
In a city known for its ancient past, the Semiramis is a hotel of the future. Facing a tranquil green park in the Kifissia area of north Athens, the hotel is the creation of designer, Karim Rashid, well-known for his fluid, soft style that mingles rounded forms with bright, lively colours. The Semiramis is no exception to this; all its 51 guestrooms and public areas carry Rashid’s distinctive signature....

There’s something strangely alluring about hotel minibars, maybe it makes us feel a little bit rock and roll pouring ourselves a Jack Daniels from a plastic miniature bottle, maybe we’d just love to have a fridge full of alcohol under the TV in our bedroom back home, but of course then there’s the price, oh, and the fact that drinking on your own is a little bit worrying. Thankfully then, Amsterdam’s...