Six city hotels stand in this section. Each of them sits in a building that carries something from before it became a hotel: a courtyard, a stair, a set of rooms on a square, or a shared floor that opens towards the street. The entries describe the house and its setting, and leave taste to the reader.
A city building put up for other work and later given over to a hotel.
The Hoxton Rome occupies a building in the Parioli quarter, north of the historic centre and away from the busiest tourist streets. It is one address of a chain that runs houses in several European cities, and the entry describes this house only. The ground level is given over to shared space that opens towards the street rather than turning its back on it.
The location
Parioli is a residential district of wide avenues, apartment blocks and neighbourhood shops, laid out well after the old centre was finished. The hotel stands among those blocks rather than on a monument square. The entrance leads off the street into the shared ground level, and the walk into the centre passes through ordinary working parts of the city.
Worth knowing
The shared floor carries a bar and places to sit, and it is used by people who are not staying, which changes how busy it feels at different hours. Ask the hotel what is open on the day you arrive, and how the shared rooms are arranged, since chains revise these floors between addresses.
The Parioli quarter, north of the old centre, where this house of the chain stands.
Art Hotel · Rome, Italy · Checked July 2029
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Hotel Julien
Antwerp, Belgium
Summary
Two adjoining town houses in central Antwerp were joined to make Hotel Julien, and the join still shapes the plan. Rooms sit on several levels behind a plain street front, and a courtyard lies between the two parts of the building. The house is run on its own rather than as one address of a chain, and the entry describes it as it stands.
The location
The hotel sits inside the old core of Antwerp, within walking reach of the cathedral, the market squares and the shopping streets that run north and south of them. The street front gives little away, and the entrance is narrow. Once inside, the plan opens towards the courtyard, which is enclosed on its sides by the walls of the two houses.
Worth knowing
Because the building was made from two houses, floors do not always meet on one level, and rooms differ in shape and outlook. Lifts and stairs work around that plan. If a level entrance, a quiet side or a courtyard outlook matters to you, raise it with the hotel before arrival rather than on the day.
Two joined town houses in the old core of Antwerp, seen from the street.
Art Hotel · Antwerp, Belgium · Checked July 2029
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Hotel Nord-Pinus
Arles, France
Summary
On the Place du Forum in Arles stands Hotel Nord-Pinus, an old house whose public rooms hold a collection of objects and photographs gathered over its working life. It is independently run. The building has been an inn on this square for a long time, and the ground floor still reads as a set of rooms rather than a lobby laid out to one plan.
The location
The Place du Forum is a small square in the middle of Arles, ringed by cafés and shaded in season. Roman remains stand a short walk away, and the arena and the river are within the same easy reach. The hotel front faces the square directly, so the terrace outside is part of the square rather than a screened forecourt.
Worth knowing
The shared rooms hold objects, prints and photographs, and they double as the way through the house, so they are lived in rather than kept apart. Square-facing rooms hear the square. Ask what is open to guests, and which side a room faces, if either point matters to your stay.
The house on the Place du Forum, where the ground floor rooms hold the collection.
Art Hotel · Arles, France · Checked July 2029
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Palacio Solecio
Málaga, Spain
Summary
Palacio Solecio stands in central Málaga in a palace house of the eighteenth century that was restored and given over to hotel use. The plan turns on a covered courtyard, with galleried floors looking down into it. The house is run in its own right. What was kept from the original building, and what was replaced during the works, is documented by the hotel.
The location
The building sits inside the old town, a short walk from the cathedral, the Roman theatre and the streets that lead down to the port. Its address is on a working city street rather than a pedestrian tourist run, so the entrance is used by people passing as well as guests. Museums and the market lie within the same walk.
Worth knowing
Rooms open off the galleries around the courtyard, so sound carries upward through the middle of the house. Some rooms face the street and some the court. The restaurant occupies part of the ground floor and is open to visitors. Ask about outlook and about which parts are shared before you arrive.
The covered courtyard that the eighteenth-century palace house is planned around.
Art Hotel · Málaga, Spain · Checked July 2029
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Sir Adam Hotel
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Summary
Sir Adam Hotel takes a run of floors inside a tower on the northern bank of the IJ in Amsterdam, a building it shares with other tenants. It is one address of a small group, and this entry covers the Amsterdam house alone. A shared floor with a bar and a restaurant sits within the hotel part rather than at street level.
The location
The tower stands in Overhoeks, on the north bank facing the central station across the water. The ferry from behind the station crosses in a few minutes and runs through the night, which is how most people reach the door. Around the tower are newer buildings, a film museum and a waterfront walk along the bank.
Worth knowing
Access runs through a shared entrance and lifts used by other parts of the building, so allow time on arrival. Rooms look out over the water or inland, and the difference is considerable. Ask which shared rooms are open to guests, and how late the ferry runs on the night you arrive.
The tower on the north bank of the IJ, where the hotel occupies a run of floors.
Art Hotel · Amsterdam, Netherlands · Checked July 2029
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The Manner
New York, United States
Summary
In SoHo, in lower Manhattan, The Manner occupies a building whose main sitting room is kept for guests and members rather than opened to passing trade. It is one address of a wider hospitality group, and this entry describes the New York house. The ground floor holds a restaurant and bar, with the private salon set apart from them on the plan.
The location
SoHo is a district of cast-iron fronts, loading bays turned into shop windows and streets that stay busy into the evening. The hotel sits among those blocks rather than on a wide avenue. Subway lines run within a few streets, and the walk south and east leads into Tribeca, Little Italy and the streets above Canal.
Worth knowing
Because part of the shared space is closed to the general public, what a guest may use is not the same as what a visitor may enter, and the hotel sets that out on request. Street noise reaches lower rooms. Confirm which rooms are open to you, and on what terms, before booking anything.
The SoHo house, where the main sitting room is kept for guests rather than the street.
Art Hotel · New York, United States · Checked July 2029
Please note
Zenerios is an independent reference site. What is written here comes from public sources and can change without notice, since houses are rebuilt, shared rooms are closed and reopened, and operators revise what they offer. The site is not connected to any hotel, sells nothing and takes no bookings. Confirm anything that matters with the hotel directly before you travel.
