Best Shower in a Luxury Hotel (or which to avoid)
Jun 8, 2018, 1:59 am
#91
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Best Hotel Shower Experiences
I recently stayed at Oetker's Palacio Tangara and really enjoyed the shower experience in my bathroom. They had a combination of a ceiling mounted system as well as a handheld piece with Grohe's latest oxygenated spray.
This got me thinking about the other hotel shower experiences that I've enjoyed in the past. The best one I recall is at the Dolder Grand where there's a wide rainshower above and a set of powerful jets on either side. It was bliss.
Would anyone else care to identify other hotels that provide superior/spa-like showers in their rooms?
This got me thinking about the other hotel shower experiences that I've enjoyed in the past. The best one I recall is at the Dolder Grand where there's a wide rainshower above and a set of powerful jets on either side. It was bliss.
Would anyone else care to identify other hotels that provide superior/spa-like showers in their rooms?
Jun 8, 2018, 3:34 am
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Have a look at this thread:
Best Shower in a Luxury Hotel (or which to avoid)
Nothing new from my side
Best Shower in a Luxury Hotel (or which to avoid)
Nothing new from my side
Jun 11, 2018, 10:40 am
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Best showers
Andaz Tokyo
Aman Tokyo
Both are heavenly with ease of use, straight up water pressure and excellent temperatures.
Avoid
PH Seoul - Weak water pressure with a terrible design oriented fixture. The only decent showers are in Diplomatic Suite, Presidential suite and changing room showers.
Amanoi - Guessing with two nobs gets old after a 14 hour flight, a connection, a long drive into the property and jetlag.
Andaz Tokyo
Aman Tokyo
Both are heavenly with ease of use, straight up water pressure and excellent temperatures.
Avoid
PH Seoul - Weak water pressure with a terrible design oriented fixture. The only decent showers are in Diplomatic Suite, Presidential suite and changing room showers.
Amanoi - Guessing with two nobs gets old after a 14 hour flight, a connection, a long drive into the property and jetlag.
Jun 11, 2018, 10:55 am
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Completely agree. The Peninsula across the street in New York also has ample water pressure.
The Peninsula Bangkok has great showers, excellent pressure. If spas count, my favorite showers ever have been in the spa suites at this hotel. They have the largest Dornbracht “Rain Sky” along with steam, hand shower, and everything else. I can’t even imagine the number of gallons per minute it must use, but it’s heavenly. So is the in suite double sized “Onzen” bath with chromo lighting and various functions. And the spa treatments in my experience have always been excellent.
The Peninsula Bangkok has great showers, excellent pressure. If spas count, my favorite showers ever have been in the spa suites at this hotel. They have the largest Dornbracht “Rain Sky” along with steam, hand shower, and everything else. I can’t even imagine the number of gallons per minute it must use, but it’s heavenly. So is the in suite double sized “Onzen” bath with chromo lighting and various functions. And the spa treatments in my experience have always been excellent.
Jun 12, 2018, 5:08 am
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Ha! That was me at the Dolder Grand! In any case, I have a deep dislike of being splattered by seemingly ice-cold water while the shower figures out how to bring up the temperature so I took one look at their half-dozen knobs, dials and nozzles and gave myself a cat-wash in the bathtub instead. After a good 8 hours' sleep, however, that shower was absolutely amazing. And reasonably straightforward to figure out - unlike their lighting [spent the night with a pillow over my head as I couldn't find the master switch - yes, I was that tired and jetlagged].
Jun 12, 2018, 5:49 am
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Ha! That was me at the Dolder Grand! In any case, I have a deep dislike of being splattered by seemingly ice-cold water while the shower figures out how to bring up the temperature so I took one look at their half-dozen knobs, dials and nozzles and gave myself a cat-wash in the bathtub instead. After a good 8 hours' sleep, however, that shower was absolutely amazing. And reasonably straightforward to figure out - unlike their lighting [spent the night with a pillow over my head as I couldn't find the master switch - yes, I was that tired and jetlagged].
Jun 19, 2018, 12:51 am
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I'd also expect - as a basic requirement - that a shower reaches a desirable temperature easily (and maintains it) AND doesn't leak all over the bathroom floor. The water from my shower at home doesn't run across the floor so why do so many hotel showers still have this problem?
Also, while I'm ranting, a hotel shower should have enough space for me to put my toiletries and I'd prefer a shelf rather than a wire rack where the wires are either so far apart that everything slips through the gap or so spaced apart that nothing can stand upright and falls over all the time.