Hotel Esplanade, Sure Hotel Collection by Best WesternvsMiss Clara by Nobis
Both properties are rated very highly by professional travelers. On balance, Miss Clara by Nobis is preferred by most professionals compared to Hotel Esplanade, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western. Miss Clara by Nobis scores 80 with recommendations from 6 reviewers like Mr & Mrs Smith, Frommer's and The Telegraph.
Hotel Esplanade, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western
Strandvagen 7A, Stockholm 114 56, Sweden
From $80/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Concierge
"If you've had it to here with design, take refuge in this cute-as-granny's-house, family-run (by the current brood since 1986) harbor-front hotel."
Fodor's
"Right on the water and only a few buildings down from Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theater, Hotel Esplanade is a beautiful hotel with a real touch of old Stockholm." Full review
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Be sure to call well ahead to book a room, since many regulars return every year.
Lonely Planet
"A cute building in a line of cute buildings, this welcoming hotel has individually decorated rooms and a superb Art Nouveau style."
DK Eyewitness
"Frequented by representatives of nearby embassies and others who enjoy its traditional charm, the Esplanade is a cosy tourist hotel set in a majestic patrician house."
Time Out
"The Esplanade is next door to the Diplomat, and has the same staggering water views and four-star rating." Full review
Star Service
"This modest family-run hotel occupies a portion of an ornate art-nouveau building dating from 1910." Full review
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Some of the newly renovated rooms show crisp fabrics, paint and new bedspreads; these are worth requesting.
Travel + Leisure
"Like its next-door neighbor Hotel Diplomat, the Esplanade is a family-run hotel with extraordinary water views, standing on one of the finest streets in town." Full review
Miss Clara by Nobis
Sveavagen 48, Stockholm 111 34, Sweden
From $114/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Frommer's
"More tasteful than quirky, with room floors and walls in darker wood and stone than you would expect from Nordic design, balanced by subtle ways of leading natural light into nooks and crannies." Full review
Afar Magazine
"Despite being named after a headmistress of the former Ateneum girls’ school, the luxury Nobis group’s latest hotel, Miss Clara, is no schoolmarm." Full review
Wallpaper
"There is a cheeky vivaciousness to Miss Clara, a 92-room hotel in the former Ateneum girls' school named after the first headmistress, Clara Strömberg." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Sweden’s most famous architect, Gert Wingårdh, was enlisted to turn this former girls' school into a 92-room business-and-leisure hotel, located on one of the busiest streets in town." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"In an Art Nouveau building that originally served as a girls’ school, Miss Clara by Nobis is a hip hotel that does not compromise on comfort or service." Full review
Mr & Mrs Smith
"Elaborate art nouveau staircase, pre-war-style cut-crystal light fittings in the buzzy bar and restaurant, mid-century modern furnishings, Seventies-style parquet floors." Full review
Oyster
Upscale
"As an early 20th-century school-turned contemporary hotel, the boutique property is a lesson in interior design, with an era-spanning blend of styles making for tasteful common areas and guest rooms." Full review