So have you guessed in which towns the next Suitehotels are about to open ? The game was not easy but the waiting is over as I am now allowed to give you the first answer.
On the 26th of January 2009 a new Suitehotel will open in the French town of Reims. The Suitehotel will only be 5-minutes away from the railway station and few minutes away from the centre of town.
Reims is famous for its champagne, so don’t forget to make use of the Suitehotel Smart to visit the famous vineyards of the region.
With the brand new TGV Est you will be in Paris in 45 minutes, at the Roissy CDG airport in 1 ½ hour and in Strasbourg in 2 hours.
You can book your suite here.
More information :
Suitehotel Reims
1 Rue Edouard Mignot
51100 Reims, France
Savile Row tailors would probably agree with me… There is nothing like a tailored suit to make you feel confident.
However for us simple humans it is not always easy or practical to go all the way to Savile Row to order new clothes. It can get pretty intimidating too. And I am not even talking about the prices.
Well, if you want to feel like James Bond and still get a bargain price for your shirts, the answer is definitely Swann & Oscar. They will make you a tailored shirt in less than 15 days.
You don’t have to stick to one design either : you can modify the collar, the cuffs, the pocket, the buttons and even the lining. The variety of fabrics and colors is very interesting. The shirts are of course adapted to your morphology and you can enter your measurements in your private space.
The prices go from 79 euros to 169 euros for the basic shirts.
If you are a bit worried of the quality or your real size you can always pay a visit to the Parisian showroom. Even better… if you work in the Ile-de-France region, the tailor can come to you at work and take your measurements in between two meetings… It is very practical !
More information :
19 rue d’Anjou, 75008 Paris
Phone : +33(0)1 44 19 74 96
Photo : (c) Tet_Sy via Flickr
Christmas is approaching and you’ll soon be dealing with overexcited children. Once Santa Claus has come and gone, all the gifts have been opened and used, you’ll still have to entertain them with fun and exciting activities.
If you are staying at the Montpellier Suitehotel, the Odysseum has the solution for you. The Odysseum is a gigantic leisure centre with nearly 60 000m2 of activities for children and grown-ups alike.
The planetarium, the sea-life centre, the ice-rink, the climbing wall or the karting rink… the choice is going to be very difficult. And I’m not even talking about the multiplex, the bowling alley or the laser tag centre (yes *the* legendary game from the 80’s)…
You can access the centre very easily with ligns 1 and 29 of public transportation (tram and bus). It has plenty of restaurants in the food court and you can leave the youngest members of the family at the daycare.
More informations :
www.ot-montpellier.fr/odysseum/
Phone : +33 (0)4 99 92 09 19
Your luggage is finally packed.
Everything is ready : the camera and its battery, pyjamas, shoes, umbrellas, MP3 player and even a sandwich for the ride to the airport.
However on your way to your door you suddenly realize you’ve forgotten the travel guide.
Let’s just think for a minute… there is no way you can fit that enormous book in the bag. At that point even a pair of socks would not get in anymore.
It will be for an other time you say to your family. Or we’ll buy one there.
Two days later you’ll regret that choice. Travel guides are expensive and often written in the local language (that you can not for some obscure reason decipher).
Next time ‘I’ll be more clever’ you tell yourself, the wife and the kids.
Well let me suggest a simplest way to make sure you have your travel guide with you every time you travel.
Just go online and download a digital travel guide that you will load on your favourite MP3 player or on your phone. When you arrive on site just put on your headphones and voilà !
Many options are possible.
Let’s start with the infamous Guide du Routard which for only 5 euros bring you the digital version of the paper book.
Podibus offers unique ways to travel with pictures, videos and audio tracks of the most famous touristic attractions you can find in a country. It’s like you don’t have to travel anymore. Just stay in your favourite Suitehotel suite and you will see the wonders of the Chenonceau castle or Notre-Dame on your iPhone.
Finally the most genuine way to discover a town is probably to let a local do the tour for you. For only 10 euros, Soundwalk offers an audio guide of a neighbourhood recorded by one of its famous inhabitant. What would you say for example of discovering the Pigalle district of Paris with Lou Doillon while you are staying at the Paris-Porte de la Chapelle Suitehotel ?
