Bloc Hotel

Boutique rooms at a budget price, or as the Bloc Hotel itself puts it, a 'penthouse proposition' at a 'pavement price'. How do they do it? Well, they say they've done away with bar and restaurant areas, which enables them to focus their hospitality efforts solely on the rooms and the quality of their guests' night's sleep. And they're serious: they employed a Scandinavian sleep institute to ascertain the optimum temperature and humidity required for a good night's sleep, and determined that specialist sound insulation, multi-layered Artemide ambient lighting, together with a top-of-the-range king-size double mattress with pocket-spring geometry, were also the best thing for the perfect slumbersome stay. And don't worry about the lack of restaurants in the area: the city’s top restaurants and bars are just round the corner, so in essence the whole package is on hand. At a pavement price.