Novotel Ladeira Do Sol, Natal

Advantages: Clean, decent rates, nice hotel
Disadvantages: Far from the station (but easy to get a bus)

...the safe as they had a Novotel logo on them. A super cool feature (well I thought, I think perhaps I'm easily impressed) was a button you could push that would set a notice outside your door saying, "do not disturb" or "please make up my room". It appeared on an electronic notice board outside your room, though I did have visions of little house elves running around with signs saying, "do not disturb" ending up outside my door. Perhaps too much Harry Potter reading. The buttons could also set the alarm and turn off/on your room lights. I have a weird little quirk where I cant trust alarms I haven't tested out so I used my phone as an alarm and ignored the buttons. The bathroom was a pretty standard hotel bathroom. Bath, shower (in the bath), toilet, sink and free toiletries. Oh yea and towels (white to match the slippers... Read review

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Advantages: Price, station location, popular late bar
Disadvantages: Packed with smokers, Modern plastic feel

...If you imagine that hotel chains can be like food chains, the Novotel group would hover somewhere around McDonalds in terms of its ethos and approach. I've stayed in one or two over my time, including those located in London and France, and the occasion in Leeds left me without any illusions. Overall, Novotels hover around the 3/4-star mark, with facilities usually pushing them into the 4-star category. However, I reckon that once you take the quality of what's being provided into account, the experience is definitely more basic. In fact, the Novotel chain is doing its own bit to push 3-star hotels into the category of 'bloody waste of time for the price you end up paying - better off upgrading to 4'. The context? My work apartment access key had been left at home in London and cue realisation of this after office hours, when... Read review

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Advantages: Great entertainment, great location, great food.
Disadvantages: Some people are never satisfied with what the staff do.

...I have been going to the Sol Guadalupe for the past 5 years with my family. The reason we keep going back is just because it gets better and better every time we visit. So for those of you who have not been to Majorca before why should you go ?. Its a short flight (2 - 3 hours) Its hot from May to September It has something for all age ranges (Stag Do`s, Familys, Teen Holiday) It has great background culture It has a wide range of different but all spectacular beaches Celebrity's go there on there yachts So there is 1,000`s of hotels in Majorca right ? So what makes the Sol Guadalupe so special ? There is 20+ different Sol hotels in Majorca all ranging from all ranging from 3*`s to 5*`s or apartments. Sol Guadalupe is in Magalluf this part of Majorca can often be referred to as more of a party central to the younger... Read review

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