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Hotels by Numbers

Never mind what's in a name, when you have to consider what's in a number as a name? The Luxury Travel Bible doesn't pay much attention to numerology but it can't help but have its fancy tickled by just how many luxe nests announce themselves with a digit.

Prue Rushton, 03/4/10

Lanchid 19, Budapest

Named after the 'Chain Bridge' that crosses the Danube in Budapest, Lanchid 19 is about clean-cut design of the type you might find in the edgiest corporate offices.

101 Hotel, Reyjkavik, Iceland

Yes, well, all right, Iceland was hit terribly hard by the global financial crisis, but there is still a little luxury to be found amidst it all.

One Aldwych, London, England

Expect contemporary class rather than cutting edge cool at this 105-room hotel in the centre of Covent Garden.

Carducci 76, Rimini, Italy

This seaside 1920s villa reinvents itself as a boutique hotel with icecream coloured cool and dark nero wooden furniture.

Number Sixteen, London, England

Packaged inside the sober mid-Victorian white stucco walls of a terrace, all the rules on mixing pretty patterns with sophisticated stripes are happily thrown out the window.

60 Thompson Street, New York, USA

Next year will mark a decade since 60 Thompson Street opened its doors in downtown SoHo. All the more remarkable that it still registers with New York's fashion set.

Cotswolds88 Hotel, The Cotswolds, England

There's been a sad, slow funeral procession for English eccentricity in the face of minimalism and mid-century modern - Cotswolds88 rebels against this trend.

XV Beacon, Boston, USA

In this hotel numbers game does it matter if the numerals are Roman? The Luxury Travel Bible decides no when it comes to XV Beacon.

Riad Dar One, Marrakech, Morroco

Straddling the thin line between boutique hotel and guesthouse, Dar One delivers up a delicious sort of intimacy whether you're flying solo or filling up its six suites with friends.

No. 11, London, England

Originally built by Lord Chelsea on a cricket ground between Buckingham Palace and Knightsbridge in the 19th century Number 11 is part of a line-up of townhouses on Cadogans Lane that was once known as the 'village of palaces'.

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