Simply the best!

This is the best hotel I've ever stayed in!

There's a spacious lobby with comfortable armchairs and a bar.

All the rooms have a key card access. They are very clean, with TV and telephone. It's needless to say that the beds are comfortable. There are different amenities in the bathroom: a hair dryer, soap, shampoo, shower cap, slippers, sewing kit, etc.

the room

the bathroom

Unique Qualities: Buffet breakfast, with who-knows-how-much delicious food, is served at the top floor with the stunning view over the Acropolis and the rest of the city. It's just amazing!

restaurant

a view

Address: 10 Alexandras Ave, Athens, Attica, 10682, Greece

Directions: the National Archaeological Museum's just round the corner

Phone: +30 210 8894 500

Website: http://www.radissonblu.com/hotel-athens

Eco-houses

Our group spent 3 nights here in May 2014. While some were staying in wooden bungalows, the others were in hostel rooms and villa apartments. All the rooms had a bathroom with a shower and toilet, fridge and TV.

casa ecologica

the room upstairs

The meals at the restaurant were warm and tasty.

Unique Qualities: The eco-houses are surrounded by hills, so you can enjoy the peace and quiet. If you like, you can also use a sauna, pool (indoor or outdoor) or fitness equipment. There's also a barbeque area.

bungalows

deckchairs

Directions: Around 1.5 km from the resort Baile Herculane on E70 Timisoara-Bucharest

Other Contact: pensiuneaecologica@gmail.com

Phone: 0255 - 523.292

Price: US$20-40

Website: http://www.pensiuneaecologica.ro/

Hostelle: Ladies only!

This is a very cute hostel, beautifully decorated and clean.

My niece and I spent only 2 nights here this July. We stayed in a standard 6-bed dorm, the walls of which had handmade drawings of fashion girls.

lounge & breakfast area

common area

Unique Qualities: There's an equipped kitchen, a breakfast room where each chair has a different film print on it, a bookcase with different tour guides, board games and DVDs, and a very own Hello Kitty toilet!

Hello Kitty toilet

glamour toilet

Address: Frankemaheerd 2

Directions: Close to Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena Station & A'dam Poort mall. Cross the square, turn left at the Lidl, then walk under the freeway, crossing a bicycle path.

Other Contact: info@hostelle.com

Phone: + 31 (0) 20 7703504

Price: US$20-40

Website: http://www.hostelle.com/index.php

NH Doelen Hotel

This is another hotel in the city centre.

Address: Nieuwe Doelenstraat 24 (ex Golden Tulip Doelen)

Price: US$80-120

Website: http://www.nh-hotels.com/nh/en/hotels/the-netherlands/amsterdam/nh-doelen.html

Die Port van Cleve

This hotel is in the heart of the city.

Address: Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 176 -180

Website: http://www.dieportvancleve.com/

Away from the centre

My niece and I stayed here with our group in April 2008. We were given a nice, simple, clean room, with comfortable beds, a fridge, TV and bathroom.

No 220

a room

For a charge, this 2-star hotel offers a spa centre and a gym, even to their guests. They prepare traditional Slovak dishes in the restaurant.

Unique Qualities: There's a good bus/tram connection with the old town centre and the Billa supermarket's round the corner.

Address: Liscie nivy 3, Bratislava, 821 08, Slovakia

Phone: 4212/55410390
Price: US$40-80

Directions: close to Strkovec Lake

Close to pyramids

Delta Pyramids is a 4 - star hotel with rooms over looking the pyramids.



All rooms have A/C, mini fridge, satellite TV and a telephone.

There's a panorama restaurant on the top floor from where you can see the pyramids as well.

There's also a swimming pool on the top floor, a restaurant on the ground floor, where you can have your meals, shops...


Address: the end of King Faisal Road

Website: http://www.asiarooms.com/egypt/cairo/delta_pyramids-hotel-room.html

Right in the centre!

Ambasador

The hotel, founded in 1937, declared monument of architecture, has 12 floors. Each room has a bathroom, cable TV, mini-bar (empty), phone, central heating (our room, among few, was pretty cold, but at least we had hot water in the bathroom).

The restaurant's on the 1st floor and is quite small for such hotel. And the service's pretty slow. A woman from our group wanted to try some soup but there wasn't any, so she asked for some chips and had to wait for almost an hour! But the breakfast (Swedish buffet) was really good.

Unique Qualities: The hotel's very close to both Revolution Sq and University Sq, only 20 minutes away from the Bucharest International Airport and 10 minutes from the main Railway Station 'Gara de Nord'

The brochure says that there are facilities like:

a room

-room service
-fitness room
-sauna
-hairdresser/manicure/pedicure
-conference rooms
-parking
-laundry
-internet access
-luggage room
-safe

Feel free to check that out!

Address: 8-10, Magheru Boulevard
Phone: +40 21 315 90 80
Theme: Hotel
Website: http://www.ambasador.ro

All in one place

Unique Qualities:
restaurant, pastry shop, pub
fast-food, pizza, club-disco
barber and hairdresser, cosmetics
swimming pool, sauna, fitness hall
internet, travel agency
parking lot








Address: Bd. Carol I 8, Sinaia, 106 100

Phone: 004-0244-302 900


Website: http://www.hotelsinaia.ro

Dorms

If you're looking for a cheap accommodation and a place to make new friends, dorms are a perfect choice.

