The GRAND PARK KEMER hotel is in the lovely village of Beldibi, not far from Kemer — in fact, at the other end of the village from Club Hotel Belpinar, where we began our travels. The hotel is understated: moderately pretty, moderately quiet, moderately inconspicuous. Check-in at the GRAND PARK KEMER went quickly; the safe... » read more
A tourist’s guide to Albania. Read this information carefully and be sure to double-check it before setting off on your trip (things may have changed; this guide is from 2021): Transfer After collecting your luggage, a representative of the receiving agency with a sign will be waiting for you at the exit of the airport... » read more
We’ve only just returned from Albania. In 2021 we chose a trip to Albania, specifically to the Primavera hotel. There were several reasons for choosing this trip to Albania: easy border crossing with no tests, vaccinations or anything else; the possibility of bringing in and flying a drone; mouth-watering descriptions of local dishes; beautiful nature... » read more
And it really is tasty in Albania! First, to make calculating prices easy: the dollar-to-lek rate is 1 to 100. That is, for 1 dollar you get 100 lek. We started our gastronomic tour of Albania at Tradicional zgara. I’d read about this small, inconspicuous restaurant in reviews of the hotel before we flew to... » read more
In this article we’ll look at Spanish treats and the places where we liked the food. You can read about breakfasts at the hotel in our article about the hotel. In short, the breakfasts impressed me: the hotel was 3-star, and having already been to other European countries, I found the breakfasts here really quite... » read more
So, let’s get down to the treats from Thailand, or how we got our first taste of Asian cuisine. Since we stayed at the Pattaya Park hotel, which is at the bottom of the “Russian street” in Pattaya, most of our culinary explorations took place there. But first things first. We won’t dwell on breakfasts:... » read more