Our latest venture with Grand Circle Travel, a 2-week Extended Vacation in Italy in September ’06, provided the high-quality foreign experience we have come to expect from that company.
I spent a delightful week at a lovely, small hotel in London, ENGLAND: the Blandford Hotel (80 Chiltern St., London W1U 5AF, U.K.; phone 44-207-486-3103, fax 487-2786 or visit www.blandfordhotel.com).
We recommend Campanile Roissy (Zone d’Activites du Parc de Roissy, Allee des Vergers, 95700 Roissy en FRANCE; phone +33 1 34 29 80 40, fax 80 39 or e-mail roissy@campanile.fr) to anyone looking for a reasonably priced hotel near Charles de
Hotel Bonaparte (61 rue Bonaparte, 75006, Paris, FRANCE; phone +33 01 43 26 97 37, fax +33 01 46 33 57 67 or visit www.hotelbonaparte.fr) is in an excellent location, but I didn’t like the hotel and would not stay there again.
In Paris, FRANCE, we have stayed three times at Hôtel du Nord et de l’Est (49 rue Malte [11e] — Métro Oberkampf; phone 01 47 00 71 70 or e-mail info@hotel-nord-est.com), most recently in February ’07.
There’s lots to see and do in Berlin. If you want to save money on your accommodations, rent the apartment of Dr. L. Schnitzer (Belziger Str. 21, 10823, Berlin, GERMANY; phone/fax +49/30 44 355 940) as we did Sept. 12-21, 2006. Dr.
The Best Western Hotel Carlos V (Maestro Victoria 5, 28013 Madrid, SPAIN; phone [34] 91 531 4100 or visit www.hotelcarlosv.com) is located on a pedestrian street just a minute or two on foot from Puerta del Sol.
