Starhotels Tuscany, Florence, Italy

A business hotel near Florence airport, Starhotels Tuscany brings authentic Italian charm and contemporary comfort to Northern Florence’s new business district Novoli.

Exterior View of Starhotels Tuscany

• Just 3,5 km from Peretola airport
• The historic center of Florence is a 15-minute drive away

When you checked in:

This is the lobby area

For this trip, I stayed in the Classic Room - it's about 200 sq ft/18 mq. The room comes with Free wifi too.

The room comes with a double bed

What are the room amenities?

Table

Minibar

Kettle provided for you to boil some hot tea or coffee. There is complimentary tea and coffees too

Some snacks provided - not complimentary

Bathroom:

Classic Bathroom

Classic Bathroom - with hair dryer provided

Classic Bathroom

Body lotion, Body wash and Shampoo provided

Next to the hotel, there is a supermarket - Esselunga

How to get here?
1) From the Station
From Santa Maria Novella Train Station (3 km) take the bus n.22 from Piazza Unità towards Novoli and alight at the Regione Toscana stop.
2) From Highway
Exit at Firenze Nord and go towards Centro, once in Viale Guidoni turn right to Via Torre degli Agli, then turn left in Via di Novoli.
3) From the airport
Take the bus "Volainbus", at the last stop in Central Station Santa Maria Novella take bus n. 22, exit in "Via di Novoli".

Address:
Via di Novoli, 59
50127 Firenze
Italia
Email: tuscany.fi@starhotels.it
Tel: +39 055 431441
Fax: +39 055 4378257
Website: http://www.starhotels.com/en/our-hotels/tuscany-florence/
Budget: ~EUR95 for a classic room with breakfast

For more information on my Italy itinerary, please checkout the link here.

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Beijing

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Beijing - Located just 38 km from Beijing Capital International Airport at the west second ring road, this stylish new hotel is situated next to the capital’s Business District and prestigious Financial Street.

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Beijing

When you arrived at the lobby of the hotel, you will be served with their hot chocolate cookies which is quite yummy..especially when I reached in the early of the morning 2am! Tummy hungry dee since been awake for some while

Let me show you the interior of the room:

Apologies as some photos turn out dark as I was too sleepy dee to take nicer shots since is 3+am that time when I took this and I have wake up at 5am!! -_-"'

If I din pull the blinder down, the toilet glass window is transparent..so can see thru from the room directly

Now let's see the bathroom area

Shower area

Sink Area

Pangsai place :-P

They provide complimentary toothbrush, aromatherapy facial soap bar, body lotion and comb

The bag contains hair dryer

Complimentary aromatherapy shampoo, conditioner and shower gel

Overall, this is a nice hotel and nearby there is McDonalds, mini shopping mall and Starbucks too.

How to get here?

Address:  
168 Guang'anmen Wai Main Street Xicheng District, Beijing, 100055, China  
TEL: +86-10-6338-1888 
FAX: +86-10-6338-1800

For more information on my Beijing & Chengde itinerary, please checkout the link here.

The Cumberland Hotel Marble Arch in London

Stayed at Cumberland Hotel Marble Arch for my whole trip in London this round.

Cumberland Hotel Marble Arch @London

The hotel is located in a great spot directly opposite Marble Arch  :

Marble Arch - directly opposite the hotel

And it's also right next door to the "Marble Arch Tube Station" (see the blue circle in the map below):

You will be staying right on Oxford St where you have a huge choice of shops and department stores in here such as Primark, Selfridges, Marks and Spencers! Shop till you drop in here :-)

Although the location of this hotel is excellent, but do not expect a great interior of it thou. This hotel feature a reasonably contemporary deco where you will feel like ur in an art gallery in the lobby - there are large statues of floating men and seats shaped like pods in the gleaming lobby, lit by atmospheric colored lights. 

And as for the rooms, I stayed in two different rooms this trip, but the rooms are all quite small. Perhaps all London hotel rooms are all that small?

