Hotel : Home (our room), Palermo Hollywood, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Retro chic interior design. 

Big comfy bed. 

Large sitting area, overlooking our private balcony/terrace.

Loved the retro design.

Cool but simple room key. 

Our room: 19 (Suite overlooking the pool and gardens) 

Time of stay: April 2014

Hotel : Home (capturing the interior design), Palermo Hollywood, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cool artwork on the windows of the small restaurant/cafe bar.

Quirky puppets on the wall of the lobby. 

Lobby.

One of the suites. 

Another stunning suite...

Cool books to browse around the hotel.

Like the sound of this. 

Time of stay: April 2014.

Hotel : Home (around the grounds), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dine or take a drink in this beautiful tranquil tropical garden.

Lounge by the pool or take a swim. 

One spiky tree in the grounds! 

Time of stay : April 2014.

Sunday night at Babington House, Somerset, England

Guest rooms at Babington House....the hotel is made up of lots of separate 'houses', giving the feel of a mini luxury village 

Wandering over to the Cowshed Spa 

Outdoor bathtubs for some guest rooms

Our room (15), dog-friendly room. V comfy big bed with sink-in pillows 

Lovely morning and a lovely outlook from our room 

Breakfast; yoghurt and granola and lashings of fresh strawberry jam with toast, all washed down with a flat white 

The bar area, such a relaxed vibe 

Such beautiful grounds 

A stroll around the lake in the grounds 

Room number: 15 

Quality of sleep: not bad, awoke from some banging noises coming from room above 

Time of stay: Sunday night in March 2014. 

Ms Curbappeal x

Hotel look around: Zhero, Palma, Majorca

Staying at Maricel Hotel we noticed the Zhero hotel located just across the road & so we popped in for a look...

What's it's curbappeal?:
- budget boutique motel...white on white chic with colourful fashion led photography

Time of visit: Sunday, May 2013

...some photos straight from our iPhones...

Hotel Review: Quebecs, Leeds (Yorkshire), UK. Friday 14th - Saturday 15th December 2012

It's Curbappeal:
- the impressive lobby; oak panelled & grand sweeping staircase flanked by huge beautiful stain glass window
- the quaint honesty bar set on the 2nd floor at the top of the grand staircase
- spacious rooms
- v central location & c2min walk to the train station

Crowd: mainly couples, late 20s-late 40s

Food rating: Quebecs only serves breakfast. It's served in a small circular restaurant on the 4th floor, with some views over the City's rooftops. Fairly good selection of fruits, pastries, yoghurts & cereals (think Kelloggs) & cooked breakfasts. We had eggs (bit average), coffee (first one was great, second one not so) & pot of tea (Taylor's of Harrogates)

Our room: The Playfair Suite on the 4th floor. Spacious room with a small separate lounge area in a 'turret' shaped space. Nespresso machine, iPod docking station & roll top bath were nice touches especially as the hotel isn't 5*

The bill: Reasonable at £175/night (ex breakfast) for a suite on a Friday night in December

Anything we didn't like: not keen on having a TV on in the breakfast area, but imagine its something business travellers will appreciate during the week. Generally felt like breakfast area could do with updating. City centre location does mean some traffic noise, albeit it didn't disturb us

Recommended: definitely. Leeds doesn't have any 5* hotel's, but this quaint boutique hotel is the next best thing

... Some photos straight from our iPhones...