Accommodation review
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Angel Hotel (Cardiff): A review – Standard Double Room
About Angel Hotel The Angel Hotel in Cardiff City Centre is a well-established hotel with 102 guestrooms, event spaces, meeting rooms, a restaurant, a café and conference space. The original hotel dates back to 1666 when the original coaching inn was built for mail coaches to serve Cardiff. The current building is a Victorian-era one…
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Kanazawa Central Hotel: A Review
About Kanazawa Central Hotel Kanazawa Central Hotel is a 3-star hotel in downtown Kanazawa that caters to a wide range of clientele. The hotel has the main building and the “Annex” or “East Building”. Kanazawa Central Hotel is billed as a Japanese business hotel but also offers gender-segregated public baths, its own restaurant, laundry facilities…
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Hotel Litli Geysir: Staying near Strokkur Geyser
About Hotel Litli Geysir Hotel Litli Geysir is a 3-star hotel near Iceland’s famous Stokkur Geysir. The hotel serves as a cheaper alternative to its sister hotel, Hotel Geysir, which is a 4-star hotel. These are both run by the same company. In fact if you decide to have breakfast (separate from the price of…
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Hótel Snæfell – Hotel by Aldan: A review (Iceland)
About Hótel Snæfell Hótel Snæfell (or Snæfell – Hotel by Aldan) is an accommodation set in a 3-storey house built in 1908. Originally a house for musician, it became the local post office and was transformed into a hotel in 1943. It has also hosted a taxi rank, a restaurant and at one point a…
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Hotel Smyrlabjörg: Hotel Review (southeastern Iceland)
About Hotel Smyrlabjörg Hotel Smyrlabjörg lies on Iceland’s ringroad – Route 1 – in the southeast region. This 3-star hotel caters to guests looking to stay in the southeast region of the country; a tour bus-load of trippers also stayed at this hotel the night that we stayed (fortunately arriving late and leaving early!). Hotel…
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Vestri Pétursey: 2-bedroom Cabin in Southern Iceland – A Review
About Vestri Pétursey Vestri Pétursey is a collection of four holiday cabins near Pétursey mountain in southern Iceland. Each features two bedrooms along with a small living/dining area with functional kitchen, a porch and parking. Vestri Pétursey is run by an older couple who live at, own and run the farm next door to the…
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Hótel Norðurljós: Staying in Mainland Iceland’s Northernmost Settlement
About Hótel Norðurljós Hótel Norðurljós is a roughly 40-year old hotel with 15 ensuite rooms, restaurant for around 80 guests and a bar. The hotel was converted from an accommodation for up to 200 “herring-girls”, women who came to work on the herring fishing fleet that was important for this area. It was converted in…
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Hótel Tjarnir: Nestled Between Two Mountains (Iceland)
About Hótel Tjarnir Hótel Tjarnir is a 3-star hotel offering free WiFi, free on-site parking, and the option for breakfast, which is not included in the price of the room but can be added per person for an additional fee. There is no reception; instead you get your key from a lockbox to the right…
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The Guesthouse by the Fjord: Short and Long Term Accommodation in Þingeyri, Iceland
About HOTEL The Guesthouse by the Fjord Location The Guesthouse by the Fjord is located in Þingeyri, a small fishing village in the Westfjords of Iceland. It sits on the edge of Dýrafjörður (the fjord) offering views both out to see and further inland. The majority of the people here are connected with the fishing…
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Guesthouse Hof: Cabins overlooking the Ocean on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula (Iceland)
About Guesthouse Hof Guesthouse Hof is an acommodation comprising apartments and standalone cabins. Offering accommodation for 2 people per cabin and many more for the apartments, it sits on a desolate, very windswept coast. It advertises itself as having WiFi for all accommodation and hot tubs for the apartments. It also says that: Popular activities…
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Flið Fisherman’s Village: Beautiful Ocean Views near Reykjavik (Iceland)
About Flið Fisherman’s Village Flið Fisherman’s Village is located in Álftanes, a town just to the south of Reykjavik. By car it takes about 15 minutes to get to the capital. The hotel consists of a series of semi-detached cabins as well as some row housing, offering rooms for 2, 3 or 4 people. The…
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PlusOne Nishikoen: Simple Hotel in Western Fukuoka
About PlusOne Nishikoen PlusOne Nishikoen (also written as Plus One Nishikoen), although it has a similar name to other hotels across Japan, is a one-off hotel located near Fukuoka City’s Nishikoen (or “West Park”), which is in the western part of the central district (hence the name). PlusOne Nishikoen is located in an older apartment…
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Hotel Star Residence: Review of Unmanned Hotel in Fukuoka (Japan)
About Hotel Star Residence Hotel Star Residence is an independent, botique unmanned hotel located in Gofukumachi, Fukuoka. Featuring apartments (also known as an aparthotel), there are apartments of all shapes and sizes spread over 4 floors (approximately 4 per floor), so everyone from solo travellers to larger groups will find something here. Location Hotel Star…
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Tabinoyu: Ryokan in the mountains near Kirishima (Kagoshima, Japan)
About Tabinoyu Tabinoyu is an independent Ryokan located in the mountains north of Kirishima. You have to get to it by going up a mountain road, on which it sits near the end. In addition to traditional Ryokan rooms (multi-purpose tatami rooms that you rent for eating and sleeping), there are also mountain cabins that…
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Guest House Friend: Yakushima (A Review)
About Guest House Friend Guest House Friend is located in the town of Miyanoura, one of two ferry towns on the island of Yakushima south of Japan’s Kyushu island. Also known as “Minshuku Friendo” (民宿ふれんど) in Japanese, it is located in the middle of the town. Guest House Friend is a privately-owned guest house which…
