Hotel Hotel | Canberra, AUSTRALIA
I’m a hoarder. A hoarder of shoes, handbags, perfumes, and strangely, I like to collect hotel room cards, or more accurately, I like collecting hotel experiences. So a while ago as I was browsing online researching for hotels to add to my hotel lust list, I came across a photo of an incredible looking polished concrete bathroom. It was a photo of the Meandering Room at Hotel Hotel, Canberra. I flicked the hotel link to the other travel bunnie and he made it happen.
Located in the hip and trendy NewActon precinct, Hotel Hotel shares its address with the striking Nishi building housing apartments and commercial spaces. The first thing that grabs your attention as you enter the building has to be the awe-inspiring, instagram-famous, timber plank staircase. Designed by March Studio, thousands of pieces of recycled wood (2,250 to be exact) embrace the lobby, decorating the walls and ceilings in irregular patterns and it is surprisingly mesmerising to look at. Hotel reception is located upstairs next to the hotel’s restaurant, Monster Kitchen & Bar. We arrived early and left our luggage with the hotel before headed over to A.Baker for a light lunch.
The hotel has four different types of rooms, Cosy, Original, Creative and Meandering. The Meandering Room that we stayed at is the largest of the lot, albeit slightly oddly shaped (as the name appropriately suggests). Taking inspiration from the iconic Australian shack, the design of the room isn’t your typical hotel room, think exposed concrete, wood and faux fur. Artificial lights flood the room as the only window in the room provides a view to the internal rainforest courtyard. If you prefer bright, airy hotel rooms, the Meandering Room perhaps isn’t your cup of tea. The most impressive part of the room, in my opinion, is the incredibly sleek, spacious bathroom, with his & hers vanity and double rain showers. Full sized Aesop products are provided for you to slather your body with rich, creamy moisturiser filled with invigorating scents of orange and lemon rind. Taking a relaxing bubble bath in the enormous polished concrete tub might just be the best thing you can do for your body and soul after a long day exploring the city.
In addition to several food and drink outlets (including Max Brenner for some seriously good chocolate treats), a Palace cinema, and a hairdresser, the hotel has a ‘library’ next to the reception and there are plenty of quaint and cosy nooks for guests to sit back and unwind. If you are feeling active, you can get on one of the hotel’s bicycles and easily explore the surrounding area.
Hotel Hotel insists that it’s a place for people people, and I couldn’t agree more.
Bunnies’ Travel Notes
Bunnies’ Room Number: 130 – Meandering Room
Bath products: Aesop
Perks that we loved: complimentary WI-FI, pump packs of Aesop products, eco-friendly bamboo toothbrushes.
Check-in/check-out times: 3pm - 11am
Time of stay: February 2017
What we paid: $730AUD for two nights
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