| Boutique Hotels: A Refreshing Alternative To Department Store Lodging |
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Boutique hotels are to regular hotel chains as a bridal boutique is to a department store. Although the concept of unusual and quirky lodging has been around forever, it's only been in the last two decades that these one-of-kind hotels have been known as boutique lodging. If you're looking an out of the ordinary place to stay in Europe, a search engine query will turn up dozens of choices. Although they are alike in being called boutique, individual hotels have very little else in common. The buildings are often originally created for an entirely different purpose. A corn mill, a school, a sugar warehouse and a brewery are examples of boutiques. The hotels are all small, and provide excellent services The rooms are usually individually designed around a particular theme. You can find handmade beds, furniture made entirely of computer screens, beds tucked into spaceship style alcoves and beds sunken into teak decking. Funky doesn't mean less than quality service. The staffing of such hotels is as enthusiastic about your welfare as you are. You get the best of modern technology in rooms that are hundreds of years old in some cases. Hotels placed in medieval castles have been modernized to represent the best amenities incorporated smoothly into stone walled rooms. Medieval townhouses, a French boulangerie and villas set in village cave dwellings are examples of imagination and creativity that has gone into design of some of these hotels. Boutique hotels are found in most areas of the world now, including United States, France, Italy, Iceland, the UK and Greece to name just a few. Each hotel is unique and each one advertises itself as inexpensive chic. You can enjoy a truly kooky place to stay in most of the major cities of the world. No more cookie cutter bland. These hotels are as interesting in the cities in which they are located. |
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