The decor is a departure from other themed hotel rooms; it has a four-poster bed with stylish bathrooms decorated with patterned tiling, a rainforest shower and a free-standing roll-top bath.
The main entrance leads to the reception area where staff clad in jeans and a waistcoat are welcoming and efficient. The colourful area has comfortable sofas, armchairs and chandeliers making this a lovely place to hang out. It has a trendy vibe about it.
Facilities
Small bells hang on the wall perhaps in homage to the Abbey bells, behind a white reception while the rest of the room has funky artworks, as does most of the hotel. Sometimes it’s Regency-style, sometimes faces obscured by a primary colour and bizarrely even animals dressed in military costumes.
Getting inspiration from other photographers through their online photography portfolios or social media posts only goes so far.
Sure, there have always been tourists behaving badly ever since the first tourist existed. But, in an age where travel has become so easy and ubiquitous for so many for the first time, those problems have amplified a thousandfold. Destinations didn’t have the necessary infrastructure to handle the flood of tourists cheap travel brought.
All rooms come with comfy Hypnos beds with luxury Egyptian cotton linen, spacious bathrooms, Nespresso coffee machines, highspeed Wi-Fi and several channels on a 40” flat-screen TV. The mini-bar comes stocked with some drinks that are included in the room rate.
Nespresso coffee machines
- World Nomads (for everyone below 70)
- Insure My Trip (for those over 70)
- Medjet (for additional repatriation coverage)
As we yearn to reconnect with friends, family, and the world at large, I think that what we’ve gone through has also given many of us a chance to reflect on all the things we took for granted: the outdoors, community, neighborhood restaurants, and the arts.
From flouting rules and refusing to wear a mask to hosting parties, coughing on others, and just generally being selfish, the pandemic has shown us that the world is filled with more assholes than we thought. But, despite all of that, when it comes to the future of travel, I think the pandemic is going to make it better.
