Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa (Guatemala)

Advantages: quiet fishing village
Disadvantages: ?

...Santa Luzia is the fishing village in Portugal that we stayed in at Easter. We flew from Luton to Faro picked up our rental car and drove the 25 k to Santa Luzia. Santa Luzia is near Tavira. Santa Luzia is only about 30k from the Spanish border. Santa Luzia is a quiet fishing village on the Ria Formosa, separated from the long sandy beach by a shallow lagoon that opens out to the Atlantic Ocean. Fishing boats and a ferry use this as a harbour. The long sandy beach called Barril beach is easily accessible by either foot, a 15 minute walk or by a small tourist train, (1 euro I think. cars are not allowed. This is a blue flag beech. . When we went at Easter the town and beach was very quiet. One day we walked onto the sand dunes behind the beach and then along the beach. There were a lot of resident and migrant birds, terns, ducks... Read review

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Advantages: heaven on earth
Disadvantages: none

...I have been visiting Santa Luzia for more than 5 years now and enjoy the village so much that in august of 2006 i purchased a small house in rua Joao antonio chagas ferriera. It is opposite the best little seafood restaurant in the algarve "Alcatruz". The fish in this place is so fresh it is still wriggling and the algarvean speciality of seafood and rice "arroz marisco" is unsurpassed in even the swankiest of restaurants. The new promenade is half comleted (june 2007) and is due to be finished in the coming winter. Everything you need can be found in the many little local shops and cafe de ville in the church square provides daily fresh baked bread. You will not find english breakfast, beer or even cigarettes in the village though you can obtain english newspapers from about 11am onwards at the kiosk on the front in season and from... Read review

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Advantages: helpful staff
Disadvantages: none

...my family and i love the santa lucia hotel in palms nova on the idealyc island of majorca. the hotle is a thomson only hotel so the only fight for the sunbeds is with the british. on our recent visit there we had a problem in the airport with my daughter not being allowed to sit in the comfort seats after the tour operators had taken the extra cost off us. we sought the advise of the reps at the hotel and it was sorted out within 24hours and we ad a full refund of the excess that we had paid. the reps had a good knowledge of the area and was always available to advise if required. the hotel is of an exceptionally high standard and has recently been refurbished. can't wait for my next visit there.... Read review

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