• SMART Double room

SMART Double room as shown in the hotel website, looks very spacious rite?

 And this is what in actual:

Queen size or double bed

They provide complimentary coffee/tea bags and some biscotti, 2 bottle of waters (one is sparkling or gassy water actually). 

Zoom detail a bit on the biscotti they provide, and they give u packet of milk too. How come I cannot find this packet milk in Malaysia one ar?

And the room has a small safety box too.

You have a flat screen TV

And for SMART room, you get a Nespresso coffee machine too to make a coffee yourself. But I did not use it at all actually.

Now see how crowded is the room in actual? The whole place not almost full with the boyfie and my luggage dee. And some more haven't open up our luggage yet la

Now show you the toilet..

The sink area

The shower area

And the jamban area

• Deluxe King

 Now let's compared it with Deluxe King room..

This is the deluxe king room shown in the hotel website

And the actual photo captured when I stayed there:

Okla..bigger king size bed compared to the previous one. At least can sleep more comfy in here

Get the same facilities like the smart double room, but just the wardrobe is tiny bit bigger slightly perhaps?

See the mess created in the room due to tiny spaces in even a deluxe king room!

The corridor leading to the room door

And slightly spacious toilet in here

Apart from the slightly spacious area, most of the facilities in the deluxe king room are similar with the SMART double room ones.

One thing good about this hotel is their free unlimited WIFI is very fast! Good for those coming for business trip as you get a good internet connection here.

How to get here?
Cumberland Hotel Marble Arch
Address: Great Cumberland Place, London, W1H 7DL, GB
Phone:(44) 871-3769014
Fax: (44) 845-0743722
Website: http://www.guoman.com/en/hotels/united_kingdom/london/the_cumberland/index.html
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecumberlandhotel
Refer here for more directions to the hotel. 
Budget: Without corporate rate, the estimated room price for this hotel is quite pricey, which is about ~GBP 200+ (~MYR1k+) per night -_-"'

Check out here for more of my UK trip sharing.

Sapporo Prince Hotel

Located in Sapporo (Chuo-ku), Sapporo Prince Hotel is close to Odori Park, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, and Sapporo JR Tower. Also nearby are Sapporo Beer Museum and Former Hokkaido Government Office Building.

Sapporo Prince Hotel

Types of rooms in this hotel depending on which floor:

• Standard floor : Standard twin room (from 5F-14F)
• Superior floor : Superior twin/double room (from 15F-20F)
• Royal floor: Deluxe Twin/Double room, Suites, Royal Suite Room (from 22F-27F)

The view from the room in this hotel is just normal city view:

Just normal Sapporo city view

The rooms here in standard floor is kinda small, not enuf to put two big luggage.
#1.

Standard twin room

#2.

See..not enuf place to put my luggage even. And Boyfie has to hide at the corner..but still can be seen since this room is small

#3.

Kettle and fridge

#4.

Complimentary green tea and UCC drip coffee

#5.

Toilet

 #6.

Toilet

#7.

Some amenities in the toilet

#8.

More amenities

#9.

This is useful especially if you have any meal in BBQ restaurant

You can have buffet breakfast in Hapuna-1F or Fuyojyo-2F or Liscio-1F.

My buffet coupon

Had my breakfast for two days also in Hapuna, 1st floor:

Hapuna Buffet Breakfast has variety of Japanese and Western food

How to get here?
Eight minutes by taxi from Sapporo Station / Three minutes walk from Nishi 11-chome Station on the Sapporo Municipal Subway Tozai Line.

Sapporo Prince Hotel 
Address:
Nishi 11-chome, Minami 2-jo, Chuo-ku
Sapporo, 060-8615 Japan
Tel: +81-(0)11-241-1111
Website: www.princehotel.com
Estimate Price: JPY 5,900 (MYR 186)

For the full itinerary of my Hokkaido trip, checkout here.