Hotel Ristorante Portole, Cortona

Advantages: It's Pizza!
Disadvantages: Too much oil

...Dr Oetker's is a German family firm, founded in 1891 originally producing baking powder. They began selling frozen pizzas in Germany in 1970 and brought the Ristorante range to the UK in 2002. Varieties available: • Mozzarella • Speciale (Ham and Salami) • Pollo (chicken) • Hawaii (Ham and pineapple) • Funghi (mushroom) • Quatro Formaggi (four cheese) • Prosciutto (prociutto ham) Usually I eat Pizzas in restaurants or occasionally from a take away place such as Dominos. I am not really a fan of shop bought pizzas finding the base sometimes has the taste and texture of soggy cardboard, and the toppings a bit stingy and never getting to the edge. A while back I tried Dr Oetker's Bistro range which were small lunchtime sized pizza baguettes, so upon my last visit to Sainsburys I purchased... Read review

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Advantages: Very tasty
Disadvantages: High in calories and fat

...This has to be one of my favourite frozen pizza's. The pizzas are made by Dr Oetker and are a German company. There are many different flavours of the pizza mozzerela, ham and pineapple and many other flavours. In my opinion the mozzerela has to be the nicest one. The packaging is a simple cardboard box with a pizza on the front and Dr Oetkar's Ristorante Pizza is written on the front. The ingreidents and cooking instructions are written on the back in english and many other different languages. The pizza costs about £2 for one but they usually go on offer and you can get them for a £1. The pizzas have quite a thin base and are thickly topped with cheese. They also contain garlic which makes them lovely. They take about fifteen minutes to cook in a gas or eletric oven. The base is crispy and the cheese goes golden brown when cooked... Read review

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Advantages: Location, breakfasts
Disadvantages: Poor rooms

...I recently went on a cultural girlie trip with a friend to Paris. I was left to do all the booking. I was looking for a reasonable hotel, near a metro stop, which included breakfast. I came across the Hotel International on various travel sites and it seemed fairly highly rated so I booked us in for three nights. LOCATION: The hotel is located 6 Rue Auguste Barbier in the 11th Arrondissement. The nearest Metro stop is Garcourt which was a two minute walk away and it was a five minute walk to Republique which gives good links to other lines. It's not really central enough to avoid the Metro and walk to the attractions but it was located so close to a stop that it seemed ideal. PRICE: Prices vary depending on size of room and season. There are singles, doubles and triples available. We paid Euro254 for the whole time... Read review

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