HOTELS & MORE book review

There are more ways to search for your accommodation when travelling that just online. You are absolutely going to go to their website but, before that I have an interesting source I want to show you. Taschen has published a number of books called “Hotels & more”.

Books are divided by sections; each section represents a number of hotels they picked to review located in certain part on the city. Every section has a very clear, hand drawn map with marked hotels. For each hotel you can find out a little history, about their philosophy, design and what they offer. Plus, at the bottom of the site, information on rates, types of rooms, cuisine, history (a note about the hotel building; ex. “A 19th-century building transformed into an unconventional designer hotel with an environmentally friendly philosophy.”), X-factor (a tip you didn’t know such as… “non-smoking hotel” or “hotel’s DJ plays music on Friday and Saturday evenings” etc.) and Interet.

All the hotels are reviewed with photos too. They are big and there are quite a few of them, showing entrance, lobby, rooms, restaurant, bar, terrace, pool and something unique about the hotel itself. You can find hotels to satisfy all tastes, from antique furnished ones to modern minimalistic or crazy designer ones.

But what I like even more about this books is that they are not only hotel guides. What you can find after every hotel review is two pages of interesting recommended places in the hotel souroundings. By that I mean restaurants, bars, clubs, shops (fashion, vintage furniture, markets, city sites, museums and even other hotels!) with a short short story about each place. Also including address, phone numbers, website, and how to get there from your hotel. Really great!

You can use it as a guide itself because it can help you with your hotel choice regarding what you want to have in the neighbourhood. The prices vary, you can find average priced hotels to luxury ones. I would absolutely recommend it to design conscious traveler, not because of the preety pictures, but because I think it’s a really useful and fun source of information. And not only to them, but to every traveler that is interested in cultural life or is just looking for a good hotel to stay in.

Stella – European Travelling Advisor