Refugio da Vila Rural Hotel, Portel

Advantages: Quick Transfer from Airport
Disadvantages: None if you like a quiet village setting.

...This is a review of the Vila Gale Hotel at Santa Cruz on the Island of Madeira. We have just returned from a three day break. We booked the Vial Gale as we have used their Hotel in Tavira for a few years and find them very good. Hotel Location, is best described as if the Plane Toppled off the end of the Short Runway at Funchal Airport then it could land in the Hotel Swimming Pool. Having said that do not let it put you off, it does not intrude and the closeness is slightly less than that, and it is quite exciting to watch the landings and takeoffs. The Hotel is in the small village of Santa Cruz a mere 6 Euro Taxi ride from the airport gets you there. Checkin was very efficient in a very large modern Reception Area. Cost for the Three Nights for Double room with Breakfast was £111. This was for a Sea View Room... Read review

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Advantages: Shiny new hotel, modern and comfortable
Disadvantages: Not the most interesting town in Tuscany

...The 4-star Hotel Da Vinci lies just on the other side of the River Arno from the town centre of Empoli. It's an easy walk from the hotel to all that the town has to offer, unfortunately that's not really an awful lot. On the plus side, it's an easy hotel to find - exit the superstrada 67 (or FI-PI-LI, Firenze-Pisa-Livorno) at either the Empoli east or west junction, follow the by-pass to the bridge, and turn right (or left) for Vinci. In case those instructions are too hard to follow, it's signposted all the way from the SS67 exit. Hotel Da Vinci is ideally situated for visiting some of the major attractions of Tuscany, being a 20-minute drive from Florence, 5 minutes further from Pisa, and around an hour from Sienna. Empoli has rail links with both Florence and Pisa. The hotel is a silver-grey shining, ultra-modern edifice... Read review

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Advantages: Very friendly staff, lovely hotel
Disadvantages: A bit of a walk to the shops

...Recently, (all of January), Ramada da Vinci's Hotel in Londonderry had a special offer. The offer was £1 per night. Yes, £1 per night. My partner found the offer on the internet and thought it was a mistake, so she applied for the offer, and it worked, so, we booked another couple of rooms for our friends for the two weeks after that. The rooms are amazing, they have 2 large double beds, flatscreen tv, bath, power shower, fridge, iron, ironing board, fast ethernet internet connection,tea and coffee and 2 bottles of wine, (wine separate at £10 for a half bottle...) Downstairs, the bar is one of them olde worlde bars, very dim, relaxing and full of antiques, the staff in the bar are very pleasant. The restaurant is amazing, the food we tried was superb, very strong flavours in the sauces, and delicate flavours in the oils. I had a 4... Read review

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