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Hotel PeliroccoLocation: 10, Regency Square, Brighton, United KingdomWebsite: www.hotelpelirocco.co.uk

Not for the faint-hearted or the boring (gasp!), Hotel Pelirocco boasts of 19 bedrooms themed around pop subculture and inspired by the greatest

rock and roll legends and artists alike. From the ‘Pin Up Parlour’ room dedicated to Diana

Dors (UK version of Marilyn Monroe) to ‘Ali’s Room’ in honour of Muhammad Ali, and the latest Soviet-chic ‘Stoli Salon’ room (complete with Russian hats, mood lighting and lots of fur), exploring this hotel is in

itself a must-do on your travel itinerary. We recommend Pelirocco’s signature suite,

the Play Room, if you want to fulfil your most decadent fantasies. Think burlesque, kitsch, sexy boudoir, an eight-foot circular bed, a giant bath tub and a pole-dancing area. Stylise your stay with delicious cocktails in the pink banquettes of the Hotel Pelirocco Bar, served together with folk jams, poetry reading and ever-changing Brit Art creations on the wall. Rock star or not, you know you want a one-night stand with this hotel!

FOr rOCk & rOll Fans!

Library HotelLocation: 299 Madison Avenue, New York, USAWebsite: www.libraryhotel.com

If you’re one of those people who visits a bookstore or library and reads all day in your unofficially-private corner, why not stay in a library instead? Like a true, systematic library, every room and floor of The Library Hotel is classified according to the Dewey Decimal category of knowledge, and patrons choose whichever genre room they’d like to stay in.

To illustrate, a guest may pick the Mysteries, Fairytales or Erotic Literature room on the Literature floor (which is also the eighth floor). For those who’d like the company of other guests, the Reading Room on the second floor serves complimentary refreshments while the Poetry Garden, a rooftop greenhouse sitting room, oversees the gorgeous city skyline. For a cosier atmosphere, the Writer’s Den is a mahogany-panelled sitting room with a fireplace and its own terrace, comfortable enough for guests to pen down their thoughts.

FOr BiBliOPHiles!

Maison MoschinoLocation: Viale Monte Grappa 12, 20124 ItalyWebsite: www.maisonmoschino.com Taking over what was once Milan’s first railway station, Maison Moschino (Moschino House, in French) is a neoclassical building holding 65 rooms, a restaurant and bar, a boutique and the new ART SPA, all rightfully Moschino. More than just a hotel, each room is a surreal universe of its own, featuring 16 concepts rooms such as the ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, ‘Life Is A Bed of Roses’ and ‘Alice’s Room’, all inspired by Lewis Carroll’s fantasy literature of course.

Its restaurant, Clandestino Milano, headed by acclaimed Chef Moreno Cedroni, is no less exciting. From ‘dressed-up chairs’ to ‘handbag vases’ and meals served in a mock shoe box, you’ll never savour pasta, sushi or even pizza the same way again. Truly living up to its name as a renowned fashion label, Maison Moschino is an aesthetic heaven no fashion maven can resist.

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The Library Hotel carries more than 6,000

titles, each handpicked at the Strand Bookstore, which boasts the biggest

collection of used and rare books in New

York City!

Celebs like Primal Scream, The

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and Giles Petterson have all spent a night

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Pantone HotelLocation: 1 Place Loix, 1060 Brussels, BelgiumWebsite: www.pantonehotel.com

No need for second guesses; the Pantone Hotel is a colour-coded hotel. Designed to complement the emotions of Pantone’s guests, each of its seven floors is painted in a different colour, according to Pantone’s colour palettes. White-washed walls and bedding make a perfect, clean canvas in all 59 rooms, each splashed with its own distinctive, vibrant hue and given a visual edge through the spectrum of Pantone colours by renowned Belgian photographer Victor Levy.

Only a few steps away from the glamorous shopping and business district of Avenue Louise, the lobby and rooftop terraces will sweep you away from its modern and chic concept, providing instead a spectacular 360-degree view and flashbacks of Brussels’s artistic, culinary and historical influences. If you’d like to show off to your designer friends, the lobby sells Pantone merchandise like mugs and cufflinks. Go on, you know you want to be Pantone-d!

FOr tHe arty Farty!

Cappadocia Cave resortLocation: 38, Uchisar Cappadocia, TurkeyWebsite: www.ccr-hotels.com

We doubt anyone would go back thousands of years in time to experience what it’s like living in a cave, but trust us when we say this is one cave you don’t want to pass. Built strategically into a mountain in the beautiful landscape of Cappadocia, guests are guaranteed a panoramic view of the ‘fairy chimneys’, a unique geological formation formed out of volcanic deposits and sedimentary rocks, which have attracted millions from all over the globe.

What’s better is guests are able to experience the untainted aesthetics of raw cave walls, fine woods and high quality natural stone within the resort itself. Au naturel yet no less luxurious, the rooms and suites are designed to create a romantic ambience for guests, complete with embroidered pillows and carpets with Oriental accents.

FOr natUralists!

the Chocolate Boutique HotelLocation: 5 Durley Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 5JQ, United Kingdom Website: www.thechocolateboutiquehotel.co.uk

You’re not the full-fledged chocolate lover you proclaim to be if you haven’t stayed at the only chocolate-themed hotel in the world, The Chocolate Boutique Hotel. Housing only 13 rooms, each is designed to tease the chocoholic’s mind with its rich, velvety, chocolate bed sheets if not the swirly, chunky wood furniture.

The real deal for the palate lies in the Chocolate Bar, which whips up the most delicious chocolate cocktails should you prefer a taste of the extraordinary (and why shouldn’t you?). To further tantalise your taste buds, the kitchen hand-crafts all chocolates available within the hotel to feed your indulgence. Still can’t get enough? Join the weekend chocolate workshops and learn the chocolate-making craft yourself! A five-minute walk away from the town centre of Bournemouth, The Chocolate Boutique Hotel is the next best thing after Roald Dahl’s Chocolate Factory, and we guarantee this is as real as it gets.

FOr CHOCOHOliCs!

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