Astoria Palace Hotel

... the Hotel Ritz Paris on and off for more than 30 years. Vladimir Nabokov and his wife Vera lived in the Montreux Palace Hotel in Montreux, Switzerland from 1961 until his death in 1977. British entrepreneur Jack Lyons lived in the Hotel Mirador Kempinski ...

... use this word to greet here in addition to it meaning goodbye :) Yesterday morning we enjoyed our first complimentary breakast here at Astoria Palace Hotel. We stuffed our faces with as much food to hold us down for the day and still managed to sneak a ...

... found a bus to Copacabana, which dropped us off just a few streets back from the beach. Our hotel was the plush Hotel Astoria Palace, right on the beachfront next to the grand Hotel Copacabana. We were 'slumming it' for the week as we were holidaying with ...

... . Friday was the Gossip Girl tour.  I started the day by exploring the streets some more, then met the tour at the Palace Hotel, just around the corner from the Waldorf.  While waiting for the tour to depart, I braved sneering staff and checked ...

... the Hotel Ritz Paris on and off for more than 30 years. Vladimir Nabokov and his wife Vera lived in the Montreux Palace Hotel in Montreux, Switzerland from 1961 until his death in 1977. British entrepreneur Jack Lyons lived in the Hotel Mirador Kempinski ...

... Hotel (Peace Hotel since 1956) and the best Art Deco building in Shanghai. No 19 The Bund- Cathay/ Peace Hotel 1906; now Palace Hotel. Architects Parker and Palmer. No 18 The Bund- Chartered Bank (of India, Australia and China), then Standard Chartered ...

... by...roses everywhere...adorning its so picture perfect façade overlooking a glass enclosed dining room and fountain. Also the Regina Palace Hotel. Six floors of Riviera splendour.   I entered the town and wandered around the backstreets. Not a ...

... them living in poverty areas called `Favelas´ (more about these later).  We arrived at our hotel (the Hotel Astoria Palace) which sits accross the street from Copacabana Beach. Eventhough our room does not face the beach, ...

... if anyone else gets this, but its familiar to me from my not so distant studying days :( I splurged on a gorgeous hotel - a ´palace´ - which was right on the beachfront. It was nice, but I should say every second hotel here is called ...

... 7 this morning!  We didn`t think we would be jetlagged but we obviosuly are a little bit. Had a nice breakfast in the hotel this morning - there is a great selection.  Ror laughs at me though because my eyes are always bigger than my belly and ...

... in the world and I can see why - there is a back drop to one side of mountains which is gorgeous. On the way back to the hotel we saw a black guy with an Ireland t-shirt on him - bizzare!  He came out coz he saw us looking at him and wanted a photo ...

... companies but in the end we went with a company called Superfly and they were excellent to be fair. We were picked up at 11am from our hotel bang on time and were driven in the back of an open air van to the jump off area. On route we collected 2 lads ...

... back onto the subway to our hotel in Chelsea to collect our bags, hail a taxi and finally check in to the Waldorf Astoria hotel on Park Ave. The Waldorf is NY's oldest and established hotel with the grandest of entrances and decor. We arrived in ...

... it was the perfect opportunity to soak up some sun and sample the local beer – Ringnes – quite refreshing =)  Our hotel (Thon Astoria) is in a great location – close to the train station and the city center and as an added bonus, a ...

... the room :) I've immersed myself in Viennese sights and culture as much as possible.  My first stop was the Hofburg Palace, a beautiful momument to the Hapsburg empire which lasted 640 years.  A large focus of the exhibit was on the Empress ...

... he is very friendly though and very honest as Matt left his mobile in the car and he returned it! The Amer view hotel is 75times better than Astoria and would probably cost a fair amount to book if we had just rocked up without a reservation. Amer is the ...

... headed back toward old Torino. We walked through Piazza San Carlo with its twin chapels and clock tower and continued to the Royal Palace and old castle. Our first church was the Chiesa di San Lorenzo. This church, like many in Turin, are Baroque ...