Arabella Western Cape Hotel & Spa, Hermanus

The Cape of great hotel!

Advantages: Great location
Disadvantages: Not that family friendly

The Radisson SAS Waterfront was a great hotel situated on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, with views of the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Robben Island and Table Mountain. The hotel was just on the edge of the town centre. Most hotels are located around the Victoria and Alfred waterfront complex and, as such, have particularly steep prices. The Radisson was walking distance to the V&A waterfront but did not suffer from extortionate prices (our room came in at about £70 a night). It had a sizeable car park and was well situated for driving down the coast of Cape Town. At the time of booking, we were not offered a choice on rooms so ended up with a basic room only. This was fine but we missed out on views of the harbour that could be seen from rooms at the back of the hotel. The room was spacious (approx 36 sq meters) with a king size ...

jonescraiga 11.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Radisson SAS Hotel Waterfront, Cape Town

the western cape - well worth a visit

Advantages: stunning scenery, quite cheap, dolphins, no jet lag
Disadvantages: very very touristy in places,can be dangerous

(they're farmed so you don't eat the ones you see), kinda a cross between squid and chicken (why does everything taste of chicken??) and apparently they are setting up cage diving with crocs so you will be able to see wht they are like in the water...could be quite interesting. My favourite trip out of plett had to be the one to cape town, the city had such a buzz about it and i wish i could have stayed longer, 3 days wasn't really enough, especially after an 8 hour coach ride to get there. there was only one reason why i originally went to cape town - for my, as i like to call it , great white shark snorkel - i actually did this 2 hours out of cape town in gansbaai, the same place that channel 5 did the celebrity shark dive, during some kind of shark week they had. It did cost 900rand (and that was with a discount)plus 200rand ...

Amy_Coppock 27.02.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Western Cape (South Africa)

Best Western Hotel, Dublin.

Advantages: Close to tram stop and airport bus stop.
Disadvantages: Can get quite busy with people checking in & out.

I have stayed at this hotel twice in the last few years. Its quite a way outside the main Temple-Bar area but is right by the tram stops. As the trams run very regularily getting about is easy. The hotel is very close to Houston rail station. If you fly into Dublin airport one of the many buses outside the airport will take you to the station and the hotel is about a 3 minute walk away. The rooms are sparce and basic but suitable. The breakfast is very good and you certainly wont want for a large lunch. This is a big fry-up with all the trimmings. The cost of the hotel is middle of the road but reasonable for what you get. Yes its reasonably basic inside but you get what you pay for. It does get quite busy and checking in and out can take up a little time. There is the facility to leave luggage there if you arrive ...

martinwi 07.02.2008 (08.02.2008) · Read full review
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