Vienna’s Regel Residence – The Imperial Hotel

Written by Pam


Vienna’s Regel Residence – The Imperial Hotel

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Whenrepparttar Duke of Wurttemberg came back from a business trip, he was dismayed to find that his backyard, which was essentially a park at that time, had been bisected with a new road. Not one to crossrepparttar 138557 street to go torepparttar 138558 park,repparttar 138559 Duke decided thatrepparttar 138560 road had ruined his Vienna palace and put it up for sale. There are those who would say that it was financial woes, not dissatisfaction with progress, which causedrepparttar 138561 Duke to hangrepparttar 138562 "For Sale" sign inrepparttar 138563 window. Still, whateverrepparttar 138564 impetus,repparttar 138565 palace sold,repparttar 138566 Duke moved out, and in 1873repparttar 138567 Hotel Imperial opened, just in time forrepparttar 138568 World's Fair.

Time has not exactly stopped atrepparttar 138569 Hotel Imperial, but no effort is spared to giverepparttar 138570 visitorrepparttar 138571 feeling that they are inrepparttar 138572 heart of royal Vienna. Fromrepparttar 138573 damask lined walls and heavy swag drapes torepparttar 138574 crystal chandeliers that illuminate every room,repparttar 138575 hotel expressesrepparttar 138576 grandeur and elegance of an earlier era. Add to thatrepparttar 138577 seasonal touches that make Christmas time in Vienna like nowhere else on earth, andrepparttar 138578 visitor is transported to a time and place of romance and waltzes and horse drawn coaches.

A room atrepparttar 138579 Imperial is unlike any other room atrepparttar 138580 Imperial. Each suite - and evenrepparttar 138581 standard rooms feel large enough to be considered a suite - is furnished uniquely. The style is baroque butrepparttar 138582 facilities are modern. The recent 10 million Euro remodel ofrepparttar 138583 5th floor shows offrepparttar 138584 integration of modern amenities with baroque style.

Our bath featured heated marble floors, towel warmers, a large bathtub and "rainstorm" shower, and of course, plush bathrobes bearingrepparttar 138585 Hotel Imperial logo. Decorated in pale yellow and gold with crystal chandeliers,repparttar 138586 style was antique, butrepparttar 138587 heavy wood cabinet hid a CD player and television - with cable in several different languages. The elegant desk held creamy Hotel Imperial stationary, but also was a convenient location to hook up a laptop torepparttar 138588 provided data port.

High style andrepparttar 138589 best of facilities arerepparttar 138590 common denominator in allrepparttar 138591 rooms atrepparttar 138592 Imperial.

There's a reasonrepparttar 138593 hotel isrepparttar 138594 choice of visiting royalty, ofrepparttar 138595 traditional and more modern kind. The Imperial Hotel has beenrepparttar 138596 home away from home to visiting dignitaries - fromrepparttar 138597 Queen of England torepparttar 138598 Prince of Pop. The first floor ofrepparttar 138599 hotel is designed to provide comfort and privacy to public figures. Underneath gold leafed ceilings, a sweeping marble staircase leads torepparttar 138600 Imperial Suite, two magnificent rooms with spectacularly high ceilings and portraiture ofrepparttar 138601 former Austrian royalty. The entire first floor is connected with floor to ceiling doors between each room, allowing those traveling with an entourage to keep them near at hand. The rooms in betweenrepparttar 138602 regal corner suites have earnedrepparttar 138603 nickname "bodyguard suites".

Beyondrepparttar 138604 style and amenities,repparttar 138605 Imperial is world renowned for its service. The royal suites have separate entrances forrepparttar 138606 butler. Should you be traveling without one,repparttar 138607 hotel will be happy to provide you with one of theirs to attend to all of your needs, including ironing your morning paper! But one needn't be so grand to appreciaterepparttar 138608 services provided byrepparttar 138609 hotel. Fresh fruit and a plate of goodies await each guest when they check in to their room. Maid service arrives promptly inrepparttar 138610 morning to make uprepparttar 138611 beds and inrepparttar 138612 evening again, with chocolates and mineral water, to turn them down forrepparttar 138613 night. And whilerepparttar 138614 manner amongrepparttar 138615 hotel staff is formal, one mustn't mistake this for stiff - everyone we met, fromrepparttar 138616 front desk clerks torepparttar 138617 maids, was friendly and warm.

