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Crash Test Dummy
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:39 pm Post subject: Best Hotel |
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| www.cremedelacreme-hotels.com has the best hotles ever. Whilst browsing through i found the Thalassa Hotel and Spa in Paphos. looks pretty nice. i was told this hotel is better than the Anassa. is it true? |
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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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The best hotel I've ever stayed in was the American Colony in Jerusalem. It used to be the Ottoman Pascha's residence and I stayed in one of the rooms around the courtyard that used to be one of the Pascha's wives rooms. Cost me $250 per night back in 2000, but an amazing place. I signed in the guestbook which has been there for decades and leafing through it saw signatures from Churchill, Laurence of Arabia etc. etc. The cast of 'Laurence of Arabia' stayed there while filming in the 1960s.
Highly recommended, if I ever return to Israel (doubtful), that's where I'll stay again.
http://www.americancolony.com/default.aspx |
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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I see the price is up to $340 now :shock: |
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Crash Test Dummy
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| i stayed in the Burj Al Arab http://www.cremedelacreme-hotels.com/pages/hotelsearch/region.asp?cid=5 for a week. by far the best hotel. they picked you up from the hotel in Rolls Royce. hand i had my own servant bringing me frozen grapes. |
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cannedmoose
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| You must be seriously rich to have stayed there. I've visited it when staying with my uncle in Dubai and to be honest although it's an amazing structure, it lacked any soul for me... it was garish wealth, rather than classy. Much prefer an old hotel with classic sophistication and charm. |
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Crash Test Dummy
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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cannedmoose wrote: You must be seriously rich to have stayed there.
back in the day things were different
cannedmoose wrote: Much prefer an old hotel with classic sophistication and charm.
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Crash Test Dummy
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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Best Cyprus Hotels
http://www.cremedelacreme-hotels.com/pages/hotelsearch/region.asp?cid=3 |
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Liza
Joined: 16 Aug 2005
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Location: Limassol
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Well I'd prefer to stay away from the heat to be honest, if I could afford to go somewhere right now (which I can't) I'd like to go somewhere like this:
http://www.elegant.ie/c176.html |
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Liza
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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| http://www.elegant.ie/dn100.html or this one would do nicely also. |
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cannedmoose
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No Liza mou, this is the best getaway destination. I stayed there for 3 nights and it was heaven.
http://www.morainelake.com/ |
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Liza
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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| wow looks wonderful - the lake is so beautiful (I now envy you extremely) |
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city
Joined: 15 Aug 2005
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Location: Larnaca area
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:27 pm Post subject: Re: Best Hotel |
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Giorgio wrote: www.cremedelacreme-hotels.com has the best hotles ever. Whilst browsing through i found the Thalassa Hotel and Spa in Paphos. looks pretty nice. i was told this hotel is better than the Anassa. is it true?
each of the 57 rooms has its own butler who is "available" on a 24/7 basis actually. If I'm not mistaken, the GM is german.
If its better? One has to go and check I guess. At least I've heard since they are there the beach is cleaner at Coral Bay..... |
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city
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cannedmoose wrote: No Liza mou, this is the best getaway destination. I stayed there for 3 nights and it was heaven.
http://www.morainelake.com/
Wow, that looks really marvellous! Can we organize a forum-get-together there please! :wink: |
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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| It is stunning... hope to go back one day and the owners are really nice folks too... best thing is the view from the balconies of the rooms, at dawn and dusk it's something else. |
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Liza
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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city wrote:
Quote: cannedmoose wrote:
No Liza mou, this is the best getaway destination. I stayed there for 3 nights and it was heaven.
http://www.morainelake.com/
Wow, that looks really marvellous! Can we organize a forum-get-together there please!
I agree!!! |
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