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Inside the guide you will find over 200 entries listing the best places to visit, eat and drink in and around the city.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28838 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28158 You can see big improvements in Bansko after just one year and the slopes were very well looked after. The lessons with Ski Mania were excellent - the instructors were great with the kids and they really improved over the week.
The food was great (I think they won an award for the cooking) and the sauna was just what we needed at the end of the day!
I think we are going to join them in Italy next year but we'll be back to Bansko for another low cost ski holiday with the kids very soon.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28158 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/27909 There are also two fields to camp in which are family-friendly, secluded and peaceful, and you can even hire a yurt. The best bit is they allow fires in the provided fire pits. Very unusual for campsites but makes the evening special. They sell firewood too.
Easy access to the rest of Sussex make it a good base for a break, or easy to get to to buy the produce.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/27909 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/27645 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/27645 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/27298 My wife, Karen, and I live in Wollongong Australia, about 80km south of Sydney where Vicki grew up and Stavros lived for about 10 years. I worked with Stavros in the Abrasive Blasting game and got to know them and their extended Greek families and friends very well. When they went back to to Crete to take over the family taverna they always said we must come and visit. Well in 2002 we did just that and spent two weeks with them and a week on Santorini.
You always get the cliches and all the Greeks told us before we left "you'll love it, it'll be the best holiday you will have" and we went "yeah, right". But I must admit they were right, it was sensational.
The trip to the taverna was a holiday in itself and it is perched right on the waters edge. Karen and I stayed in the "honeymoon" suite (inside facilities) and my brother stayed next door. From there we ventured out and did all the touristy sites as nowhere is far away on Crete. When we decided to stay in a typical day was; late up, dip in the ocean, Stavros would call us in for a cooked breakfast then read a book, walk on the beach, try a Mythos (local beer), more food, chat to the customers and end up about 1am sipping Ouzo and Raki with any late comers. We even helped them out around the tables when things got busy.
It was and still is the best holiday we've had and we would like to thank Aida for telling it just like it is.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/27298 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/27251 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/27251 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26982 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26982 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26963 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26963 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26790 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26790 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26780
Through their responsible approach, these BioLodging green hotels of traditional, contemporary or wooden architecture, have already integrated reductions in their water and electricity consumption on a daily basis. Some of them have had these actions approved in the form of an Eco Award.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26780 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26497 One word: magical.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26497 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26449 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26449 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26433 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26433 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26391 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26391 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26365 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26365 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26347 In my opinion Hotel Chancilleria has its all - friendly owners and staff, beautifully decorated rooms and areas, great location and just something different to anyone who visits it!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26347 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26344 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26344 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26188 Wake up to the raucous, undisciplined laughter of Kookaburras and share the outback with an assortment of other Australian fauna.
The atmospheric bar serves excellent meals and good beer and is the ideal place to rejuvenate after crossing the Bloomfiend track. Exchange tips with other travellers before continuing your journey up into Cooktown and the untouched and unspoilt Cape York Peninsula.
Rooms are very basic but clean and comfortable. Showers and toilets are shared.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26188