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Love: Hotels and Hollywood
MICHIGAN
Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel invites lovers to step back
in time, just as the stars of Somewhere in Time did in
1980. Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeve starred as the couple
time could not separate. Today, guests can visit several of the
sites in the movie including the trees under whose sheltering
branches the young lovers had their first encounter and where
Seymour’s character uttered those words which bring a shiver
to any lover: “Is it you?”
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NEW YORK
The always-romantic Plaza Hotel served as a home away from home
when Count Dracula left his Transylvania castle in search of a
bride in the 1979 Love at First Bite. With its elegant
lobby and gilded ballrooms, there’s no need to worry about
making the same mistake George Hamilton’s character made
in the movie when he shows up at a funeral home to claim his room
reservation and asks, “This is not the lobby of the Plaza
Hotel?”
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NEVADA
Bally’s may not be the gathering spot for the “Flying
Elvi” as in Honeymoon in Vegas but the two of you
will still find plenty of reasons to love this stylish casino.
Lounge around the large outdoor pool as Sarah Jessica Parker did
in the 1992 flick, hit the glitzy casino a la Nicolas Cage, or
just hang out in a sprawling suite like the characters enjoyed.
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FRANCE
With its Cannes location, the InterContinental Carlton is no stranger
to the Hollywood set (suites sport the names of famous guests
ranging from Sean Connery to Uma Thurman) but it held a starring
role in the 1955 Alfred Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief. While Cary Grant set out to snag a jewel thief and Grace Kelly
to catch a husband, the hotel served as an elegant backdrop. For
the seductive fireworks view of the bay that Kelly and Grant shared
from her room, you’ll want to ask for a corner suite (room
623 for real sticklers)…but it’s up to you to make your
own fireworks.
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ITALY
Hotel degli Orafi was the setting for scenes from A Room with
a View, which portrays Edwardian love against the rich backdrop
of Florence. The hotel’s Room 411 was used at the end of
the movie where the honeymooners kiss on the terrace, a room that
has a view of the Ponte Vecchio and the Arno.
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JAPAN
The Park Hyatt Tokyo lifts lovers to its perch on the top 14 floors
of a 52-story skyscraper for good views of the city that are never
Lost in Translation. The 2003 movie showcased not only
the hotel but also its New York Bar on the hotel’s top floor,
the perfect place to order a shot of the whiskey about which Bill
Murray’s character proclaimed “for relaxing times, make
it Santori time.”
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FIJI
Paradise and love joined to create the 1980 film Blue Lagoon,
a union that today takes place daily on private island resort
of Turtle Island. Here, lovers make their temporary home in bures
or thatched cottages left from the days of the Brooke Shields
film. Honeymooners, who have ranged from Jessica Simpson and Nick
Lachey to The Bachelorette’s Trista and Ryan, venture out
to explore the palm-shaded island dotted with tropical blooms.
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