New Life Midtown Manhattan (NYC) at the San Carlos Hotel

Written by David Lazzarino


New Life Midtown Manhattan (NYC) atrepparttar San Carlos Hotel

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I'd spentrepparttar 138556 summer months living and working in small-town, northeastern Pennsylvania. The type of living that clearly definesrepparttar 138557 necessities of life—food, shelter, sleep, rinse, repeat—forrepparttar 138558 simple reason that there isn't much else to do there. I mean, it's beautiful and full of fresh air andrepparttar 138559 sunsets are second to none. After a few months, though, a few of us agreed that we needed to look for a different tune to live by (something other than "Dueling Banjos" anyway). Possibly even one that began with "Start Spreadin' The News".

New York City it is!

My initial reaction torepparttar 138560 lights,repparttar 138561 sounds, andrepparttar 138562 scores of people was comparable to an ADHD child who had lost his Ritalin. In short, OVER-STIMULATED! To people outsiderepparttar 138563 cab I must have looked like a goofy, life-size version ofrepparttar 138564 Garfield dolls you stick to your windshield. Anyone who has visitedrepparttar 138565 Big Apple surely wouldn't find this odd for a first timer. However, this was my sixth visit. It does it to me every time.

The cab ride fromrepparttar 138566 Port Authority bus station was about five minutes. Before I had a chance to payrepparttar 138567 door was opened and an experience I could never have expected began. A voice spoke in a charming Eastern-European accent:

"Hello, welcome torepparttar 138568 San Carlos. Go right on in. I will bring your bags." I walked intorepparttar 138569 lobby and had a very difficult time keeping my composure as I took inrepparttar 138570 atmosphere. The wide and elegantly high-ceilinged corridor is decorated in mahogany wood and satin chrome metal on a marble background. It has a contemporary look butrepparttar 138571 soft lighting and layout give you a very comfortable and spacious feel. The building itself has a clean and welcoming façade to it. The San Carlos includes 83 deluxe rooms, 20 executive suites, 42 one-bedroom suites, and two penthouse suites. These penthouses have an adjoining terrace and one of them features a wood-burning fireplace.

The closer I approachedrepparttar 138572 front deskrepparttar 138573 more I became aware of my own state. Sleepy from traveling and in desperate need of a shower I felt slightly out of place in this kind of luxury. All these feelings subsidedrepparttar 138574 instant I approachedrepparttar 138575 desk. I was met with a welcoming smile byrepparttar 138576 concierge. His name was Chris and he seemed to be able to put me at ease with a simple, "What can I do for you today?" After getting my info, he thanked me for coming torepparttar 138577 San Carlos and told me that Bobby would take us to our room and if we needed anything else we should feel free to call. Only then did I remember that there were other people with me.

Ruth had been speaking with Bobby since we enteredrepparttar 138578 hotel. She's a very good friend of mine and a lovely person, but I'd never known her to ask so many questions. She seemed to be drilling this kind doorman on everything imaginable and, in Bobby's defense, he was doing a remarkable job keeping up. In a short elevator ride torepparttar 138579 fourteenth floor we learned that he was originally from Poland and was working as a teacher until a few years ago. Furthermore, he was quizzed onrepparttar 138580 hotel and what it had to offer. As can be seen onrepparttar 138581 computer screen inrepparttar 138582 elevator there is a board room, conference room, and breakfast room. The business center is complete with high speed internet access, fax machine, and copier service, and a lovely view ofrepparttar 138583 reception area. There are smoking rooms available by request, an adjoining garage, and a penthouse terrace that can also be used as a nightspot for parties. The hotel restaurant was not yet completed but as Chris had said to me during check in, "If you can't find a restaurant in New York City, you're in trouble." Besides, if you need help on finding a specific type of restaurant,repparttar 138584 San Carlos staff is more than happy to offer suggestions as well as make reservations and get you a cab. By now Bobby had our complete attention. He moved on to tell us aboutrepparttar 138585 room amenities.

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