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Nariel Haven in Australia’s Snowy Mountains

ADDRESS CHANGE — Since my article on AUSTRALIA’S Snowy Mountains was printed (Feb. ’07, pg. 24), the contact information has changed for the wonderful B&B where I stayed. Here is the new mailing address for Nariel Haven (2037B Murray Valley Highway, Colac Colac, Victoria 3707, Australia; phone/fax [02] 607622 51, e-mail narielhaven@activ8.net.au or visit ...

Cavalieri Hotel in Greece

The Cavalieri Hotel (4 Capodistriou St., Corfu, GREECE; phone +30 26610 39041, fax 10 39283, www.cavalieri-hotel.com) is such an elegant place! I stayed there three nights in October ’07 at €90 ($132) per night, with breakfast. They have a rooftop bar/restaurant with lovely views, and my room overlooked the Old Fortress and the sea. PATRICIA McKEVLIN Charleston, SC ...

Accommodations in Córdoba and Tarifa

Hotel Gonzalez (Calle Manriquez, 3, Córdoba, 14003 SPAIN; phone 957 97 9819, e-mail hotelgonzalez@wanadoo.es) is within walking distance of Córdoba’s many historic sites and good restaurants. It is located near the Mezquita in a building where Julio Romero de Torres, Córdoba’s famous artist, once lived. The hotel was a good value at €78 ($115) for a ...

Italy’s Hotel Davanzati and Hotel Posta Veglia

My wife, Connie, and I visited ITALY and SWITZERLAND in late September and early October ’07 and would like to share recommendations of three hotels. • Hotel Davanzati (Via Porta Rossa 5, 50123 Florence, Italy; phone +39 055 286666, fax 055 2658252, www.hoteldavanzati.it) was a Rick Steves recommendation and, as before with tips we have used ...

Four accommodations in England

Here are four accommodations from our trip to ENGLAND, May 7-21, 2007. Our room in each of these featured a color TV and coffee/tea-making facilities. • Arriving at Heathrow after a short flight from Paris, we took a bus to Reading for £26 (about $52). From the rail station, we took a cab to our first ...

Ted and Francoise’s London flat

I’ve stayed four times in a wonderful flat in London owned by Ted and Francoise Phillips (6 Tite St., London SW3 4HX, ENGLAND; phone 011 44 7376 7646 or e-mail wonderfulchelsea@aol.com). The owners are very nice and helpful in many ways. The flat has everything one would wish for: twin-bedded room, marble bath, washer/dryer, stove, fridge, microwave, ...

Turquoise Bay Resort, Honduras

Turquoise Bay Resort, Honduras
We have been visiting HONDURAS on a regular basis for 15 years and remember when the West End of Roatan was a sleepy place with just a few small hotels. Now condos, expensive homes and hotels are dotting the shoreline. We thought our island paradise was gone, but then we discovered the new Turquoise Bay ...

Northern Italy’s Residence Bella Vista

Searching the Internet for an apartment somewhere around Lake Garda in northern ITALY for our 3-week stay, April 21-May 12, 2007, I found Residence Bella Vista (Via Rimembranza 29, 25080 Manerba del Garda, Italy; phone/fax +39 0365 551805, www.residencebellavista.com). The former hotel, converted to seven apartments in 2000, is in an ideal, quiet location in a ...

Residenza Castello 5280 in Venice

Residenza Castello 5280 (Calle Casselleria 5280, 30122 Venezia, ITALY; phone +39 348 733 49 84 or fax +39 041 296 06 00, www.veniceby.com/castello5280/index.html) — only a 2- to 3-minute walk from St. Mark’s Square (unless your wife stops to look in every shop window on the way) and five minutes from the Rialto Bridge. A wonderful ...

Venice’s Albergo San Zulian

I highly recommend Albergo San Zulian (San Marco 527, 30124 Venezia, ITALY; phone + 39 041 5225872 or fax 5232265, www.hotelsanzulian.it). Tucked behind the San Zulian Church, the hotel is a short walk from both Piazza San Marco and the Rialto Bridge. It has only 22 rooms. We paid €130 (near $187) for our overnight stay ...