Hotel Reviews
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Small Barrels offers boutique hotel reviews featuring upscale and otherwise-outstanding accommodations to help inspire your next vacation’s home-away-from-home. We spotlight places that offer comfortable and elegant rooms, indulgent amenities, personalized services and effortless access to fine dining and wines. Let our curated list guide you to choose a hotel that is a remarkable experience of its own.
Kimpton Rowan Hotel – Palm Springs, CA
Putting the Palm in Palm Springs Many come to Palm Springs for the hot desert sun, mid-century architecture and design, a nod to old Hollywood glamour, and the laid back…
The Cloudveil Hotel, Jackson, WY
We hit the open road last May to explore several National Parks of the United States. Our journey included an exploration of Yellowstone (WY, MT, ID) and Theodore Roosevelt Parks(ND),…
Review of Wynn Las Vegas Hotel and Resort – Las Vegas, Nevada
We spent four nights at Wynn Las Vegas Hotel and Resort this past December (early in the month – a sort of pre-Christmas Christmas vacation). Located on the north side…
Review of Thanksgiving Dinner at the Post Hotel – Lake Louise, Alberta
The Post Hotel is a lovely place to spend and celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving. The holiday falls on the second Monday in October, but many families celebrate with a bountiful Turkey…
Kimpton Muse – New York, NY
Our four-night stay at the award-winning Kimpton Muse New York this past April was in fact our third time at a Kimpton property (see our reviews of the Hotel Monaco…
Kimpton Hotel Monaco: Chic and Quirky (Portland, Oregon)
I love the picture of our room above. Love. It. Whenever I see at it, I react just as I did the moment I walked into our suite at the…
Shipwright Inn (Charlottetown, PEI)
Just a pleasant summer stroll away from the Charlottetown harbour front is the Shipwright Inn, a lovingly restored home originally built by shipbuilder James Phillips Douse in 1865. The quiet,…
Inn at St. Peters (St. Peters, PEI)
The Inn at St Peters is an intimate hotel on the St Peters Bay waterfront. A short drive from Charlottetown, the town of St Peters is a lovely, quiet and…
Great George (Charlottetown, PEI)
It seems to me that you could spend a lifetime exploring Canada. “From Sea to Sea”, there are so many breathtaking sights, pristine landscapes, and fascinating cities to experience. And…
The Signature at the MGM Grand (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Review of The Signature at the MGM Grand Las Vegas by Small Barrels.
The Post Hotel (Lake Louise, AB)
There is no more breathtaking setting than the dazzling, turquoise mountain lake, Lake Louise. Nestled between a glacier and towering Rocky Mountain peaks, the lake is a pool of serenity…
The Fairmont Queen Elizabeth (Montreal, Canada)
A review of the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada by Small Barrels.