Hôtel Le Saint-James Bordeaux, France
There aren’t many hotel rooms that have a Harley Davidson in them but sat atop the motorcyle you can pretending you are zooming through Bordeaux’s vineyards. You can see the way through the vines from the light wood bed, which is perfectly positioned to look out through a wall of picture windows. If you tire of this stunning view, a press of the button and the shades come down over the window. All 18 rooms and suites have the same vista, some beds built low to look through the vines, others high to look over them, and also taking in the hotel’s sleek pool.
Hotel Le Saint-James is no ordinary hotel, it is a sexy stylish and modern.
Designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel who took his inspiration from tobacco-drying sheds, the metal grille exterior of this hotel, ten minutes from the airport at Bordeaux, rises up starkly from the vines. Inside, there are more treats, most notably in the form of Michel Portos, a two-Michelin-star chef who serves up gastronomic delicacies using locally sourced produce in the restaurant.But nothing beats the Harley — except perhaps the hot-tub suite, at the top of the hotel.