Byblos Art Hotel
The heir to the Byblos fashion throne transformed a 15th-century villa in Verona into this jewel-box designer hotel
Hotel Missoni, Edinburgh
77-year-old Rosita Missoni, founding fashionista of the iconic Italian brand renowned for its technicolor zigzag couture, kicked off her foray into the designer hotel fad in June 2009 with this feisty Edinburgh outpost. Housed in a modernist Milanese building just off the historic Royal Mile, the 136-room hotel’s patterned palette, straight out of a Missoni spread, puts minimalist mantras to shame. Shiny beaded curtains in the lobby have a groovy swagger, as do in-room silver-leather headboards and pop-art swivel chairs. Eggplant-toned bathrooms caped in shiny black tile feature heated mirrors – after rinsing off in the walk-in rain shower with colorful Missoni soaps, slip into a snazzy striped robe, and enjoy free-of-charge amenities that include the contents of your mini-bar, (limited) laundry service, and local calls. Free WiFi is also available throughout, and laptops are available for hire. Prosecco is on tap in the intimate ground-floor bar, while celeb-chef Giorgio Locatelli serves up seasonal antipasti (and full Scottish breakfasts) on kaleidoscopic tablecloths at Cucina, the in-house Italian restaurant. Look for more openings of the brand in Kuwait, Cape Town, Brazil, and Oman – Kuwait debuts as soon as spring 2010. www.hotelmissoni.com
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