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The W-effect

Curtains opening with a push on the bedside button to reveal a blue, sunny sky would put a big, happy smile on my face every morning. Luckily I had the chance to experience that exact scene at the W hotel in Barcelona.

Being part of a chain of hotels, does not take away the fact that each W in the world offers a totally different ambiance. Even on the outside they are not alike. In the case of Barça’s W, it’s a like a big sail arising from the ground up. That was what the architect aimed to do, since the hotel was built at the time of the Olympics, and located on the Barceloneta boardwalk near the city port.

Overlooking the Mediterranean sea with a 26 storey building, the W also houses a design bar on the top floor, the Eclipse bar. From accidental hotel guests to local fashionistas barely standing on their Louboutins, a drink up on the 26th is an entertaining distraction. Not to mention the delicious cocktails created by a  team of renowned mixologists, and the magnificent view of Barcelona by night.

Struck by the W-effect, I could have stayed in the hotel all day, lounging at the pool, getting pampered at the Bliss® Spa (the first in Spain), or enjoying a culinary delight at one of the restaurants, but then I would have missed out on all the other good things Barcelona has to offer (of which I will reveal more soon…).

W Barcelona

Placa de la Rosa dels Vents,
1 Final Passeig de Joan de Borbo
Barcelona, 08039 Spain
http://www.w-barcelona.com/

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CONSCIOUS HOTELS

Conscious Hotel Vondelpark
Overtoom 519
1054 LH Amsterdam
vondelpark@conscioushotels.com
www.conscioushotels.com
t: +31 (0)20 820 33 33
f: +31 (0)20 820 33 34

Conscious Hotel Museum Square
De Lairessestraat 7
1071 NR Amsterdam
museumsquare@conscioushotels.com
www.conscioushotels.com
t: +31 (0)20 671 95 96
f: +31 (0)20 671 17 56

CONSCIOUS: IT’S YOUR CHOICE

As a new and unique Dutch hotel chain we offer you stunning, hip, contemporary places to stay in Amsterdam. If we had to define them we’d probably call them eco design hotels.

Conscious Hotels strive to be as green, sustainable and eco-friendly as possible. But they’re more hip than hippy. And by hip we don’t mean our staff are too cool to answer the phone.
You might not even notice some of our ‘green’ decisions because we just quietly get on with being kind to the planet in the background. We think you’re okay about that.
We offer you a few choices that might even make saving the planet fun (yes, fun, imagine that). And keep you healthy.

Hip, friendly, green & fun.

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LLOYD HOTEL

oostelijke handelskade 34
1019 bn amsterdam
0031 (0)20 561 3636
post@lloydhotel.com
www.lloydhotel.com

The Lloyd Hotel is located in the newly regenerated Eastern Docklands area, an area which is internationally renowned for its cutting-edge architecture and is one of the fastest cultural developing areas of Amsterdam, not far from the Central Station. All the rooms in the Lloyd Hotel offer a different experience. The decoration of the rooms is a combination of modern Dutch design and timeless classics. Restaurants and clubs such as Panama and Club Trouw and shops such as Pol’s Potten and Sissy Boy Homeland are in the neighbourhood. The Amsterdam RAI can be reached by tram and metro (travelling time about 35 min, with one transfer) and by taxi.

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HOTEL ARENA

‘s-gravesandestraat 51
1092 aa amsterdam
+31 (0)20 8502400
info@hotelarena.nl
www.hotelarena.nl

Hotel Arena is anything but standard. This is where the hip, business, creative, young and old meet. From early in the morning till late at night, from breakfast to club. In an informal, intimate setting where Dutch Design and history join hands. Hotel Arena offers a combination of hotel, restaurant, café and club. All under one roof of the historic building from 1890: the Saint Elisabeth Orphanage. The recently renovated hotel faces the city centre, close to the Zoo (Artis) and the Tropenmuseum (Royal Museum for the Tropics).

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HOTEL PIET HEIN

vossiustraat 52-53
1071 ak amsterdam
+31(0)20 – 6627205
info@hotelpiethein.nl
www.hotelpiethein.nl

Hotel Piet Hein is located in one of Amsterdam’s most prestigious areas, the Museum Quarter. Here you will find the famous Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum and the Concert Hall. In front of the hotel is the Vondelpark. The PC Hooftstraat, Amsterdam’s most exclusive shopping street, is at a stone’s throw. The Museum Quarter is linked to the city centre by the Nieuwe Spiegelstraat, which has the biggest concentration of antique shops in Amsterdam. Also Leidseplein is at a 5 minutes walk. The RAI can be reached by taxi and tram 12 (about 12 min. travelling time)

Single room:  80 euro including breakfast & citytax
Single business room: 90 euro including breakfast & citytax
Twin superior(one user): 108 euro including breakfast & citytax
Twin superior: 120 euro including breakfast & citytax
Twin deluxe(one user): 118 euro including breakfast & citytax
Twin deluxe:  130 euro including breakfast & citytax

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