We stayed at Hotel Nungwi (the name isn’t complete, because its owners are Russian and I don’t want to advertise them). It’s a small hotel with, if I counted correctly, 12 rooms. We stayed in standard room 12, opposite the hotel restaurant. The hotel is run by a Russian family, Dasha and Maksym. Very welcoming,... » 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
So, the Side Prenses Resort. I won’t write about arrival and departure: the guides’ scare tactics are standard and have been described in previous articles, for example in the article about Club Hotel Belpinar. I’ll only say that we didn’t even plan to go to the meeting with the guide and waste our personal time... » read more
For our next trip to Europe we chose the GUITART ROSA hotel in Spain. There were three of us on this trip: me, Olya and our friend Dima. The arrival was standard: we went through passport control, collected our suitcases and got on the bus. The bus doesn’t take you to the hotel — the... » read more
Our first trip to Europe — namely to the CENTRAL HOTEL in Loutraki. We holidayed as two families: Olya and I, and a friend (who is also a colleague) with his wife and daughter. We landed as usual, went through passport control and made our way to the CENTRAL HOTEL. The hotel is small, and... » read more
Our second trip was just as predictable a choice as the first. We chose Egypt! We were recommended the CONCORDE EL SALAM hotel. This article is about that hotel. We stayed there in March 2017. At check-in we weren’t even given the chance to state our preferences. When we asked whether guests’ wishes were taken... » read more