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SUITE BATHROOMS Expansive yet private, the grandest luxury hotel lavatories are spa destinations in themselves.
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CORINTHIA HOTEL LONDON Westminster, London In the heart of Westminster, wedged between Trafalgar Square, the Royal Horse Guards and the River Thames, is the Corinthia Hotel London, the hotel for those who like to be immersed in both luxury and all the action. The striking triangularshaped stucture was originally built in 1885 and renovated in 2011. With only a few top-tier suites available in London, the huge, luxurious bathrooms found in the Corinthia’s seven ultra-posh Penthouses are real standouts. Each of the opulent guest residences, built within the soaring turrets of the grand Victorian building, has its own distinct style, shape and hand-crafted
finishes, and every bathroom has a unique marble or granite heated floor. The Royal Penthouse has its own mini spa, wine cellar and garden terrace views of the London Eye. Its bathroom is finished in honey onyx and Skyros marble; the mosaic walls and floors are most striking, especially the thin vertical strip tile behind the long oval freestanding Apaiser stone bath. The walk-in shower is rounded, with a seat. The most extraordinary touch in this bathroom is an enclosed gas fireplace. As the hotel is home to the flagship ESPA Life store and four-floor flagship spa, all bathrooms are outfitted with products by ESPA Life. corinthia.com/en/hotels/london
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Berlin, Germany With its fabulous location next to the famous Brandenburg Gate, the luxurious dĂŠcor and stellar service of the legendary Hotel Adlon Kempinski make for an ideal stay when visiting Berlin. The classic building on Unter den Linden Boulevard has 307 guest rooms and 78 suites, with all the hotel floors and halls bordered in limestone. Designed by Ezra Attia Associates of London and AB Living Designs of Sweden, a heavy focus was placed on the ample-size guest bathrooms. The walls and doors are made of mahogany
and the vanities and tubs are faced with cherry wood. There are double vanities, a separate steam shower, bathtub, heated towel racks, an integrated multifunctional dressing table with triple mirrors that make it easy to see the back of your head when blow-drying your hair, and a separate powder room adjoining the main bathing space. The Royal Suite and Presidential Suites take it a step further with the addition of spa features, such as a dry sauna. kempinski.com/en/berlin/hotel-adlon
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Opened in 2017, the $150 million beachfront oasis Grand Velas Los Cabos is located on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. The resort merges with its surrounding landscape of luscious beaches, rocky outcroppings, desert and deep blue sea. Ricardo Elias, principal of Elias and Elias Architects in Guadalajara, designed the half-moon-shaped building with a three-story-high open-air grand entrance, more than 300 feet above sea level. All 304 ocean view suites are more than 1,180 square feet and have private terraces and dramatic ocean views. Offering a contemporary Mexican design and an immense open floor plan, the bathrooms of the Imperial Suite feature elements that blend indoors with
outdoors. The beige represents the desert while the blues are for the sea. The master bathroom boasts floor-to-ceiling windows onto the sea. The seated relaxation area poised in front of the windows is a personal favorite. The bathroom features a Jacuzzi® Fuzion® tub that is double-sized at 360 square feet! There is a full-body, 657-square-foot shower system with a Porcelanosa® Nk Logic® head and temperature knobs; smart Toto Neorest™ toilets with tornado flush, adjustable heated seat and air deodorizer; and a large dressing area. L’Occitane bath products round out the numerous over-the-top amenities. Grand Velas Los Cabos is a new kind of all-inclusive resort, with top-notch luxury and high-end food options. loscabos.grandvelas.com
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HOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Athens, Greece
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to match its storied history. The Royal Suite is the owner’s personal paradise, with one of the most decadent bathrooms imaginable—a massive, private sanctuary with two walkin closets, a massage table and a gym, illuminated by an antique chandelier. The rare blue marble soaking tub with massage jets sits regally in the middle of the room, surrounded by a chaise lounge, two ottomans, a double sink and marble vanity and an ornate fulllength mirror. There is a glass enclosed steam shower with three overhead rain showerheads and a marble chaise, so guests can recline under the running water while watching the flat-screen television. Molton Brown bath amenities complete the experience. marriott. c om/hotel s/travel/athlc -hotel-grandebretagne-a-luxury-collection-hotel-athens
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Located in Athens’ city center, across from Parliament and with an epic view of the Acropolis, the Hotel Grande Bretagne is not simply a luxury hotel; it is an institution in itself. Ever since opening its doors to receive the first visitor in 1874, the Grande Bretagne has been a point of reference in the social, political and economic life of Greece’s capital city and, by extension, the entire country. The property, originally a wealthy businessman’s private mansion, housed the first modern Olympic organizers in 1896. A decade ago, it took approximately 82 million euros to turn it into the exquisite, state-of-the-art, five-star hotel it is today. Reconstructed from top to bottom, designers from Hirsch Bedner Associates renovated the hotel’s interiors, including 290 rooms and 31 suites,
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