Ever since the famous counterculture revolution of the 1960s San Francisco has been associated with free thinkers, bohemians and the unconventional. The city has been at the forefront of many progressive movements from the beat generation to the gay rights crusade…
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Top 12 cool and unusual hotels in Tokyo 2020
Tokyo is a place where the people are polite and the culture is just a little bit crazy. The Japanese capital has legions of fans (including us) and is often considered to be one of most exciting cities to visit in the world. Innovation and new ideas are actively encouraged but the traditional way of life is still very important here. This is one eclectic list of hotels…
Top 12 cool and unusual hotels in Amsterdam 2020
Overflowing with subcultures and creative types, visitors are also drawn to the city with the promise of great nightlife, interesting cafes and picturesque canals. The Dutch capital’s fondness for the unusual and the original is also a theme in many of its excellent hotels. Here are ten of the most inspiring, quirky and cool hotels in Amsterdam…
Top 12 cool and unusual hotels in Budapest 2020
Spectacularly rising up from a troubled past, Budapest – Hungary’s capital bisected by the River Danube – is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after city breaks in European. With many a creative soul and artist taking advantage of the still very cheap rents, Budapest now has a very hip and trendy edge with eclectically…
Top 12 cool and unusual hotels in Brooklyn 2020
The most populous – and easily the coolest – borough in New York, has risen through the ranks from humble beginnings as an industrial backwater to become a veritable ’hipster Disneyland’ where suddenly everyone wanted to be seen. With the trendy neighbourhood of Williamsburg being the centre all of the action, during the day there’s plenty…
Top 12 cool and unusual hotels in Prague 2020
Known for its rising up from an unsettled history, its cheap beer and its beautiful medieval architecture, in more recent years, the former Eastern European city has risen dramatically in the popularity stakes and now basks in the spotlight as one of Europe’s premier tourist destinations. Get lost in its maze of cobbled lanes and hidden courtyards,…
Top 12 cool and unusual hotels in Vancouver 2020
One of the world’s most liveable cities, Vancouver, a thriving and very-easy-on-the eye west coast seaport in British Columbia, is one of Canada’s most cherished urban areas. Encircled by clear sparkling waters and towering majestic mountains, it’s also a very beautiful city easily rivalling Sydney and Rio de Janeiro in the scenic stakes. A firm visitor’s…
Top 12 cool and unusual hotels in Montreal 2020
Québec province’s largest city which is set on an island in the Saint Lawrence River combines the look and feel of the finest aspects of both Europe and Canada. With an unrestrained love for the arts, festivals, all things creative and generally living life to the hilt, Montreal is known for being the cultural hub of…
Top 12 cool and unusual hotels in Pittsburgh 2020
A city built on industrial manufacturing but went through an economic depression in the 1980’s and has now spectacularly bounced back thanks to investment from tech companies, Pittsburgh – located in western Pennsylvania at the junction of three rivers – is easily one of the most fascinating cities in the USA. It’s also been voted…
Top 12 cool and unusual hotels in Edinburgh 2020
The spectacularly beautiful city that nearly everyone wants to visit, Scotland’s majestic hilly capital is so striking and immaculately preserved it could easily have just stepped out of gothic novel…or even a Harry Potter film set. Although it’s a compact city it’s a place where you could easily get lost exploring the maze of cobbled…