The Regent, 5-Star Hotel in Berlin – An Impressive Lobby

BERLIN, Germany – Treating myself to a 5-star hotel in Berlin is always something that’s akin to the opposite of an adventure. I want my experience at luxury hotels to be filled with certainty, assurance and sureties. That’s not what happened at the Regent… but this time around it was for the best. The Regent…

The Best Hotel Restaurants in Europe are All Here

When I travel, I spend most of my time taste-testing restaurants and visiting different – sometimes famous, sometimes less so – places that serve local food to a local crowd. However, every once in a while I stumble upon a restaurant that’s located in a hotel. Knowing which are the Best Hotel Restaurants is important. These…

Hazards, beggars and Madagascar hotels

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar – Travel to Madagascar (the “Big Island”) is superb, beautiful and exotic. But it’s far from easy. Antananarivo, the Capital City, generally called, ‘Tana’, though charming, poses many risks to foreigners, and they are usually forewarned about these dangers on arrival. Tourists are accosted at every street corner by beggars, and security at…

Thon Hotel Brussels EU: The Centre of Europe

BRUSSELS, Belgium – The Thon Hotel Brussels EU is in the middle of the Quartier Européen (European Quarter) in Brussels. It’s a stone’s throw from Berlaymont, Maelbeek, the Schuman station and the Espace Leopold. And this hotel in Brussels reflects this geographical location in its décor and atmosphere. Thon Hotel Brussels EU: A pure look The…

WindsoR Hotel Nice, France: Eclectic and Artistic

NICE, France – Four-star hotels or more usually opt for a sober, simple, risk-free interior design, preferring the ordinary, the predictable. To hell with originality, they say. Not WindsoR Hotel Nice.  In this series, Cédric Lizotte visits some of Europe’s best restaurants. He shares his inside knowledge about the best places to sample the delights of…

Parkhuus Restaurant, Zurich: Let the Ingredients Shine

ZURICH, Switzerland – Zurich, Switzerland is a very expensive city. The people of Zurich have the highest GDP in the world. So it’s quite normal to see that most hotel restaurants that cater to business people have a few luxurious tricks up their sleeves. In this series of articles, Cédric Lizotte visits some of the best…