Advantages: Very clean and plenty of variety. Disadvantages: Approximately 15 minutes outside the City Centre.
The Colombo Shopping Centre is located on the Avenida General Norton de Matos, Benfica, Lisbon. It is accessible by both metro and bus, and just a short taxi ride from Lisbon’s city centre.
Opened in 1997, the Colombo Centre is Lisbon's newest mall, being the largest in the Iberian Peninsula. As well as a shopping centre, it also houses a leisure complex, with a multiplex cinema, health club, driving range, and bowling alley to name a few.
The shopping centre itself comprises 420 shops, including a large Marks & Spencer and a Fnac superstore selling almost everything from food to large electrical appliances – I found this store to be extremely inexpensive, especially on alcohol. The large stores are punctuated with speciality shops, selling goods such as local porcelain, jewellery, shoes, (leather items are very ...
I chose to stay at the Cristoforo ColomboHotel for a weekend away simply because it was fairly cheap and was one of the few hotels in Rome that had a swimming pool. Looking back, this was a foolish decision to make. As the hotel was a long distance from the centre of Rome, i spent much of the weekend on buses and underground trams trying to reach the main attractions, and did not even get to use the pool (which it should be noted, looks triple the size on the photo's provided by some websites).
Location and Transport Problems:
The location of the hotel was not a problem that we couldn't overcome, as Rome has an extremely good public transport system, however the staff at the hotel were not very helpful and it took a while for us to figure out how to reach the public transport, and how to use it. The nearest bus stop is only a ten ...
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 ...
