,000 British pounds were spent for the adorning antiques and artwork. And if that isn't snooty enough for you, a "members only" nightclub is also part of the package deal for guests-- kinda like THOR.

So far so good. The reviews are great and the hotel is without a doubt, full of classy stuff. Perhaps Belfast will get put on the map as a romantic getaway after all.

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· The Merchant Hotel, Belfast [Guardian Unlimited]
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Hotel Reviews:
The Merchant Hotel

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