Conti, Duisburg

Advantages: Superb Location, Fresh Food, Great Service
Disadvantages: A tad too popular?

...flower and crustacean oil'. The dessert menu is absolute divine, and prices start from around £8. The wine list is almost preposterously comprehensive, extending over twenty-four pages. Two sommeliers travel the globe, apparently, to secure the best possible wines to complement Musarra's menu, and the resultant list includes some particularly eclectic (and expensive) wines, as well as a handful of Magnums, presumably for those 'Charlize Theron' moments… Notable inclusions are the 2002 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grands Echezeaux- grand cru, priced at $1250 (£520) and a Spanish wine, the 2001 Alvaro Palacios 'L'Ermita', at $1295 (£540). Interestingly, there are also a number of Penfolds Grange wines listed. Finally, at the more modest end of the spectrum, there's the 2004 Wolf Blass Gold Label Chardonnay priced at just $45 (£18... Read review

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Advantages: Large Rooms with Big Showers, Fantastic spa, Plenty of space around the Complex
Disadvantages: Poor Restuarant Service

...the towel hut. We unfortunately got in the 'missing towel chain', as someone stole our towel off the lounger, we told Osama the pool guy and he said in not so many words….it happens just take someone elses! We did…so, sorry if it was you, but it's a chain and I'm afraid we weren't going to pay £8 for a missing towel!! By the way there is a selection of about 30 paperbacks in the hut so you can exchange your reading material. There's 2 pool bars - no swim up bars. You can get coffee's, waters, beer (local Sakara - very nice, like 5% conti lager), sprite, fanta (beware of orange mouth!!) and spirits/cocktails. The bars are big but there's not much on display so you have to ask what they've got and if they can do a special cocktail for you. If you position yourself in the middle of the pool areas, it's a long walk to a toilet, a bit of bad... Read review

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Advantages: The decor, the breakfast, the friendly staff,
Disadvantages: Some rooms are a little on the small side, but this was no big inconvenience

...I booked a standard double room in the Ca' Dei Conti hotel (on expedia) for 3 nights in early January 2008, as a romantic break for my boyfriend and I. We fell in love with the place!. The hotel is incredibly easy to find by public water bus, you just get off at the San Zaccaria stop and follow the directions given on the hotel website. It's situated only a few minutes walk from St. Marks Square, but is incredibly quiet and secluded, so there is no noise or disturbances. The hotel itself is incredibly beautiful, as you walk over the little private bridge and enter into the hotel lobby, you're struck by just how beautiful this little hotel is. Checking in is very easy and the staff are friendly and speak fluent English. You are also given a map of Venice on arrival and the receptionist will circle all the main points of interest... Read review

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