Bastion Hotel Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden

Advantages: Comfortable airy rooms, good food, reasonably priced beer & cheap international telephone calls
Disadvantages: Bad location, stuffy staff

...The Bastion Amstel Deluxe Hotel was the final leg of an exhausting journey around the Netherlands visiting a range of Universities, and was to be our final stop for two nights before the onward journey with the KLM “I believe I am a racing driver” Pilots. Bastion is a Dutch chain which currently has 28 hotels across the Netherlands and one in Germany. Arrival at the hotel quickly established that we were in the middle of nowhere, save for a petrol station next door, situated on a business site with an apparent direct metro connection to Centraal Station close by (actually about 15 minutes walk). CHECK-IN Nightmare – 16 people all arriving in one go – reception refused to check for individual names but insisted that we would all crowd around and wait for our names to be called out – not a service you would expect from a 4* deluxe hotel... Read review

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Advantages: Wonderful
Disadvantages: More expensive than avarage

...I simply love it. Well, maybe it is because I was born there, I breathed its air, I tanned and made friends there for many years. Sunshine assured at least 6 monthes a year. The summer starts early and finishes late, so you have many monthes to choose from. But, please, avoid August: it is the most expensive and less enjoyable of the monthes. It is Ferragosto time and everybody is away, so it is likely that you find many closed shops around. Sardinia is expensive. So it is not for the ones of you with a tight budget. It is for the better off. With the sun and sea and good Italian food. The fish in the sea is likely to kiss your feet when you bath. The water is usually clean and transparent: you can sea the bottom. Where to stay? Well, you can choose from many solutions: there are Hotels, pensions, apartments and villas on the coast... Read review

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Advantages: Luxury, Friendy Service, Well Situated, Price
Disadvantages: Small Shower Screen, Small towels, location after dark

...The Bastion Hotel, Oslo, is independently owned and operated under the Best Western marketing group, and is certainly one of their smarter hotels, being officially classified as a four star establishment. The hotel is conveniently located just a few minutes walk from the main city thoroughfare “Karl Johansgate” and was refurbished, to much local acclaim from the press, during 2001. Website and Booking -------------------------- I booked the hotel, on line, approximately four weeks before my arrival date, having been attracted to the hotel via the website www.laterooms.com. My initial plan was to book the SAS Radisson Plaza and I had been watching their late availability rates, however this one grabbed me because of the attractiveness of its rate, and its interior, which was just that little bit different from the normal four star... Read review

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