Saturday 04 February 2012
Yann Casparini I am a hotel manager. With a hundred of contemporary hotel managers we created this travel magazine to share our selection of addresses and tips.
Yann Casparini

Greedy Trip in Latvia

• 4 Jan, 2012 • Catégorie: Getaway, Gourmet, Latvia, Northern Europe, One hotel a day, Top stories

Latvia is one of these Nordic country bad known from westerners. Riga, the capital, is considered as the heart of the Art Nouveau, and more than 800 buildings have been built in this style. But the city is especially known for its rich gourmet heritage, widely spread throughout its restaurants. There, all culinary expectations [...]



Hafjell Mountain: black run in Norway

• 2 May, 2011 • Catégorie: Northern Europe, Norway, Unusual hotels, What else

What’s the point of skiing on runs when you can ski on the roof of your hotel? This crazy idea came from the Danish group BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group – along with the project of a hotel resort in Norway. With 11,000 square meters and 330 apartments, the Hafjell Mountain will certainly win [...]



Annas Hotel: like an empress

• 21 Jan, 2011 • Catégorie: Historical, Latvia, Northern Europe, One hotel a day, Out of the city

Real machine to go back in time, the Annas Hotel offers you a trip in the middle of the XVIII century, a cocoon where history and modernity are linked. Situated in Latvia, just one hour from the capital Riga, this former manor, converted into a center of design excellence, is a heaven on earth. Each [...]



Klaus K : make way for design !

• 20 Dec, 2010 • Catégorie: Finland, Northern Europe, One hotel a day

The hotels sometimes make strange choices regarding decoration. As proof, the very design Klaus K hotel, which has a decoration inspired from the Kalevala. A little reminder of history for the secular ones… The Kalevala is the Finn national saga based on popular poetry. Thus, all the rooms of the Klaus K describe the emotions [...]



2010 will conclude in Dublin !

• 15 Dec, 2010 • Catégorie: Ireland, Northern Europe, One hotel a day

While Ireland is going through an unprecedented crisis, Dublin still keeps its festive atmosphere. To end the year with a flourish, the well-informed travelers meet at the Dylan Hotel, which is historical, trendy and very design. The Dylan Hotel has its unavoidable bar, like all the pubs in Dublin…

Established in a building of the Victorian [...]



Kolarbyn Eco-lodge: Into The « Swedish » Wild

• 15 Dec, 2010 • Catégorie: Northern Europe, Sweden, Unusual hotels

You want to travel the world and to live closer to nature thanks to the famous film “Into The Wild”? A few hours from Stockholm, the Kolarbyn Eco-lodge invites you to discover the Swedish fauna and flora. Going near the wolf, fishing in the lake, picking the seasonal mushrooms, these are the activities that the [...]



Hotel Vann: living in a fjord in Sweden

• 3 Sep, 2010 • Catégorie: One hotel a day, Sweden

While Mamma Mia! is back in Paris (in October 2010 at the Theatre Mogador), treat yourself to a getaway in the Scandinavian fjords. Far from the sparkling Stockholm, opt for the quiet and the scenery of nature of the Hotel Vann, located about twenty kilometers from Lysekil, a small fishing town on the west [...]



Ireland: the unspoiled beauty of Inis Meáin

• 9 Aug, 2010 • Catégorie: Ireland, Unusual hotels

It is an island in the middle of the ocean, a wonderful garden, a permanent show. Away from the Mediterranean heat, Inis Meáin (Middle Island) is developing its own concept of charming tourism. An immersion in the Irland land of the design hotel Inis Meáin Suites.

Less touristy than its neighbors, with only 187 [...]



Nature as a decor

• 23 Jul, 2010 • Catégorie: Norway, Unusual hotels

Robin Hood would have turned green with envy in the face of such constructions. Clinging to the rock, ten cube-shaped rooms on stilts overlooking a verdant striking nature. The Juvet Landscape Hotel lost in the Great Western Norway is in perfect communion with nature. Directly immersed in the magical world of fairy tales and [...]



Scandinavia: A hotel in the sea!

• 3 Jun, 2010 • Catégorie: Sweden, Unusual hotels

Aboard ship’s boy! Salt & Sill Hotel floats in Sweden. Susanna and Patrick Hermansson, the owners of the restaurant Salt & Sill holds hold the course and make you discover the island of Klädesholmen offering room and board. Because it got very successful, they faced a problem of room so they decided to build [...]



Molja Lighthouse : retreat in an unusual seaside cocoon

• 9 Apr, 2010 • Catégorie: Norway, Unusual hotels

Imagine you on your own or with your partner for a night on a dike, 100m from the ambient noise of Alesund in Norway, and living in a 150-year-old lighthouse. Formerly, the boats entering in the port were guided. It now takes up the appearance of a intimate and cozy hotel.

Known as the “Room [...]