After an 18-month renovation period, the Carlton Hotel St Moritz reopened last
month. The smallest luxury hotel in St Moritz (about a two-and-a-half hour drive
from Zurich or 30 minutes by helicopter if you’re flash), the 60 rooms have been
brought bang up-to-date by the recent facelift. The new colour scheme includes
citrus greens and hot pinks. It was already the only hotel in the village with both
an indoor and outdoor swimming pool overlooking the Alps, but now there’s
a new spa, too, designed by renowned Swiss architect Mario Botta.
Carlton Hotel St Moritz, +41 (0)81 836 7000; www.carlton-stmoritz.ch
The writing’s on the walls…
Victor Hugo and Karl Marx both sat downstairs at the Café du Vaudeville; and now you can sleep there. This landmark theatre-cum-café has been at the centre of literary life in Brussels since the 1830s, and manager Pierre Piwonski has just opened hotel rooms above it. Staying at the Vaudeville is like having your own apartment at the best address in Brussels. You have your own key to the front door and can come and go as you please. Rooms are themed in three different styles – operatic, modern and colonial. Breakfast is in the restaurant, where the walls are inscribed with letters by Victor Hugo, and winged light-fittings modelled on René Magritte’s famous depictions of doves add to the overall artistic ambience. Café du Vaudeville, 11 Galerie de la Reine, Brussels, +32 (0)25 112 345; www.cafeduvaudeville.com
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