One of the biggest blockbusters this summer is Eat, Pray, Love starring Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem. Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling book of the same name has already set off a huge rush for ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ themed vacation packages in Bali, Italy and Mumbai.  

The movie, all set for an Aug 13 launch, is taking the craze one step further with exquisitely designed hotel packages based on the movie and the book. 

Restaurant below pool at Four Seasons Bali at Sayan

Four Seasons: Guests will literally follow in the footsteps of Elizabeth Gilbert and Julia Roberts (and even the movie’s cast and crew). The 4-night Bali, Pray, Love package includes 2 nights by the ocean at the Four Seasons Bali at Jimbaran Bay and 2 nights in the green valley of the Four Seasons Bali at Sayan.

You get a personal consultation and home visit with Ketut Liyer, the same medicine man who Liz Gilbert and Julia Roberts actually visited to see what the future holds. The package also includes a Balinese cooking class and a 90-minute couple’s massage. And a guide to the top ten most romantic experiences in Bali prepared by the hotel’s Love Concierge.

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Townhouse Hotels has a new kind of hotel in Milan, Italy – The Town@House Street, which has rooms (PHS – Permanent Hospitality Spaces) and a website and nothing else. No lobby or reception, stairs, corridors, lifts, nothing… Not even keys.

Town@House Street PHS in Milan, Italy

Each PHS is a street-facing shop on Via Goldoni which has been refurbished and converted into a hotel suite complete with bed, bath and kitchenette.

Each PHS has its own access straight in from the street. Instead of keys, you get a 6-digit number along with your booking confirmation, which serves as the access code for the electronic number lock for your PHS suite.

Before you say motel, take a look at the picture gallery. Also, there’ll be a Jaguar parked outside your PHS, free to use as long as you’re checked in and stay within Italy.

In addition to the fully-equipped kitchenette, other amenities include complimentary wifi, flat-screen TV, audio sound system, your own private phone line, writing desk, in-room safe and hairdryer.

You have a grand choice of 4 color-themed PHS suites – green, orange, yellow and red. Check-ins and any assistance you need will be provided at the Town House 31 Hotel just around the corner from the PHS units.

The Town@House Street Hotel in Milan is a pilot project, conceived by Alessandro Rosso and designed by architect Simone Micheli, which was launched a couple of months back. If it works out well, they plan to expand to over 1000 PHS units – including in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, and Washington.

Photo courtesy Townhouse Hotels

Info: Via Castel Morrone, 7 – 20129 Milano, Italy; 0039 02 91437635; www.townhousestreet.com/

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