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Room doors are white laquer in cool grey walls, giving a rather cold finish. Note the indicators by the door from the proximity lock system
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Similar to the room pictured below, styling is restrained. Click the image to see the bed in a suite
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There are some visual delights on the way to the bedrooms such as the the formalised roof gardens. Doors are white laquer with a simple purity that matches the archtiecture. The new locking system developed by Assa Abloy (Vingcard to most) is a delightful piece of thoughtful design, extending the system used in Florence. Here the card is proximity, not sticking it in a slot repeatedly until it works, just wave it like a wand and the door unlocks. The indicator panel houses a doorbell, but also the card lights up a figure to show the room is occupied. The indicator lights can be controlled from the bedside and work well for both guest and housekeeper, although the indicators in the room could do with dimming down as they are very bright at night.
The rooms themselves are large, a minimum of 40 square metres, acknowledging that the greatest luxury of all is space. They are well-furnished with armchairs and settees, tables as well as the usual work desk and chair all still leaving plenty of room for a cool cat to have a swinging time. Colours are muted and the overall effect is restful and sophisticated as one would expect. Beds are large and extremely comfortable, and blackout to the windows is effective, which combined with the very quiet location gives an excellent night's sleep in the heart of the city.
Although air-conditioned there is an interlink so that when a window is opened the system is not trying to air-condition the whole city, and the aircon system is almost silent!
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Bathrooms too are larger than normal and have a walk-in shower as well as a large soaking tub. The toilet and bidet are also in a separate enclosure within the bathroom generally giving an opulence and scale normally reserved for a suite. Accordingly in the suite the scale is suitably upped, with the addition for waterproof flat screen TV’s in the walls. Materials again are Bavarian limestone, high quality and luxurious.
It is good too that the lighting is not low voltage so there is plenty of light where it is needed rather than the gloom that seems to gather wherever low energy lamps are used. With floor-to-ceiling glass and large window areas the energy saving is achieved by making it unnecessary to have the lights on all the time anyway. Storage is ample with well-designed wardrobes integrated into the lobby area, and the whole result is of a well-designed, thought-through, functional bedroom in which relaxation and comfort are the major factors.
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Click on the image to see the bathroom to match the bedroom. Bedrooms are large (over 40 square metres) and luxurious.
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Rocco Forte Collection's Charles Hotel
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