Baths in hotel bedrooms
Are baths in hotel bedrooms a great hotel treat or just a hideous design nonsense?
I only ask, because almost every hotel I’ve stayed in recently has at least one room where the bath is in the bedroom – at the foot of the bed, for example, or in pride of place by the window – and I just think it would be the weirdest thing to have a bath while someone is in bed trying to watch the telly. Or am I missing out on a fabulous romantic experience?
A step way, way too far for me though is taking intimacy one stage further, and having open-plan bathrooms – ‘Watch me in the shower!’ – or even – the horror – of transparent loo doors. This can NEVER be a good thing, surely? Have a look and see what you think…
This is the luxury Penthouse suite at one of London’s newest hotels, nhow London…
The bedroom links seamlessly to the bathroom which contains a bath, shower, loo and sink
It’s one of Dormy House’s smartest bedrooms – but look, there’s a bath just around the corner…
A tin bath in a bedroom at Dormy House in the Cotswolds
Just a few miles away it’s the equally lovely Barnsley House – but there’s a bath right at the end of the bed…
There’s no missing the bath right at the end of the bed in Barnsley House
At Dormy House’s neighbour, the award-winning luxury hotel Foxhill Manor, they’ve got two baths, facing each other (and yes, they’re both in the bedroom)
The height of romance? Baths facing each other in a bedroom at Foxhill Manor
Here’s the wedding suite at Burley Manor in the New Forest… and yes, there’s a bath in the bedroom.
The wedding suite at Burley Manor in the New Forest has a four-poster bed, plus a bath not too far away
We’re edging into intimate territory here at Danesfield House… there’s a bathroom and a bedroom – but they’re actually joined. Here’s the bath, just next to the bed…
Danesfield House in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, has gone for the open-plan approach
And here’s the same room, with the view from the bed showing the shower cubicle. Which is totally see-through, meaning you can’t help but watch someone have a shower.
And it’s not just the bath but the shower which are right next to the bed
Some hotels have gone for a different approach, and have two baths actually in the bathroom, which is quite a nice idea. Here’s the bathroom in the Baylies Suite at the luxury hotel Bailffscourt hotel and spa.
The double baths at Bailiffscourt hotel’s Baylies Suite
While I found these two baths side by side on the mezzanine level of the Bristol Hotel du Vin‘s Veuve Cliquot room:
You can chat to your neighbour in these baths at Hotel du Vin, Bristol
Credit must also go to Foxhill Manor (again) for having a whole range of loos to choose from, featuring your favourite Bond. So you can go for Daniel, Sean, Timothy or Roger (sorry, no George).
You can choose your own Bond in the loos at Foxhill Manor
However nothing can make up for this from Foxhill – an entirely see-through bathroom, which is actually just by the main entrance to the bedroom. So the moment anyone walks in … well, let’s hope you don’t mind getting to know your bedroom companion really, really well…
It’s Foxhill Manor. Again. With their piece de resistance, an entirely see-through bathroom.
If you like reading about luxury hotels then make sure you subscriber to my regular email. And here’s some of the hotels mentioned above which are really worth checking out – baths in bedrooms optional! Barnsley House hotel and spa – a wonderfully cosy Cotswolds hideaway; Dormy House in the Cotswolds – so snug, you’ll never want to leave; Burley Manor hotel New Forest – relaxing country charm
