Category: Travel

Categories / Architecture, Travel

Retro Retreat: Samzi UFO Houses in Taiwan

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Sanzi

Actually, this isn’t actually a Retro Retreat, more a former retreat – the Samzi UFO Houses in Taiwan.

This amazing space age development was built as a holiday resort in the 1970s, but has since been abandoned for reasons that aren’t clear – possibly financial or a poor climate for vacations.

It seems to be due for demolition in the near future, so a flight to Taiwan to check it out might be too late. But you can check out an amazing Flickr gallery via the link below, showing just about every amazing detail of the development. If only Butlins looked like this…

See all the photos of the Flickr gallery

Via iso50
 

Categories / Music, Travel

Retro Retreat: Hard Days Night Hotel, Liverpool

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Beatles’ fans making a pilgrimage to Liverpool may wish to complete their trip with an overnight stay in the Hard Day’s Night Hotel which has opened recently in what the city is now billing as ‘The Beatles Quarter’.

The hotel has 110 rooms, each incorporating a specially commissioned piece of artwork by acclaimed Beatles artist Shannon. There are also two special suites (surely four would have been more appropriate?) which are, of course the Lennon and McCartney Suites. They are decorated with a white piano and knight’s suit respectively.

The theme continues in the Bar Four. Amongst standard classic cocktails, you’ll find such themed delights as Strawberry Fields with Pepper (vodka, strawberries and unsurprisingly, pepper), Honey Can’t By Me Love (featuring honey vodka) and Fab Four, a cocktail involving a bottle of Cristal champagne and costing £750!

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Categories / Travel

Retro Retreat: Sixty Hotel, Riccione, Italy

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The Sixty Hotel boasts of its “70s styled atmosphere in a clash of colours, shapes and materials”. This at first seems confusing for a hotel named Sixty, until you realise that Sixty in this case does not refer to the decade but to the fashion group to which is belongs, which also owns Miss Sixty.

The hotel is located in centre of Riccione, an Italian city that offers visitors plenty of shopping and an enviable beach. Each room has been decorated by a different artist, so each is unique. Whilst the overall style of the hotel might be 1970s, the amenities are hi-tech, so you won’t have to forego any modern luxuries.

Visit the Sixty Hotel website for further details, room rates and reservations.

Categories / Bags, Travel

Pan Am classic Cabin Bag

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Panam

We have featured the high-end Pan Am anniversary bags recently, but if your budget doesn’t quite stretch that far, these classic Pan Am Cabin Bags offer just as much vintage style for considerably less.

In that classic blue and featuring an even more classic logo, the official Cabin Bag reissue carries enough capacity for all your on-board essentials and more, with details including a vintage print lining, vintage-style metallic zip fasteners and a Pan Am tag on an attached metal chain.

Just $59.99, which is around £30.

Find out more at the Mod Cloth website

Categories / Bags, Travel

Pan Am 80th anniversary Prestige Series bags

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Yesterday we mentioned the Pan Am limited edition 1950s Hawaiian vanity cases, produced as part of the company’s 80th anniversary. Well, there’s something more exclusive than that – the Pan Am 80th anniversary Prestige Series bags.

The Prestige Collection is serious high-end, made of the finest leather, with a printed satin lining and monogrammed studs and zips.  The pictures probably don’t do them justice or indeed show off the different designs, which are available in either midnight blue or platinum.

If you want to know more, contact Discoo via email for a brochure or images. But be warned, prices on these start at £415 and they’re in strictly limited numbers – which means joining a waiting list.

Find out more at the Discoo website

Categories / Men's Fashion, Travel

Hartford 70s-style swimming shorts

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Hartford

It’s not easy carrying off a retro look on the beach or by the pool – but these Hartford swimming shorts could help.

Saying that, it would take a brave soul to carry these off. Available in a range of brightly coloured 70s-style designs, they have contrast stitching, side pockets, a velcro-fasteing back pocket, mesh lining and a drawstring waist.

If you want to make a splash this summer, they retail for £64.99.

Find out more at the Oi Polloi website