In August 2006, I booked a bed in a 6-bed female dorm at Hostel 639 via the Internet. I paid 72 GBP for 7 days (breakfast included), which was pretty cheap at that time. As far as I remember, there was a shower and a basin in the room and a shared bathroom and a kitchen down the corridor.

As for the facilities, there's a coffee shop with computers, TV and phones, a bar, a games room and a restaurant, where you can have continental breakfast (bread, jam, cereal, milk, tea and the things like that), lunch or dinner.

Address: 639 Harrow Road, Kensal Green, London, NW10 5NU, United Kingdom
other contact: milleniumlodge@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: +44(0)2089644411
Price: US$80-120

Website: http://www.hostelfind.com/

Feel Yourself At Home!

The Parador is 15mins walk from the city centre and offers

• great service
• excellent meals
• single or double-bed rooms

Unique Qualities: The Parador pub offers something for everyone:

• Tue, from 9pm-live traditional music
• Wed, from 9pm-Quiz & Games Night
• Thu, from 9pm-Burbon Swing Night
• Fri, from 9pm-Karaoke Night

Address: 473-475 Ormeau Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland B

Other Contact: info@theparador.com

Phone: 028 9049 1883

Kate's B & B

Kate's

Address: 127 University Street

Other Contact: katesbb127@hotmail.com

Phone: 028 9028 2091

Theme: Bed and Breakfast

The Famous Hotel

The Hilton Hotel will definitely catch your attention as soon as you get to Green Square. This imposing building from the late 19th century dominates the right side of the square.

The building used to be the 'Grand Bazar', 1 of the leading Belgian department stores.

Behind it, if you're into shopping, you'll find a pleasant and spacious covered shopping gallery.

Address: Groenplaats 2000 Antwerp
Phone: 32-3-2041212
Website: http://www.antwerp.hilton.com

A step from the sea

The Dana Beach Hotel is a huge complex of modern buildings with a beautiful park just a step from the sea.

This is the hotel I passed by on my way to the beach. I also had some time to explore its grounds.

Unique Qualities: This hotel has its own beach where you can play sports or take part in different organized activities.

It's very good for children, too. There's the Giant chessboard with giant figures, mini golf...

Directions: the outskirts of Hurghada

Paradise on Earth

The name '1001 night' really fits it, because the whole complex, with the hotel, is just like Aladdin's palace, with its colourful domes, huge gates, marble paths and all.

All the rooms have a balcony, sat TV, phone, bathroom and a minibar.

Everything's very clean, and you can always see cleaners (male, by the way) tidying and dusting around.

The service's great and everyone's always willing to please you.

Unique Qualities: This is a 4-star-hotel with its own private beach (20min far if you go on foot or 5min if you go by bus), swimming pools, restaurants, sauna...

the stairs

It's also perfect for children. There's a playground and a small zoo, and, what's more, friendly guards stand in front of the main gate so you can feel really safe.

Address: Safaga Road

Directions: 15min drive from the Hurghada airport

Phone: 065 466 401

Website: http://www.pickalbatros.com

The best place to stay

I've never stayed in this hotel but I heard that it's the best place to stay. It's been number 1 place for all Heads of State since it was built in 1862 and it's 1 of the best-known hotels in the world.

Address: 17, Fillelinon, Athens

Directions: close to the Parliament building

Website: http://www.hotelsofgreece.com/athens/grandebretagne

National historic monument

Unique Qualities: This privately owned Belle Epoque Palace was built in 1913. It's got richly furnished salons with pieces of contemporary art.

There's a multi-lingual staff, restaurant in hotel, health club, laundry/dry cleaning service, car rental...

Each room's got air conditioning, fridge, phone, TV, balcony or terrace...

Address: 37 Promenade Des Anglais Bp 1379 Nice Cedex
Price Comparison: most expensive
Phone: 33-4-9316-6400
Price: US$180 and up

Website: http://www.hotel-negresco-nice.com/

Montevista Cotursa

This is a 3-star hotel, a few minutes far from the beach. It looks very classy, with marble everywhere. The lobby's spacious and light and next to the reception desk you can find brochures of anything in or near Lloret you might visit during your stay.

The service's OK, although we had to wait for our keys a little bit longer than we expected.

the hotel card

All the rooms have TVs and balconies.

And there's a restaurant, where you can choose from a great variety of food. Breakfast's from 8.00 to 10.00, and dinner's from 19.00 to 21.30. 

Address: Avda Roca Grossa, 15
Phone: 972 36 52 08

Website: http://www.cotursahotels.com

Feel At Home!

Pension Tiffany is a place where you can feel at home. Choose among very comfortable apartments with 3 or 4 beds, a bathroom, a kitchen and a balcony.

It's perfect for families with children because the location is off the main road, but close to the centre.

Address: Jarška cesta 7, Bled

Other Contact: pensiontiffany@telemach.net

Phone: +386 (0) 64 742 653

Website: http://www.tiffanybled.com/

All over Bled

a view from the Castle

Being one of the biggest Alpine holiday resorts, it's no wonder that you can find comfortable hotels of all categories, apartments and private rooms all over Bled. There's also a camping site.

Astoria-574 11 44Golf-579 20 00
Jelovica-579 60 00
Kompas-578 21 00
Krim-579 70 00
Park-579 30 00
Toplice-579 10 00
Vila Bled-579 15 00
Hotel Ribno-574 13 21

Other Contact: info@dzt.bled.si

Phone: +386 4/574 11 22

Website: http://www.bled.si