Splanzia Hotel

Rooms

From the cool, dark lobby, a spiral staircase loops up to 8 capacious rooms - 4 with double beds and 4 with one double and one single - set square above each other over 2 floors.

Basted in tones of beige and chocolate and bathed in a gentle refracted light cast by individually designed mosaic glass lampshades, these high ceilinged quarters are decked with heavy window drapes and flower-sprigged cushions. Balinese-style four-posters or black leather double beds float in a sea of lacy voile at the centre of each of these cocoons.

Bathrooms are cramped but functional enough, with plenty of hot water (but no overhead shower head attachment), so if you like to wallow as you wash, choose number 13, which has a small bath.

If you hanker after peace, make sure you pick room 13 or 14 giving onto the interior courtyard – these are also the best rooms if you like to pad straight from your room to breakfast without having to pass reception.

Parents with intrepid older kids will want to rent rooms 22 and 24, which have ladders leading to single bed mezzanine sleeperies tucked high up beneath the honey-toned wooden rafters.