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ATHENS: GRECOTEL CAPE SOUNIO HOTEL (ATHENS, GREECE) 0

Athens / Europe / Greece / Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video / travel

ATHENS: GRECOTEL CAPE SOUNIO HOTEL (ATHENS, GREECE)

…s a tourist venue. This hotel opened as a Grecotel in 2OO4 in time for the Olympics held in Athens that same year. It is about 65 Kms for the centre of Athens and about 35 Kms from the airport and on the Aegean coast. The hotel is on a small natural bay and looks directly across to the ruins of the still impressive Temple to Poseidon (Greek God of the Sea) on the top of a hill. The hotel itself is very stylish in design with eclectic furnishings a…

Hotel Pentelikon (Athens, Greece) Review and Video 0

Athens / Greece / Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video

Hotel Pentelikon (Athens, Greece) Review and Video

…the original building plus 2 new ones that were built just before the 2004 Olympics.I stayed in what they call “Building 2” which is where they have their “executive” rooms. The room was really good and I liked it a lot. It is small but very stylish with a large bed of a sort of 4 poster design but without the canopy on the top, large comfy chair, and chair and desk to work at. The bathroom was as beautiful with a wall of frosted glass doors with…

Renaissance Capital Hotel, Chaoyang, Beijing, China 1

beijing / China / Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video / renaissance / travel

Renaissance Capital Hotel, Chaoyang, Beijing, China

…ang District in Beijing is a new hotel in the city, built I assume for the Olympics. It is so new that few drivers and locals know where it is! Even people who live locally. That is partly due to the fact that it is not on the road and is set off behind some other buildings. So if you are going and plan to get a cab, make sure you have some directions! One of my collegues found a taxi driver passed round the entrance 3 times trying to locate the h…

London Heathrow Terminal 2: The pits… 0

Airlines / airports / heathrow / London

London Heathrow Terminal 2: The pits…

…here are just too many people packed it. It is very stressful just sitting have an (expensive) coffee. The terminal is due to be demolished at some point along with Terminal 1 to create a new one, but that is not going to be in place even before the London 2012 Olympics. The sale of BAA to Spanish Ferovial was not a help. Burdened by debt all they are obsessed with is putting more people through and having more shops for them to spend money in. Th…

Should you Tour Buckingham Palace State Rooms & Gardens When Open In Summer To the Public? 2

Attraction / Destinations / England / London / Stately House / United Kingdom

Should you Tour Buckingham Palace State Rooms & Gardens When Open In Summer To the Public?

…on that list. Watch my Video of Buckingham Palace (Shot during London 2012 Olympics, with the Women’s Triathlon Passing by the Palace) Links: See Tips for Travellers Photos of BuckinghamPalace See other Stately Homes and Palaces on Tips For Travellers Official Buckingham Palace Website Official Royal Collection Site for Visting Buckingham Palace on Wikipedia Buckingham Palace from the Gardens If you liked this post, please share it on your favouri…

Athens, Greece: Part 1 Hotel Pentelikon Review & Video 0

Athens / Greece / Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video

Athens, Greece: Part 1 Hotel Pentelikon Review & Video

…the original building plus 2 new ones that were built just before the 2004 Olympics.I stayed in what they call “Building 2” which is where they have their “executive” rooms. The room was really good and I liked it a lot. It is small but very stylish with a large bed of a sort of 4 poster design but without the canopy on the top, large comfy chair, and chair and desk to work at. The bathroom was as beautiful with a wall of frosted glass doors with…

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Celebrity / Cruise Ship / transportation

Celebrity Silhouette Review, Advice and Tips for Travellers

…tivities. Whether it was Crew V Passenger pool volleyball or the Celebrity Olympics poolside, there was always something going on. Yes, it MAY have bordered on a little tacky. But who cares when you are having fun! As snobby as it may sound, the class of passenger on Celebrity is impressive, interesting & articulate. I overheard a few elderly couples complain about the noise poolside. They couldn’t bare ‘ the racket.’ In truth, the ship has so man…

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British Columbia / canada

How to explore Vancouver British Columbia without having to walk much.

…ame to life and was developed to support the 1986 Expo and the 2010 Winter Olympics. Today the area along the banks called Yaletown has modern soaring glass condominium blocks (that are popular with the young and trendy Vancouver residents), yacht basins filled with upmarket boats, a quirky floating home village, Brazilian artist decorated concrete storage tanks and the metal-domed Science World. The leisurely ride gives you a great feel for the m…

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Cruise Tips

Cruise Shutdown: What To Do About Cruise Bookings and Plans

…have seen big events, concerts, festivals and sports events, including the Olympics, due in July and August being cancelled or postponed to next year. Also – and importantly – it’s may be difficult to get the crew back, particularly if they have moving back home off their ships, and they probably won’t be coming back that early, as quite a few regions are closed. If you look at Canada, for example, they have already announced that all their ports…

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Cruise Tips

The Worst Mediterranean Cruise Ports Are Also The Best

…half an hour to explore, but an hour away is the vast Olympia, home of the Olympics with extensive ruins, and remarkable museum. Piraeus is a busy industrial and cruise port, with a city to match where you could catch a Hop-on Hop-Off bus to a beach. But again, an hour away is the rich history of Athens with the beautiful Acropolis with Parthenon and museum and Panathenaic Stadium. The port of Naples is the one to see the incredible ruins of Pompe…

I Cruise Celebrity Cruises To See Who They're Really For Now 4

Celebrity / Cruise Tips

I Cruise Celebrity Cruises To See Who They’re Really For Now

…U.S. gymnast who was very public on mental health issues during the Tokyo Olympics. They make a big issue of crew diversity, mostly woman-focused in senior roles, where they have Captain Kate, the first North American woman captain – not the first woman captain in the world – as their face and social media ambassador. Edge-class Cabins A big and divisive change, especially for more traditional cruisers, is replacing balcony cabins with what they…