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Showing posts with label Boutique hotel. Show all posts

Taj Omayma, an exclusive place

Discover Taj Omayma, a luxury boutique hotel located 15 minutes from Marrakech, in a beautiful area facing the Atlas mountains. This contemporary moroccan style hotel features in & out rooms and small lodges where you can choose between sleeping inside the room or on the upper deck, in a moon bed with a breathtaking view of the mountains. Each of the 180sf lodges has its own private garden with an outside bath. With its intimate and exclusive atmosphere, Taj Omayma is an ideal place for weddings, honeymoon, seminars, and weekend getaway.






Room in&out

In&out room with moon bed and tub


Breathtaking view of the Atlas mountains

Small lodge



Small lodge private garden

Exterior lodge





Courtesy Taj Omayma












A literary affair at Le Pavillon des Lettres, Paris

Moliere, Proust and iPads, you will find them all at Le Pavillon des Lettres..... The classic Hausmann townhouse, located in the posh neighborhood of the Elysee and Place Beauvau, in the 8th arrondissement,  has been transformed into a luxury boutique-hotel. As its name implies, Le Pavillon de Lettres is a homage to literature, with 26 rooms, one for each letter of the alphabet.
Its interiors designed by Didier Benderli, whose recent work includes Petrossian in Monaco and Kitsch in New York, are subtle, chic and peaceful. Lines from a poem, play or text are an integral part of the design in every room, where a Beaudelaire text is transcribed onto a hanging canvas above the bed.
There are no room numbers here, just a letter on the door, dedicated to a different writer: from A for Andersen Hans Christian to Zola Emile. The literary theme doesn't stop there. Every iPads in each room are loaded with books, playlists and daily newspapers.

Le Pavillon des Lettres - a chic retreat for anyone who loves art and literature - is a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World.












A romantic weekend in the countryside ......

At Bedford Post, an elegant and charming inn painstakingly restored in 2007 by actor Richard Gere, his wife Carey Lowell and their partner Russell Hernandez. Bedford Post, a fourteen-acre retreat located just under an hour drive of New York City in the hamlet of Bedford, is home to an eight-room luxury inn, two restaurants and a yoga studio.
The original structure that now houses Bedford Post dates to before the Revolutionary War. Built in the early 1760s in Dutch Colonial style, Bedford Post is one of only three original structures from the 18th century that remains in Bedford today.
Decorated in a palette of soothing neutral tones by Carey Lowell and designer Tiffany Vassilakis, the rooms on the upper level are framed by hand-hewn reclaimed wood beams original to the property and reminiscent of a romantic country cottage and the white oak wood floors are burnished to a warm glow.
Bedford Post was recently named as a new member of Relais and Chateaux luxury hotel group, and Richard Gere as the new 2011 Relais and Chateaux ambassador, succeeding the French actress and wine grower Carole Bouquet in 2010.
" It was important to us that Bedford Post embrace its Colonial roots. Accordingly, we used reclaimed wood and stone from the property whenever possible. We also wanted to ensure that the entire property was designed to be eco-friendly  and that our menu at both restaurants reflects seasonal, local ingredients as much as possible in order to support the community," stated Gere.




The Yoga Loft

Restaurant The Barn

Private dining-room at the Farmhouse











Courtesy Bedford Post
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Villa by Barton G, a jewel in South Beach

Forget going to the Islands this winter, instead destination South Beach......
Gianni Versace's former palazzo " Casa Casuarina " in Miami has been exquisitely restored and transformed into the Villa by Barton G, a 10-suite boutique hotel with five-star  amenities and British-trained butlers assigned to each room.
Purchased in January 2010 by Miami restaurateur, event impresario and philanthropist Barton G.Weiss, the Villa feels more like a private residence than a hotel. Weiss spared no expense in this ambitious, three-month overhaul of the property. Suites come with 24-karat-gold bath fixtures, ceiling frescoes, Kindle readers, cashmere and mink throws and more.... Despite the changes, Weiss respected the bones and the soul of the Villa, and kept much of the fashion designer's vision intact, right down to the Versace china used in the dining room.
Opulence, elegance and lush, you find them all in the Villa by Barton G.

Entrance of the Villa


Open courtyard


The pool with its 1,000 mosaic tiles lined with 24k gold




Hallways to suites


The Signature Suite




The Medallion Suite


The Azure Suite




The Aviary Suite


One of the several lounges


The dining room


A fresco


Mosaics and tiles in all the guest bathrooms


Rooftop


Images courtesy Huffingtonpost.com