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Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
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Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby Season 4, Episode 1: Icelandic ION Adventure
If lazily sipping cocktails in the sun is your idea of a dream vacation, then look away now. In this unique BBC Select travel documentary, Monica Galetti and Giles Coren visit Iceland's ION, an adventure hotel levitating out of a dormant volcano. Guests expect the icy experience of a lifetime, exploring lava flows and glaciers. But how do you keep guests safe when a volcano starts erupting? Watch Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby Season 4, Episode 1 Icelandic ION Adventure in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby Season 4, Episode 1 and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Icelandic ION Adventure
If lazily sipping cocktails in the sun is your idea of a dream vacation, then look away now. In this unique BBC Select travel documentary, Monica Galetti and Giles Coren visit Iceland's ION, an adventure hotel levitating out of a dormant volcano. Guests expect the icy experience of a lifetime, exploring lava flows and glaciers. But how do you keep guests safe when a volcano starts erupting?
60 min
Reid’s Palace, Madeira
Desperate to sleep in the same spot as Winston Churchill? Join Monica Galetti and Giles Coren as this BBC Select travel documentary visits Madeira's Reid's Palace which first welcomed the world's glamorous elite 130 years ago. Contemporary cool, extreme luxury and astonishing attention to detail is coupled with stunning scenery. But why is Monica cleaning crabs out of a historic swimming pool?
60 min
Grand Park Rovinj, Croatia
Get ready to experience luxury, glamor and contemporary chic. If you can find it. As Monica Galetti and Giles Coren learn in this unique travel documentary for BBC Select, Croatia's Grand Park is a design classic that blends into the incredible scenery that surrounds it. Art and high cuisine come with a Croatian edge. But will Monica be able to learn how to clean Europe’s biggest glass window?
60 min
Nimb Hotel, Copenhagen
A Moroccan inspired grand hotel in the heart of Copenhagen? Why not! In this illuminating BBC Select travel documentary, Monica and Giles drop into the unique Nimb Hotel in historic Tivoli Gardens. Oozing luxury with a quirky twist, Giles rides one of the world’s oldest wooden rollercoasters, there's a trip to an avant-garde restaurant while Monica tries something altogether more horrific.
60 min
Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort
The astonishing Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort, deep in a Middle Eastern desert, conjures up many questions. How do you build a luxury hotel in such an inhospitable place? And why? In this envy-inducing travel documentary for BBC Select, Giles Coren and Monica Galetti investigate unmitigated splendor amongst the sand dunes and scorching heat. But how do the staff cope in this harsh environment?
60 min
The Lanesborough, London
You're in for a treat. For the first time ever, you're invited behind the scenes at London's most expensive and exclusive hotel. In this unique travel documentary for BBC Select, Monica Galetti and Giles Coren visit the Lanesborough, near Hyde Park. The suites, costing up to $35,000 a night, are often rented for months at a time, and even the cheapest rooms come with a dedicated butler.
60 min