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I personally like a nice hotel and found the City Breaks Brochure from Thomas Cook very helpful. I managed to book a four night stay at the Crown Plaza Holiday Inns through them and it cost me £249.00 per person, with flights,and a car to take us to and from the airport.
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Advantages: plenty to see and cheap enough to get there Disadvantages: none
Amsterdam is a beautiful city with its canals and bridges, and such a pretty sight at night when all the bridges are lit up. It is full of Museums and Art galleries, so much culture; it really is a marvellous place to visit.
Hotel prices range from £25.00 per night up to £80.00. Then of course you can stay in one of the many hostels for just a few pounds, it depends what you are looking for.
I personally like a nice ... ...from the airport to the city trains run quite frequently. When you first come out of the railway station the first thing to hit you is the mass of pushbikes; there are hundreds of them.
Walking around the city is great you are forever looking around at the buildings because some of them are quite beautiful, but be careful when crossing the roads, they drive on the right and there are traffic lanes, tramlines, and cycle lanes to contend ... more
Amsterdam is a beautiful city with its canals and bridges, and such a pretty sight at night when all the bridges are lit up. It is full of Museums and Art galleries, so much culture; it really is a marvellous place to visit.
Hotel prices range from £25.00 per night up to £80.00. Then of course you can stay in one of the many hostels for just a few pounds, it depends what you are looking for.
I personally like a nice hotel and found the City Breaks Brochure from Thomas Cook very helpful. I managed to book a four night stay at the Crown Plaza Holiday Inns through them and it cost me £249.00 per person, with flights,and a car to take us to and from the airport.
It is very easy to get from the airport to the city trains run quite frequently. When you first come out of the railway station the first thing to hit you is the mass of pushbikes; there are hundreds of them.
Walking around the city is great you are forever looking around at the buildings because some of them are quite beautiful, but be careful when crossing the roads, they drive on the right and there are traffic lanes, tramlines, and cycle lanes to contend with.
I did notice quite a few accidents while I was there, nearly all pedestrians. The police didn’t chalk around the victims’ form they placed a white plastic sheet shaped in the form of a body; this told me that they had quite a few pedestrians knocked over.
One of my favourite places has to be Ann Franks House this is so interesting, everything is still the same as it was during the war when she hid from the Germans with her family. I must point out here though, we had to queue up in the street to get into the house because it is so popular and I think they control how many people are in at one time. Pick-Pockets hang around tourists in queues as we found out, so watch out for that.
The restaurants are plentiful and there is something to suit every nationality. My fav ourite was ‘Gouchos’ an Italian steak house just up from the flower market.
The Flea market is another good visit, you can pick up all sorts, I spied an artificial tin leg on one stall, it made me wonder, Whatever happened to Douglas Baders leg when he crash-landed? Again I must stress pick-pockets are rife in these markets so be careful.
I have only visited Amsterdam in January, and it was freezing cold, so cold in fact the canals were frozen over. I saw a lot of local children skating on the canals this was nice to see, and a trip to the Windmills and Edam was definitely a trip worth going on.
Amsterdam is well worth a visit for a few days, I plan to go back in the summer months to see the tulips and flower markets, and of course to have a huge steak from ‘Gouchos’.
Advantages: a few gems - worth a short visit Disadvantages: after a few days you may be struggling
Kansas City is not the first city that would spring to mind for a city break, you may even be hard pushed to find it on the map and even more surprised to find that it is actually in the state of Missouri and not Kansas.
However an American Travel organisation has recently named it as one of the top ten overlooked cities and while it most certainly is not like a new york or san francisco there are some gems to be had in this city.
It is often nicknamed as the city of fountains as there are seemingly over 200 in the city and who knew that Kansas City is the BBQ capital of the world. And boy do they do BBQ restaurants, never being one to miss out on a speciality i paid a visit to a recommended BBQ restaurant Jack Stack Barbecue, one of 4 in downtown Kansas City. I have to admit the food was pretty good, great beef, pork and chicken ...
iallan 03.12.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Kansas City
Advantages: Gorgeous Disadvantages: None - i love it
City hotel Derry
City hotel Derry is a beautiful 4 star hotel situated in the heart of Derry city overlooking the famous River Foyle.
The hotel has 145 executive bedrooms fully designed and are perfect for a great relaxing break/
What the hotel has to offer:
? Wedding Services
? Leisure Services
? Meetings Services
? Drink Receptions
? Buffets
The Wedding service is fantastic ? the hotel has their own highly experienced team of co-ordinators who will set up your wedding reception to your personal needs. They will go through all aspects of the day and you tell them exactly what you want and they will cater for you. Table design, wines, etc.
Leisure Services are brilliant ? the hotel offers guests with a membership all access to their facilities. They have a Jacuzzi, pool, steam room, gym and showers.
Membership is ...
Advantages: Good facilities, excellent breakfast, well-run establishment Disadvantages: Dinner menu is expensive
WRITTEN November 2009
INTRODUCTION
It is great to be back on Ciao. A few months ago my wife and me spent a lovely week in Glasgow, staying at the City Inn. I don't know if our Karen has ever been to Scotland? The purpose of this op is to outline our stay at this hotel thereby giving you an impression whether you would like to stay here or not?
WHY WE CHOSE THIS HOTEL?
Our travel operator for this trip was British Airways Holidays. I am sure that cheaper options would be found by more research on the Internet. But we have travelled with BA Holidays before and feel comfortable travelling with them.
The BA Holidays website gave about 12 hotels to choose from. Some were eliminated due to the prices whilst others were discarded due to location. I ended up with a short-list of 4 hotels and selected the City Inn ...
