, Hue, Nha Trang etc.
We flew to Danang which is near China Beach ( where the Americans had their Rest and Recreation) and then drove to Hoi An. Fortunately despite the fact the Americans used this area for R&R it does not seem to have taken on the seedier aspects like Saigon, in fact it seemed relatively unchanged and undamaged.
We stayed at a lovely old hotel called The Ancient House Hotel which was charming, friendly with a beautiful garden and a pool like a warm bath. We had fruit and little bean cakes wrapped in banana leaf left in our room every day. It wasn't modern, the bathroom had seen better days but everything was very clean. This is a website showing the hotel to give you an idea of facilities and prices http://www.hotelclub.net/hotel.reservations/AncientHouseResortHoiAn.htm
We visited Yaly tailors and had a suit ...
catsholiday 17.07.2008 (31.07.2008)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Hoi An (Vietnam)
Advantages: Reasonably priced, clean, accom, two pools, free sunbeds, free internet Disadvantages: A bit quiet for tennagers and certainly not clubs and bars bearby if you like that
WHERE IS THIS PLACE?
Camari Gardens hotel apartments are situated in Gerani, near Rethymnon in Crete.
This is a smallish family run resort with just 65 apartments and studios with 2 pools, a small playground, restaurant, reception/meeting area with book exchange library and a few electronic games and computers, a laundry, a small supermarket set in pleasant gardens overlooking the sea.
http://www.camarigarden.com/main.aspx?lanid=English&pageid=Home
OUR STORY:
We booked this 2 week holiday through Thomas Cook holidays but prior to booking I read a lot of reviews on Tripadvisor. There were no really unfavourable comments about this resort and the vast majority were really positive so I chose this place on that basis. The holiday was a package including flights from East Midlands and transfers from Heraklion to the resort.
In this ...
Advantages: Great food, clean and friendly. Disadvantages: No beach, lost sister Hotel Grand Oasis, the 5.30am sunbed securing
Just returned from this hotel, very nice clean friendly hotel with a fantastic restaurant, but my only gripe is that the hotel is no longer part of the 'Tropicana' group and as such the deal is off as far as using the 'Tropicana Grand Oasis' facilities and beach! It's now owned by 'Amarante'
This makes a huge crimp in your stay firstly as a beach user or snorkeller as GardenPalms has no beach and the bus service run by the hotel now takes you to a local public beach about 20 mins away, as you can imagine the beach is crammed full, so it is difficult to get shade when you need it and it's not particularly clean, second problem that arises from the 'no beach' situation is that if you want to sit around the pool a bed needs to be secured with your towel by 6am, this is made a problem by not enough beds for everyone and no-where else to ...
