{"id":63820,"date":"2018-01-19T10:52:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T15:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/?p=63820"},"modified":"2023-03-29T10:55:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T14:55:27","slug":"singular-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/2018\/01\/singular-obsession\/","title":{"rendered":"Singular Obsession"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em>Themed hotels often risk sacrificing comfort for concept. But thanks to some uniquely passionate visionaries, these hotels achieve the perfect balance.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>It&#8217;s not easy to pull off a great themed hotel. Inherent in the concept is the risk of focusing too much on your theme and not enough on your guests. When it comes to the themed hotels we feature on Tablet, though, the opposite is often true. Look no further than the examples below \u2014 the passionate visionaries behind these hotels have their priorities in order, and would be heartbroken if their thematic celebrations were responsible for anything less than an exceptional guest experience.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Les Dames du Panth\u00e9on<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Paris, France<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/paris-hotels\/les-dames-du-pantheon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/012018-1\/DamesPantheon.jpg\" alt=\"Le Dames du Pantheon - boutique hotel in Paris\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here, in the shadow of that famous monument to French history\u2019s great men, is a hotel dedicated to the \u201cfree, independent women\u201d who\u2019d no doubt also be in the Pantheon if owner Corinne Moncelli had a say in the matter. Until then, each floor of Les Dames pays tribute to a different woman or group, from Edith Piaf and Marguerite Duras to <em>les Cocottes<\/em>,\u00a0the courtesans of the 19th century.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69e27f33f01a7\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Press Hotel<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Portland, Maine<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/portland-1-hotels\/the-press-hotel\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/012018-1\/Press.jpg\" alt=\"The Press Hotel - boutique hotel in Portland\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Press Hotel celebrates the tools of 20th-century journalism and their critical role in the pursuit of truth and justice. This corner building was once headquarters of Portland\u2019s Press Herald \u2014 its new design scheme echoes that illustrious history with direct nods to the Fourth Estate and rooms that are modeled after 1920s-era newsroom offices, complete with retro writing desks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69e27f33f01d6\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Hotel Cycle<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Onomichi, Japan<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/onomichi-hotels\/hotel-cycle\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/012018-1\/Cycle.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Cycle - boutique hotel in Onomichi\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Japanese have a way of taking an idea that would be met with cynicism in the States, and, through sheer single-minded commitment, turning it into something unironically cool. Hotel Cycle is so dedicated to its bicycle theme that you don\u2019t even have to step off your pedals \u2014 you can ride right off the famed Shimanami Kaido cycle path and right into your room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69e27f33f01ee\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">25hours Hotel HafenCity<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Hamburg, Germany<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/hamburg-hotels\/25hours-hotel-hafencity\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/012018-1\/25hours.jpg\" alt=\"25hours Hotel HafenCity - boutique hotel in Hamburg\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>HafenCity is a prime example of modern urban renewal, a massive redevelopment project that brings new mixed-use life to Hamburg&#8217;s waterfront port district. For their part in this venture, the 25hours group wisely decided to cast an eye toward the neighborhood&#8217;s history, with d\u00e9cor that&#8217;s full of references to the shipyards and docklands of old Hamburg.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69e27f33f0203\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Hard Days Night Hotel<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Liverpool, England<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/liverpool-hotels\/hard-days-night-hotel\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/012018-1\/HardDays.jpg\" alt=\"Hard Days Night Hotel - boutique hotel in Liverpool\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are there any other rock stars that could sustain an entire hotel dedicated solely to them? Can you imagine a Radiohead hotel in Oxford, or a Springsteen hotel in Asbury Park? Thanks to the Hard Days Night Hotel, we know exactly what a Beatles-themed hotel in Liverpool would look like. Inside you&#8217;ll find the requisite portraits and memorabilia, as well as a white grand piano in the Lennon suite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69e27f33f0217\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Velona&#8217;s Jungle Luxury Suites<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Florence, Italy<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/florence-hotels\/velonas-jungle-luxury-suites\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/012018-1\/VelonaJungle.jpg\" alt=\"Velona's Jungle Luxury Suites - boutique hotel in Florence\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Velona&#8221; is for Pasquale Velona, antique dealer and grandfather of the proprietor, Veronica Grechi. His mid-century collection provides many of the hotel&#8217;s artworks and furnishings. The &#8220;Jungle&#8221; is for the animal-print upholstery, peacock-feather prints, big-cat portraiture, and jungle-foliage wallpaper, while the &#8220;Luxury&#8221; is for the exceeding levels comfort and private-house intimacy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69e27f33f022b\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Yard<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Milan, Italy<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/milan-hotels\/the-yard-milan\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/012018-1\/Yard.jpg\" alt=\"The Yard - boutique hotel in Milan\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Yard is a terrific example of not letting the theme overwhelm the reality of the comforts a hotel has to provide. The sport-inspired interiors are impeccably designed and curated by the owners \u2014 but this house is meant to be inhabited, not just photographed. The thematic elements can be found most distinctly in the suites, each saluting a different recreational pastime, from golf and tennis to fencing, polo, and racing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69e27f33f023d\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Petit