Lake Isle Hotel & Restaurant, Uppingham

Advantages: glean
Disadvantages: bar expensive

...A nice small friendly family run hotel in simirone on lake garder as a nice surprise my boyfriend oh now now my future husband took me away and this is where we stayed a lovey view a great place a romantic setting but oh watch the biting flies at night i got bit the hotel has three floors each with so many bedrooms we were on the first floor in a nice room with a double bed well two singles made into one there was a wardrobe and dressing table also and one chair we had a nice balcony with a view over the car park but there are rooms with views over the pool and the lake, there is also free soap and shower gel in the bathroom there are towels but there like sheets really thin cotton but the rooms are clean and cleaned daily. the food well some complained it was not anoth but there was a choice each day for the breakfast it was... Read review

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Advantages: Location, history, friendly owners
Disadvantages: Not open in winter

...of the hotels. Ballater has 9 hotels, 8 guest houses, 9 B&Bs, 25 self catering sites, 2 campsites, 2 caravan sites but no hostels. You could always phone her majesty if you get stuck, I’m sure she’d have a spare room at Balmoral to ‘shack up’!! Although it can get cold here in the winter, in summer the Cairngorm mountains shelter Ballater & give it a rather pleasant climate. Ballater has 17 restaurants; some are listed below, one bank with an ATM, one Post Office & a medical centre. The biggest events in Ballater include Victoria week, Ballater Highland Games (The Queen attends the Breamar games in September) & Royal Deeside walking week. RESTAURANTS INCLUDE: La Mangiatoia, rustic Italian restaurant open daily, tel 01339 755999. The Auld Kirk, stylish restaurant open daily, tel 01339 755762, www.theauldkirk.com The Darroch... Read review

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Advantages: Being invited to visit authentic local people
Disadvantages: Our visits could spoil the Lake for the local people in time

...natural wonders ( if you didn't vote for the man made 7 wonders, it is too late - the voting has finished). This is the website if you are interested http://www.new7wonders.com/nature/en/nominees/southamerica/c/LakeTiticacaLa ke We stayed at the Libertador hotel in Puno which was built in the shape of a liner with all rooms having a view of Lake Titicaca. The views were stunning and we watched both sunset and sunrise from the room. This review looks at the Peru side of Lake Titicaca which is quite different from the Bolivian part of the Lake. The famous floating Uros, reed islands are particularly found in Peru and in the bay near Puno. These are a group of 42 or so artificial islands made of floating reeds (totora, a reed that grows only in the shallows of the lake). Only the Uros islanders are allowed to harvest these reeds as they are... Read review

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