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Pacific International Hotel, Cairns, Australia

Accommodations Worldwide, January 2009 issue
The Pacific International Hotel (43 Esplanade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia; phone +61 7 4051 7888, fax 4031 1445, www.pacifichotelcairns.com) was recommended by a fellow traveler who visits Cairns each year for diving and stays at this hotel. It’s within walking distance of the Esplanade, the night market, the harbor and the shopping and tourist areas. The Standard ...

Royal Lakeside Novotel, Rotorua, New Zealand

Accommodations Worldwide, January 2009 issue
At the Royal Lakeside Novotel (11 Tutanekai St., Box 348, Rotorua 3010, NEW ZEALAND; phone +64 7 346 3888, fax 347 1888, www.novotel rotorua.co.nz), our 2-night stay, Dec. 22-23, 2007, cost US$300. This hotel is a must — perfect service, perfect facilities and perfect location, with views of Lake Rotorua. Novotels are very well managed and I ...

Balay Inato Pension, Palawan, Philippines

Accommodations Worldwide, January 2009 issue
My friend Susan Carrasco and I spent two weeks on Palawan Island in the Philippines in April ’08. We stayed in the lovely, new Balay Inato Pension (294 Manalo St., Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines 5300; phone 048 433 8595, mobile 0926 617 2007 or e-mail balayinato_pension@yahoo.com.ph), which is in a safe location not far ...

Hotel Aberdeen, Rome

Accommodations Worldwide, January 2009 issue
Hotel Aberdeen (Via Firenze 48, 00184 Rome, ITALY; phone +39 06 4823920, fax 21092, www.travel.it/roma/aberdeen) is a 10-minute walk from Rome’s Termini train station; you can avoid crossing several busy, wide streets by taking the metro to the Repubblica stop. The hotel is on a relatively quiet street just off of the busy Via Nazionale with ...

Flair-Hotel in Austria

Accommodations Worldwide, January 2009 issue
My wife and I spent three glorious days in Velden-Auen, Austria, June 29-July 2, 2008. We stayed at the Flair-Hotel (Süduferstrasse/Quellenweg 97, A-9220 Velden-Auen, Austria; phone +43 [0] 42 74 25 34 0, www.flairhotel.com), a 5-minute drive from the center of Velden. The hotel is right on the lake and has an indoor heated pool. We paid ...

Derag Hotel Max Emanuel and Hotel Heidelberg in Germany

Accommodations Worldwide, January 2009 issue
I led a group of college students on a trip to GERMANY in May ’08. Here is a review of our hotels. • Derag Hotel Max Emanuel (Rabelstraße 10, 81669 München; phone +49 [0] 89 4 58 30 0, fax 58 30 815, www.deraghotels.de) offered lots of freebies, many more than you’d ever expect from a ...

The City Lodge, Auckland, New Zealand

Accommodations Worldwide, October 2008 issue
The City Lodge, Auckland, New Zealand
The City Lodge (150 Vincent St., Auckland, New Zealand; phone 64 9 379 6183, www.citylodge.co.nz), where I stayed for a week, Jan. 31-Feb. 7, 2008, is in the heart of Auckland, a 5-minute walk from the free bus or from the Sky Tower. It bills itself as a hostel (it has a common room with cooking ...

Jerusalem Gold Hotel, Israel

Accommodations Worldwide, October 2008 issue
The trip reviews we had read for the Jerusalem Gold Hotel (234 Jaffa Road, Jerusalem, Israel 94383; phone +972-2-501 3333, fax 501-3344, www.jerusalemgold.com) were mixed. However, we need not have feared; we had a wonderful experience at this hotel. My wife, Jane, and I stayed there for one week in March ’08. Our room cost $106 ...

RomeRents.com apartment

Accommodations Worldwide, October 2008 issue
When our family of nine — grandparents and two grandchildren (15 and 11) along with parents, aunts and uncle — ended a transatlantic cruise in Rome, ITALY, in April ’08, we wanted to reasonably enjoy a few days of touring and still be together. An apartment rented through the website www.RomeRents.com more than met our ...

Il Casolare di Libbiano and Hotel Cannero, Italy

Accommodations Worldwide, October 2008 issue
We stayed at two wonderful small hotels in ITALY the first week of April ’08. This was slightly early in the season, which meant lower rates. We enjoyed good weather and fewer crowds than during the high season. • Il Casolare di Libbiano (Loc. Libbiano 3, 50053 San Gimignano [SI], Italy; phone/fax 0039 0577 946002, www.casolarelibbiano.it) ...