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Hotel FRANQ’s former banking hall with white mouldings, columns and teal sofas
GastrognitoOct 5 · 6 min read

Hotels & Retreats

FRANQ in Antwerp, the Second Life of a Bank

A former bank, thirty-nine rooms and interiors that connect Antwerp’s mercantile past with its eye for design: at FRANQ, architecture becomes the starting point of the stay.

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Futuroscope: When the Experience Continues Long After the Final Attraction — editorial image
GastrognitoJul 16 · 10 min read

Experiences

Futuroscope: When the Experience Continues Long After the Final Attraction

Long associated with its futuristic pavilions and image-led journeys, Futuroscope has now become far more than a park one simply visits for the day. Between a night aboard Station Cosmos, a dinner delivered through the loops of Space Loop, the radically different atmosphere of the Ecolodgee cabins, a surprisingly ambitious dining scene and the immersive aquatic world of Aquascope, we discovered a genuine destination in its own right.

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Hôtel de Toiras: The Luxury of an Island That Has Forgotten Nothing — editorial image
GastrognitoJul 15 · 7 min read

Experiences

Hôtel de Toiras: The Luxury of an Island That Has Forgotten Nothing

Overlooking the harbour of Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Hôtel de Toiras cultivates a distinctly French vision of hospitality: historic without feeling frozen in time, refined without ever becoming intimidating. From a suite overlooking the sailing boats to a discreet interlude at Villa Clarisse and the celebrated lobster pasta at George’s, we discovered a house where every detail seems to reveal another fragment of the island.

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Pillows Maurits at the Park, a quieter way to experience Amsterdam — editorial image
GastrognitoJun 26 · 3 min read

Hotels & Retreats

Pillows Maurits at the Park, a quieter way to experience Amsterdam

In Amsterdam, luxury is often associated with canals, historic townhouses, intimate salons and the discreet charm of centuries-old façades. Pillows Maurits at the Park chooses a different kind of rhythm. Set on the edge of Oosterpark, in the eastern part of the city, the hotel reveals an Amsterdam that feels calmer, more local, and quietly refined.

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Lalique, inside the maison that turns crystal into myth — editorial image
GastrognitoJun 6 · 8 min read

Experiences

Lalique, inside the maison that turns crystal into myth

In Wingen sur Moder, in northern Alsace, that image changes quickly. Here, Lalique is not a maison frozen inside its own legend. It is a working place. A village, a manufacture, a museum, a villa, a restaurant, a cellar. Everything sits within a surprisingly small radius. Yet the experience feels as though one has entered a much larger story. One comes for Villa René Lalique. One leaves with the sense that the hotel is only one chapter. Perhaps the most desirable one, but not the first.

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