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PODCAST 13: WINTER IN THE FRENCH RIVIERA (FRANCE)

France / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips / travel / travel podcast

PODCAST 13: WINTER IN THE FRENCH RIVIERA (FRANCE)

…re and my video clip of the room by clicking here Hotel website http://www.concorde-hotels.com/Fiche_Hotel.aspx?ID_Hotel=110 http://www.lepalaisdelamediterranee.com/ Tripadvisor.com reviews http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g187234-d289384-Reviews-Palais_de_la_Mediterranee-Nice_French_Riviera_Cote_d_Azur_Provence.html THE TIPS FOR VISITING AS GIVEN IN THE PODCAST: Book a hotel (in Nice) well in advance to get a great deal. Book a hotel with…

NEW! FREE! TRAVEL LEGENDS & IDOLS AUDIO BOOK PODCAST

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NEW! FREE! TRAVEL LEGENDS & IDOLS AUDIO BOOK PODCAST

…ars. Chapters will include Air Force One, Queen Elizabeth, Channel Tunnel, Concorde and much more. Each chapter is taken directly from the book of the same name being written by Gary Bembridge, host of the popular “Tips for Travellers: Global Travel destinations” podcast. Visit the website at TIPSFORTRAVELLERS.COM for more details, or email [email protected] Click on this link to add TRAVEL LEGENDS & ICONS to iTunes: click here Use this R…

Hotel Lutetia Paris (video, photos, review)

France / Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video / Paris / Tips for Travellers / travel

Hotel Lutetia Paris (video, photos, review)

…sleeps there. There is a good desk to work out, and like all hotels in the Concorde chain offers free wireless access. The bathroom was large and great. It was very white with large windows making it very bright. There were 2 basins and a separate toilet room. Hotel Lutetia Paris Room 419, originally uploaded by garybembridge. There are various options for breakfast in one of the restaurants. The buffet one costs 27 euros, which is a lot, but the…

A junior suite experience at the Hotel du Louvre, Paris, France

France / Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video / Paris / Tips for Travellers / travel

A junior suite experience at the Hotel du Louvre, Paris, France

…ayed at the Hotel du Louvre, though I seem to be going through a series of Concorde run hotels in Paris as the last 3 trips here it is one of them that I have stayed at! The only reason I am adding this posting to the one I did before (CLICK HERE TO READ) is that the last time I stayed I had a very so-so sort of room, but this time I was given a Junior Suite which was really something. The video and photos show this. There was a lounge/ working ro…

Travel Plusses and Minuses 2008

Eurostar / London / Paris / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips / travel / tripadvisor

Travel Plusses and Minuses 2008

…m. To see the suite click here and the corner room click here. Part of the Concorde Hotel chain you also get free wireless unlike most hotels they still annoyingly charge for internet access. MINUSES Short Haul Flying in Europe for work It is stressful, chaotic and the size and gap between seats in economy seems to be getting tighter and tighter and smaller and smaller. A nightmare when you are 6’ 2” tall. And as the bulk of travelers are tourists…

CUNARD SHIPS, CHRIS FRAME AND PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY. Find out more!

Cunard / QE2 / QM2 / Queen Victoria / travel / Travel Book

CUNARD SHIPS, CHRIS FRAME AND PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY. Find out more!

…es”. This series offers a concise history of famous iconic things, such as Concorde, Titanic, Apollo or in our case, QE2 and QM2. The QE2 Story was released in 2009 while The QM2 Story will be released this October. A third addition, The Cunard Story has just been commissioned and we’ll have this one written by 2011 for release later that year. It is a great challenge to write the Cunard story in 120 pages, but one we’re very keen to tackle! All t…

New York in 48 Hours. The ultimate guide for time pressed travellers.

Destinations / New York / USA

New York in 48 Hours. The ultimate guide for time pressed travellers.

…rious combat and civil planes, tour of the ship and also a British Airways Concorde plane and the Space Shuttle Enterprise. The tour and exhibitions covers just how powerful these ships are, and you get a sense of how war and battles are raged with these massive pieces of equipment. Until a few years ago, many cruise ships would dock next to the ship as this was one of the main docking points. Many now dock in Brooklyn now, but you may still be lu…

Barbados. How to make the most of your time there.

BA / Barbados / British Airways / caribbean / cruise / Tips for Travellers / travel / Virgin Atlantic

Barbados. How to make the most of your time there.

…ayground for the rich and famous. In fact, to give you an example of that, Concorde, when it was flying, used to fly to from London to New York but in season it also flew from London to Barbados, so this gives you a sense of the type of people who go there. It is a pretty expensive place to go out eating. There are some very upmarket and world class restaurants, and I cover these in another blog posting about the best places to eat in Barbados. Bu…