February 18, 2008
Europe, Hotels (Hotels and Resorts)
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The Kyriad Hotel in Toulouse is much like the other hotels in the Kyriad chain. Comfortable, with air conditioning, but with a bathroom a little on the small side, and breakfast not included. This is the type of hotel where you wish to sleep at, and spend the rest of the time outside the hotel. At £85 for a weekend, the prices are friendlier than their Paris counterparts, located close enough to the central area of Toulouse that you can walk freely around the city. The employees of the hotel are friendly enough, but usually occupied with other duties and it is sometimes difficult to get their assistance. Toulouse itself is a beautiful city with lots of good quality restaurants and nice areas to visit. During the summer when the ski season is over, you can normally find some good deals for accommodation and avoid a lot of the other major tourist areas.




(3 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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February 18, 2008
Europe, Hotels (Hotels and Resorts)
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Listed as a 2-star hotel, the rooms are comfortable and nice. The bathroom is a bit small for the average 6 foot traveler but each room has air conditioning and a comfortable bed. Breakfast is not included as part of the nightly rate, but is instead paid for at the end. Views are limited as you are in the central commercial area of Paris, so you can only see the walls of the other hotels. The price is very reasonable for central Paris at a little more than £120 for a double room for a weekend. The subway is located about 20m from the hotel, making it very easy to get to any tourist destination quickly including the Eiffel Tower, Notre dam Cathedral and the Bastille. I recommend taking a city tour bus early, so you can decided what you want to see, as there is too much for a couple days.




(1 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
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February 18, 2008
Europe, Hotels (Hotels and Resorts), Leisure
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A nice family owned hotel in Agia Marina on the island of Aegia, a few of us stayed at this hotel in 2001 during our trip to Greece. Brilliant morning views and wonderful hospitality, the Karyatides is a great place to stay. Listed as only a 2-star hotel, the homemade breakfasts are delicious and the rooms as typical of the island, but still very adequate. The price was (as it was before the euro) equivalent to 25 Euros a night. The main office will also organize tourist activities for the interested traveler, and many of which can create the experience of your trip. Eating your own captured octopus or going for a swim of the back of a boat in the blue waters around the islands, there is plenty of activities for everyone to do. If you take the ferry to Athens on the Despina, it is a hour’s ride, but straight from Aegina Marina. Otherwise you can go to Aegina Town and take the Flying Dolphins HydroFoil, which is 20 minutes to Aegina Town and 40 minutes to Athens from there.




(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5)
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