http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/where-to-stay/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/where-to-stay/24hour-room-service-diamant-sydney-australia-1029208.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/where-to-stay/24hour-room-service-diamant-sydney-australia-1029208.html <p>As boutique-hotel interiors go, the Diamant isn't just sober, it's committed to its own 12-step programme. There isn't a single statement-making piece of furniture to be seen, notwithstanding some flirtatious low-level lighting fixtures in the hallways and a particularly shiny lobby. The exterior is equally sober; it could easily be mistaken for a corporation HQ.</p> Where to stay Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/stay-the-night-caf-du-vaudeville-brussels-1020258.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/stay-the-night-caf-du-vaudeville-brussels-1020258.html <p>Brussels' newest hotel is housed in one of its oldest buildings. The ultra-chic Galerie de la Reine, off Grand' Place, was one of the first shopping malls in the world. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels frequented the Galerie's Café du Vaudeville when it opened in 1847. Later, Victor Hugo and Auguste Rodin were regulars at both the café and 260-seat theatre. </p> Europe Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/where-to-stay/stay-the-night-taj-tashi-1002756.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/where-to-stay/stay-the-night-taj-tashi-1002756.html <p>There are big changes afoot in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Though a new king was crowned last week, the system of absolute monarchy was abolished recently: the mountainous country where life has altered little since the Middle Ages has just become a democracy. </p> Where to stay Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/where-to-stay/24hour-room-service-tuddenham-mill-near-newmarket-suffolk-1000251.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/where-to-stay/24hour-room-service-tuddenham-mill-near-newmarket-suffolk-1000251.html <p> There's an orange swan gliding towards me through the darkness of the millpond. No, hang on: it's pink. I mean, green. Now it's gone purple. And it's being chased by a disco duck... </p> Where to stay Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/24hour-room-service-the-rising-sun-lynmouth-devon-980766.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/24hour-room-service-the-rising-sun-lynmouth-devon-980766.html <p> Few places can have such heavyweight literary associations in relation to their size as Lynmouth, tucked below looming Exmoor on the north Devon coast. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge knew the harbour village well; Percy Bysshe Shelley is supposed to have brought his 16-year-old bride Harriet here in their wanderings, following their flight to Gretna Green. RD Blackmore, the author of Lorna Doone, the great Exmoor tale, spent time here, too. </p> UK Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:31 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/where-to-stay/24hour-room-service-the-rising-sun-lynmouth-devon-980737.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/where-to-stay/24hour-room-service-the-rising-sun-lynmouth-devon-980737.html <p>Few places can have such heavyweight literary associations in relation to their size as Lynmouth, tucked below looming Exmoor on the north Devon coast. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge knew the harbour village well; Percy Bysshe Shelley is supposed to have brought his 16-year-old bride Harriet here in their wanderings, following their flight to Gretna Green. RD Blackmore, the author of Lorna Doone, the great Exmoor tale, spent time here, too.</p> Where to stay Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/where-to-stay/24hour-room-service-centerhotel-thingholt-reykjavik-iceland-972427.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/where-to-stay/24hour-room-service-centerhotel-thingholt-reykjavik-iceland-972427.html <p> Reykjavik 101. Sounds like an Orwellian nightmare, or a remedial class in Scandinavian literature. In fact, it's a postcode &ndash; the one that counts in these parts: it's where Reykjavik's beautiful people (so that's most of them) come to eat, drink, shop and generally loaf around being artistic.</p> Where to stay Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/where-to-stay/five-james-bond-escapes-972439.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/where-to-stay/five-james-bond-escapes-972439.html Where to stay Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:01 +0100