Series: Best of Europe
Hardcover: 220 pages
Publisher: teNeues; Mul edition (April 15, 2012)
Language: English, French, German
ISBN-10: 3832796134
ISBN-13: 978-3832796136
Product Dimensions: 1 x 10.2 x 13 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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"Luxury Hotels Best of Europe" is a truly beautiful coffee table sized book that is filled with gorgeous photos taken in some of the best hotels in Europe. While I have traveled in Europe as a business executive and have stayed in some very "fancy" hotels, none of them come close to ones showcased in this collection.The author has taken a minimalist approach with his text and has let the excellent photos do the talking. Each of the roughly 50 hotels featured has a very short write up highlighting interesting facts and history of the establishment (in English, French, and German), followed by several pages of photos that work fantastically well to convey why the hotel was included among the "Best of Europe".I very much enjoyed this book!Highly Recommended!CFHNote: I was provided a review copy of this book by the publisher, but the in no way influences my rating or comments.
You will see baroque and traditional styles competing with ultra modern interiors and exteriors. This should appeal to a variety of tastes. I personally love the baroque and rococo and secondarily elegant modern. While there are pages with large single photos, there are just as many with 2 smaller ones. Four or more photos per hotel would have conveyed a lot more impressions.I have been in many European hotels that would be better examples of both the luxury of the past and innovative modern design. So the book cannot be said to be the ultimate exemplar. But seeing rooms that the public is generally excluded from was enlightening. It may be that the rich prefer this decor and so the book realistically depicts the current standards.If you have an interest in an even greater number of styles, I found Luxury Hotels Top of the World included some of the same hotels and photos. But it also showed hotels on other continents influenced by their traditional architecture.
Beautiful book! Makes me want to book vacations and actually visit some of these places!
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