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Armona island, Portugal – May 2008 rosie Just off the Algarve coast, a mere 10 minute ferry ride from Olhão, lies the picturesque little island of Armona, one of a small group of islands that form part of the Ria Formosa National Park. You can get to Armona easily by ferry or Rio Taxi. The [...]

The Monkey Hut, Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua – January 2008 Portnaster Situated on the shores of the beautiful Laguna de Apoyo, a 200m deep volcanic lake, the Monkey Hut is a great place to chill out for a few days and wash the dust from your hair. There is a variety of accommodation to choose from. [...]

Hostal Puritama, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile – Nov 2007 Regina “A late arrival 11 PM arrival and no hotel rooms! No taxis, dark streets, heavy luggage, looked like a real adobe pueblo save for the bars, restaurants, hostels, live music, drumming, fire pits and young Chileños and Europeans. We finally got a place for [...]

Planning on making 2008 that special year? May or June. Big or small. Afternoon or evening. Traditional or decidedly not. When you decide on a hotel wedding, the planners at Marriott’s Hotels plan on making your wedding a dream come true by making everything perfectly yours. Every flower. Every morsel. Every song. Every moment. Because [...]

Family Hotel Viktoria , Balchik – November 2007 Dogrose The Viktoria is a medium sized, family run, two star hotel one row back from the sea. It offers basic, reasonably priced, clean rooms and apartments. It has large double rooms, several studio and two bed apartments and one three bed apartment, the hotel also boasts [...]

The Art Hotel, Varna – November 2007 dogrose The Art hotel (not to be confused with the Art Capitol) is situated conveniently right in the centre of Varna just off the main square. It’s a narrow building recognisable only by its fancy painted glass and wood door. It has a small modern lobby with friendly [...]

Hotel Antik, Varna – November 2007 Dogrose The Antik Hotel is a small friendly hotel just off the main city centre square. The lobby/bar is modern and attractive with plenty of plants giving it a comfortable, cosy feel. It does boast internet access for guests in the lobby but as far as we could see [...]

Cosmos are please to announce the launch of their new sister site somewhere2stay.com an on-line hotel booking service. With rooms from as little as £2 a night and 25,000 cheap hotels, villas and apartments worldwide to chose from there’s bound to be something to suit every taste and pocket.

Trust-Hydrannia, Tsarichino – July 2007 Dogrose In a typical Bulgarian village a few miles out of Balchik is the white walled home of Rita and Andy Hurst, a British couple who taken on the challange of starting a new life in Bulgaria. We came across them quite by accident as we were driving around the [...]

The Hotel Globus, Sunny Beach – July 2007 Dogrose One of the older hotels in Sunny beach the Hotel Globus is everything you would expect from a hotel that deals mainly with package holidays. It’s right on the front line so rooms overlooking the strip can tend to get noisy at night in the height [...]