Ermitage<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Los Angeles, California<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/los-angeles-area-hotels\/petit-ermitage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/012018-1\/PetiteErmitage.jpg\" alt=\"Petit Ermitage - boutique hotel in the Los Angeles\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The moment you step inside Petit Ermitage one thing becomes clear: this is a tribute to the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Okay, maybe not everyone will immediately pick up on that subtle connection, but that&#8217;s precisely the point. In the case of a themed hotel, inspiration is far more flattering than imitation, and this homage to a 19th-century Russian version of Venice will never get in the way of your good time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69e27f33f024f\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Hotel Puerta America<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Madrid, Spain<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/madrid-hotels\/hotel-puerta-america\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/012018-1\/PuertaAmerica.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Puerta America - boutique hotel in Madrid\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What if you could live inside the exhibits of a museum? Madrid&#8217;s colorful Hotel Puerta America might be your best opportunity to do just that. From John Pawson\u2019s lobby and Christian Liaigre\u2019s restaurant up through floors by Zaha Hadid, Norman Foster, Marc Newson, Ron Arad, and many more, the hotel is practically a museum of modern architecture and design.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69e27f33f0261\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Hazlitt&#8217;s<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">London, England<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/london-hotels\/hazlitts\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/012018-1\/Hazlett.jpg\" alt=\"Hazlitt's - boutique hotel in London\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This little London townhouse was home to writer William Hazlitt in the early 19th century. In its current life as a hotel, the Georgian building remains packed with a character and an obvious love of letters that would continue to make him proud. In fact, each of its twenty-three rooms is named after a famous literary guest, from Wordsworth to Jonathan Swift.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69e27f33f0271\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Villa, Casa Casuarina<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Miami, Florida<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/miami-hotels\/the-villa-casa-casaurina\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/012018-1\/CasaCasuarina.jpg\" alt=\"The Villa, Casa Casuarina - boutique hotel in Miami\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is this one cheating? We&#8217;re not sure. Casa Casuarina is Gianni Versace&#8217;s former mansion, and if you wanted to experience a &#8220;Versace&#8221; theme, we&#8217;re not sure this isn&#8217;t the most all-encompassing version you could have. Versace fell immediately in love with this 1930s mansion, purchasing it in 1992 and investing nearly $40 million into the house and surrounding properties before his murder there in 1997.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69e27f33f0282\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Astoria7<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">San Sebastian, Spain<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/san-sebastian-hotels\/astoria7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/012018-1\/Astoria7.jpg\" alt=\"Astoria7 - boutique hotel in San Sebastian\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the wrong hands, a cinema-themed hotel could quite easily go off the rails. Think front-desk clerks with the temperament of Charles Foster Kane, the shark from Jaws popping out from around each corner, and something ominously called &#8220;The Apocalypse Now Room.&#8221; Thankfully, Astoria7 sticks mainly to photos of the film industry&#8217;s most successful actors and directors \u2014 and there&#8217;s a reassuring absence of peep holes in the Hitchcock Suite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69e27f33f0292\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Resotel Salamanca<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Salamanca, Spain<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/salamanca-hotels\/resotel-salamanca\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/012018-1\/Resotel.jpg\" alt=\"Resotel Salamanca - boutique hotel in Salamanca\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Resotel Salamanca might be the most surprising entry on this list. Juan Carlos, the manager and designer, took over a humble gas station from his parents and transformed it piece by piece into an 11-room technicolor shrine to car racing and motorsports. This is the ultimate passion project \u2014 a singular obsession on full display, but never distracting from the mission to provide a first-rate guest experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69e27f33f02a2\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">STAYTION Mannheim<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Mannheim, Germany<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/mannheim-hotels\/staytion-mannheim\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/012018-1\/Staytion-1.jpg\" alt=\"STAYTION Mannheim - boutique hotel in Mannheim\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Being mere feet from the city&#8217;s central train hub, and with a name like STAYTION, one would think the theme here would be something transportation-related. Not so. The hotel&#8217;s motto is &#8220;music meets industry,&#8221; and each of its floors is dedicated to a different band or genre, while the &#8220;industry&#8221; part is expressed by a design that cleverly repurposes all manner of pipes, careworn wood, caged bulbs, and, of course, snare drums.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69e27f33f02b2\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Roxbury<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Catskill Mountains, New York<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/catskill-mountains-hotels\/the-roxbury\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/012018-1\/Roxbury.jpg\" alt=\"The Roxbury - boutique hotel in the Catskill Mountains\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What if you couldn&#8217;t decide on one single theme? At the Roxbury, the theme is themes, paying tribute to all manner of pop-cultural inspirations \u2014 from the Wizard of Oz to the Flintstones, from Breakfast at Tiffany&#8217;s to Piet Mondrian&#8217;s primary-colored modernism. Safe to say every room here is one of a kind and about as much fun as you can have in a hotel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<a id=\"thb-button-69e27f33f02c0\" class=\"button medium   black\" href=\"\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Themed hotels often risk sacrificing comfort for concept. 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