Checking into the country hotel Villa il Tesoro outside Massa Marittima one afternoon, I stepped into the reception room to deafening noise and people shouting to be heard on the other side of a door.
Out by the Chao Phraya River, the 39-villa Siam hotel is spread over three acres in the exclusive northern Dusit district.
Try the gorgeously over-the-top Hotel Sant'Anselmo, artistic villa Buonanotte Garibaldi, or restrained luxury at Margutta 54.
Hotel Amzei is a tastefully refurbished villa just off Calea Victoriei.
Just as these establishments know better than to try to be all things to all people, so did my hotel, the very grown-up Villa Magna (which sponsored my trip).
And if you just can't wait to be king, get the royal treatment right on the resort's grounds, where you'll enjoy hotel perks like full kitchens in each villa, big-screen TVs, 13 outdoor heated swimming pools, screened-in patios, 13 hot tubs, a fitness centre and a Disney movie theatre, all overlooking beautiful Lake Wilson.
And for those who need more privacy, the hotel has recently opened a four bedroom villa, the Hideaway, a five minute private launch ride away on the island of Therasia, with the same cool, white stone interiors punctuated by lavender woven fabrics as the cave houses up above along with a dedicated staff.
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According to Ms. Merkelbach, Mr. Harrah, founder of Harrah's Hotel and Casinos, called the home "Villa Harrah" and used it for entertaining celebrities including Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.
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Serving as your personal port in the storm, this hotel and spa is modelled after an Italian villa with its courtyard lounge and fire pit, sculpture garden, outdoor pool and extensive grounds that have been cultivated with the scent and splendour of everything from roses to wisteria.
At the Villa Gallici, a four-star hotel in Aix-en-Provence, a maid spritzes the flagstones and rugs in the lobby with essence of lavender each morning, to insure the appropriate ambience.
One property now in the Chongqing government's hands is a 20-hectare (50-acre) villa and golf-course development, with a near-finished Hilton hotel.
To pull this off Keller brought in 19 employees from his restaurants around the country, describing it as a major undertaking that included hotel accommodations during one of the busiest times of the year in Monterey and daily transportation to and from the villa.
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