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Hotels in the Northern Territory

Accommodations Worldwide, March 2007 issue
From a 2-week March ’06 trip to AUSTRALIA, here are some of the hotels I stayed at in the Northern Territory. (Also see the September and January articles) • Back in Alice Springs, I had reservations at the Best Western Elkira Motel (65 Bath St., Alice Springs, N.T. 0870, Australia; phone [08] 8952 1222, fax 8953 ...

Bicheno’s Ocean View Retreat in Tasmania

Accommodations Worldwide, March 2007 issue
Bicheno’s Ocean View Retreat (18067 Tasman Highway, Bicheno, Tasmania 7215, AUSTRALIA; phone [61] 3 6375 1481, fax 1554, e-mail dgardam@tassie.net.au or visit www.bichenooceanviewretreat.com) sits on a hill overlooking a long sweep of coastline. This new, clean and modern B&B is run by Debbie and Jock Gard, a very nice and helpful couple. Separate, private suites or ...

Hotel Beránek in the Czech Republic

Accommodations Worldwide, March 2007 issue
The Hotel Beránek (Belehradská 110, 120 00 Praha 2, CZECH REPUBLIC; phone +420 221 59 59 59, fax 61 or visit www.hotelberanek.com) was my accommodation for a conference I attended in August-September ’06, and I was so pleased with it that I want to recommend it to ITN readers. Great for a room within a short ...

Le Lot in France

Accommodations Worldwide, March 2007 issue
Le Lot in France
We read the recommendation for Le Lot (46320 Issepts, FRANCE; phone 011 33 [0] 5 65 40 17 61 or e-mail catherineissepts@wanadoo.fr) (April ’06, pg. 55). We stayed there during our trip to southern France in May ’06 and it was by far our favorite chambre d’hôte of the trip. Catherine has two rooms. Our spacious ...

Hotels in Australia’s Northern Territory

Accommodations Worldwide, January 2007 issue
From my March 12-26, 2006, trip to AUSTRALIA, here are appraisals of hotels in the Northern Territory. (For others in New South Wales and South Australia, see the September and March articles) • Before picking up my rental car in Alice Springs, I had lunch at the Royal Flying Doctor Service facility (8-10 Stuart Terrace, Alice ...

Hôtel Arvor and Ferme Savigny in France

Accommodations Worldwide, January 2007 issue
On our trip to western FRANCE in May ’06, we stayed in two places that were especially noteworthy. • Located in a quiet part of medieval Dinan in Bretagne is Hôtel Arvor (5 rue A. Pavie, Dinan 22100, France; phone 33 [0] 2 96 39 21 22, fax 83 09 or visit www.hotel-arvor-dinan.com). The hotel is ...

St. Margaret’s Hotel in London

Accommodations Worldwide, January 2007 issue
For decades, I have been staying now and then at the delightful St. Margaret’s Hotel (26, Bedford Place, London WC1B 5JL, ENGLAND; phone +44 [0] 20 7636 4277, fax 7323 3006 or visit www. stmargaretshotel.co.uk), most recently in July ’06. Mrs. Rosanne Merazzi, the delightful owner, is still about and greeting visitors. On a quiet street ...

National Trust hotels in Great Britain

Accommodations Worldwide, January 2007 issue
National Trust hotels in Great Britain
The National Trust (Box 39, Warrington, WA5 7WD, UNITED KINGDOM; phone 0870 458 4000 or visit www. nationaltrust. org.uk), founded in 1895, owns many historic properties (houses, manor houses, abbeys, etc.) across England and Wales as well as properties of natural beauty, most of which are open to the public for a small admission fee. In ...

Hotels for a 2-week trip to Australia

Accommodations Worldwide, September 2006 issue
(Also see the March and January articles) I booked the Central Railway Hotel (240 Chalmers St., Sydney, NSW 2000, AUSTRALIA; phone 612-9319 7800, fax 1004 or visit www.centralrailway.com) on the Internet. This was the least-desirable accommodation I experienced on my entire 2-week trip, March 12-26, ’06. The room cost was reasonable, Aus$85 (US$62), but not a good ...

Germany’s Gasthof Fraundorfer hotel

Accommodations Worldwide, September 2006 issue
Friends and I stayed three nights at the Gasthof Fraundorfer (Ludwigstrasse 24, D-82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GERMANY; phone 011 49 8821 92 70, fax 8821 92 799 or visit www.gasthof-fraundorfer.de). Our rooms, one single and one double in the annex behind the main building, were clean and comfortable and silent at night. Per person per day, single ...