Category Archives: Hotels – Budget

Guest Post: CitizenM, Amsterdam

Posted on May 17, 2011 by cheriecity

Citizen Coralie Aude Grassin visits Amsterdam’s innovative budget design hotel that is soon to arrive in London… Going on a city-break always brings a dilemma. Should you splash out on the hotel or the activities? You then end up spending … Continue reading →

Hotel Review: The Hoxton Hotel

Posted on August 2, 2010 by cheriecity

How many times I’ve strolled past the Hoxton Hotel while out and about in Shoreditch and have always wondered what it would be like to stay at this ‘luxury budget urban lodge’. The Hoxton Hotel has enlisted three designers to … Continue reading →

Posted in Hotels, Hotels - Budget, Hotels - Design, London, Restaurants | Tagged Aveda bath products, bearnaise sauce, designer hotel rooms, dog statues, east London design, exposed brick, free hotel wifi, Frette linen, granola yogurt pot, hotel atrium, Hoxton, Hoxton Grill, orange juice, Pret bag, Pret-a-Manger breakfast, Project Orange, rainfall shower, Shoreditch, shoreditch house, soho house, steak and chips, urban lodge | 2 Comments

Notes From Barcelona: Market Restaurant

Posted on June 3, 2010 by cheriecity

Eating in the hotel usually seems like a pretty boring option, seeing as the city is full of amazing tastes and flavours, but in this case, I couldn’t wait to try out the Market Restaurant. In fact, it felt very … Continue reading →

Posted in Barcelona, Bars, Hotels, Hotels - Budget, Hotels - Design, Restaurants | Tagged Asian-style hotel, Bar Rosso, Barcelona, boutique design hotel, Chinese decor, Comte Borrell 68, Eixample, Fork and Pillow hotels, hotel restaurant, Japanese decor, Market Hotel, Market restaurant, onion soup, oriental hotel design, outdoor terrace, Passatge Sant Antoni Abad 10, pork escalope breadcrumbs, restaurant set menu, Rioja wine, Sant Antoni market, Spain, three-course meal, tiramisu, Upper Raval, white chocolate cake | Leave a comment

Notes From Barcelona: Market Hotel

Posted on May 25, 2010 by cheriecity

Barcelona is one of the most forward-thinking cities for affordable, chic design hotels, although some can be a bit clinical and soulless. So, when I saw the pictures of Market Hotel, I fell in love with its oriental, lacquered wood … Continue reading →

Posted in Barcelona, Hotels, Hotels - Budget, Hotels - Design | Tagged affordable hotel, Asian-style hotel, Bar Rosso, Barcelona, boutique hotel, budget hotel, Chinese decor, Comte Borrell 68, Eixample, Fork and Pillow hotels and resorts, hotel restaurant, Japanese decor, lacquered wardrobe, Market Hotel, Market restaurant, oriental hotel design, outdoor terrace, Passatge Sant Antoni Abad 10, rainfall shower, Sant Antoni market, Sant Antoni metro, Spain, Upper Raval, zen | 2 Comments

Chérie guide to: Newcastle

Posted on January 15, 2010 by cheriecity

So, for the festive period, I escaped the craziness of London and headed back to my family home in Newcastle, well, Northumberland to be precise. I grew up here and went to school just outside the city centre in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Afternoon tea, Art, Bars, Cafes, Hotels, Hotels - Budget, Hotels - Design, Hotels - Luxury, Newcastle, Restaurants, Shopping, Stores | Tagged Anish Kapoor, Ant Macari, art gallery, attica, baltic, baltic art gallery, baltic mill, bigg market, cafe 21, cafe royal, crown posada, el torrero, Gateshead, geordies, grey street, grey street hotel, Ipso Facto, jesmond dene, jesmond dene house, kensington house aparthotel, matfen hall, mit, museum, Newcastle, newcastle city guide, newcastle hotels, newcastle-upon-tyne, niche hotels, north east, northumberland, ouseburn, pink lane, quayside, R.Hero, sage gateshead, skirt boutique, star and shadow cinema, stereo bar, stone love, tapas, the cluny, the quayside, the sage gateshead, theoretical girl, tokyo bar, tyne and wear, tyneside cinema, westgate road | 1 Comment

Boutique Budget Hotel at the Bastille

Posted on November 6, 2009 by cheriecity

Christmas time in London is always magical, with ice skating at Somerset House, German markets in Hyde Park and Covent Garden’s piazza all lit up, but after what feels like a lifetime since the last summer beach holiday, I’m just … Continue reading →

Posted in France, Hotels, Hotels - Budget, Hotels - Design, Paris | Tagged 12e arondissement, affordable hotel, bakery, bastille, Boulevard de Reuilly, boutique hotel, budget hotel, café crème, chic, covent garden, Design Hotel, double room, east Paris, Eastern Paris, Granny Smith apples, hotel costes, hotel deals, hyde park, Le Quartier Bastille Le Faubourg, Le Quartier Bercy-Square, lounge, madame figaro, opera bastille, Paris, pastries, République, Rue de Reuilly, Rue du Faubourg St-Antoine, somerset house, the marais | Leave a comment

From Prado to Palm Beach, Marseille

Posted on October 24, 2009 by cheriecity

Ever since studying French hip hop and the lyrics of rap group IAM at uni, I’ve been intrigued by Marseille. So, to get some end of summer sunshine, Steven and I booked a cheap Ryanair flight and headed to the south of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bars, Beach, France, Hotels, Hotels - Budget, Hotels - Design, Hotels - Luxury | Tagged Avenue de Mazargues, avenue du prado, Beach, Corniche J.F Kennedy, Côte d'Azur, French Riviera, Gare de Marseille Saint-Charles, gym, harbour, hip hop, hotel library, IAM, infinity pool, jacuzzi, le panier quarter, Marseille, Marseille Provence Airport, mediterranean, mercure marseille prado, Monaco, Morocco, Nice, North African influences, Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, pancakes and maple syrup, Pullman Palm Beach Marseille, rap, Roger & Gallet, sauna, south of France, spa, St Tropez, sunbeds, vieux port | 2 Comments

Mama knows best…

Posted on July 31, 2009 by cheriecity

After years of searching for that perfect Paris hotel, I never thought the answer to my prayers would be found way out in the 20th arrondissement! Le quartier Saint-Blaise may not have the elegant appeal of Hausmann’s linear boulevards, but … Continue reading →