Inspiring Travel Writing from Jeroen Bergmans
Jeroen Bergmans was born in Barcelona to Dutch parents and cut his teeth in luxury travel whilst still an undergraduate at Bristol University (where he studied Spanish and Russian) by guiding groups of up to 60 American tourists on whistle-stop tours of the UK, France, Spain and Russia. A stint at design consultancy Imagination as a Travel Manager gave him an excellent training in logistics commandeering private jets and booking meeting venues in the rarified world of high-end business travel. Then he joined the launch team of minimalist boutique hotel The Hempel which gave him a passion for design and an insight into hotel management.
Over the course of nine years at award-winning style bible Wallpaper* magazine, he climbed the masthead to become Travel Editor and Series Editor of the Wallpaper* City Guides published by Phaidon. He still regularly contributes travel features to high-end glossies like Departures, TIME and Spears Wealth Monthly and national newspapers including the The FT, The Guardian, The Observer, and The Independent.
Over the course of nine years at award-winning style bible Wallpaper* magazine, he climbed the masthead to become Travel Editor and Series Editor of the Wallpaper* City Guides published by Phaidon. He still regularly contributes travel features to high-end glossies like Departures, TIME and Spears Wealth Monthly and national newspapers including the The FT, The Guardian, The Observer, and The Independent.
Articles by Jeroen Bergmans
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Canal House Hotel
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Jeroen Bergmans
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The Netherlands
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Amsterdam Region
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Amsterdam
For thirty years now The Canal House Hotel has been considered the best Amsterdam boutique hotel for visitors who want all the oldy-worldy charm of the city’s famous 17th-century canals reflected in their hotel room. Located right on the...
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Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy
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Jeroen Bergmans
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The Netherlands
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Amsterdam Region
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Amsterdam
The Lloyd Hotel was built in 1921 as a hostel for Eastern European immigrants en route to a new life in South America, but has been transformed into one of the most quirky and culturally rich of Amsterdam's boutique hotels by four of the city’s...
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Lotus O Marine
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Jeroen Bergmans
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Morocco
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Atlantic Coast
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Essaouira
The discreet entrance to boutique hotel Lotus O Marine is tucked away down a dusty alleyway off one of Essaouira’s main streets. But like its sister boutique hotels Lotus Perle, Lotus Ambre and Lotus Privelege in Marrakech, the interior of this...
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Mystique
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Jeroen Bergmans
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Greece
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Cyclades (south)
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Santorini
As the traditional, trologytic cave rooms of boutique hotel Mystique are painted a comforting cream, they stand out against the blinding Cycladic white of the other luxury hotels that cling to Santorini’s dramatic caldera. Sculptural driftwood...
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Timkat in Ethiopia
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Jeroen Bergmans
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Ethiopia
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Addis Ababa Region
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Addis Ababa
The dusty, Biblically-beautiful land of Ethiopia lies in the Horn of Africa, a corner of the world also known as the Cradle of Humanity as this is where the first ever humans walked the earth. In 1974 a 3.5 million year-old female hominid was...
Reviews by Jeroen Bergmans
Grand Hotel Amrath | Jeroen BergmansThe Grand Hotel Amrath is the latest addition to Amsterdam's luxury hotel scene. Located across the street from Amsterdam's stately Central Station, the Hotel Amrath is housed in a mysterious, turreted building that wouldn't look out of place in...-
Perivolas Traditional Houses
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Jeroen Bergmans
Any design hotel aficionados planning a sojourn to Santorini should put Perivolas at the very top of their wish-list. For almost a quarter of a century owner Costis Psychas has been hosting the great and the glamorous at his family-owned hideaway,...
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Hotel Q!
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Jeroen Bergmans
Hotel Q! is Berlin's best boutique hotel for clubbers who want a hassle-free glimpse of the more glamorous end of the city's nightlife. Berlin's legendary club scene is such a slave to the zeitgeist that venues and the latest DJ in favour changes...
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Lute Suites
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Jeroen Bergmans
Lute Suites just outside Amsterdam started life as the dream restaurant of one of Amsterdam's top chefs, Peter Lute, before it became one of best boutique hotels in Holland. Lute restaurant opened in 2002 and thanks to this culinary creative's eye...
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Hotel V Frederiksplein
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Jeroen Bergmans
Boutique Hotel V is located just beyond de Pijp, Amsterdam's super-hip district of the moment. Hotel V is the perfect bolthole for design-savvy hedonists who would rather splash their cash in the city's shops, restaurants and clubs than on its...