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Hvammur Apartments, Hofn, Iceland

Hvammur Apartments is located in the pretty harbour town of Hofn.

We have booked the private 2-bedroom apartment on the top floor of a small apartment building just near the harbour.

There are two entrances to the apartments. The first entrance is on the harbour side of the building, up a flight of steps to the individual rooms that have shared bathroom facilities. The second entrance is just to our private apartment – at the back of the building on the top street – we park here and have level access to our apartment.

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By Admin|2024-01-23T18:43:19+11:00October 21st, 2016|Categories: Accommodation Reviews, Iceland|0 Comments

Hotel Geirland, Kirkjubaejarklaustur, Iceland

This hotel has a beautiful setting on a farm just out of the small town of Kirkjubaejarklaustur – a few kilometres off the Ring Road in southern Iceland. We follow the signs to Geirland, pass by a pretty waterfall and see Hotel Geirland where we have booked one night’s accommodation.

Hotel Geirland is not exactly a hotel in the normal sense of the word but a collection of buildings that includes the main building with Reception, Restaurant and Lounge area in one big open room, plus a number of cottages. Each cottage has two separate accommodations (a bit like a semi detached). We have Room 11 and next door to us is Room 12.

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By Admin|2018-08-27T15:40:48+10:00October 20th, 2016|Categories: Accommodation Reviews, Iceland|0 Comments

Hvolsvollur Hotel

The small town of Hvolsvollur was our first overnight stop on our tour around Iceland, following the Ring Road. On our arrival at Hotel Hvolsvollur we had a very friendly welcome from the charming Hotel Manager.

It was a wild and windy day and we were so glad to arrive at the hotel – which was warm and cosy inside. Don’t be put off by the exterior of the hotel – it was a very nice place to stay.

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By Admin|2019-05-29T14:52:54+10:00October 19th, 2016|Categories: Accommodation Reviews, Iceland|0 Comments

Town Apartment, Reykjavik, Iceland

Arriving in Reykjavik on an early morning international flight, we had booked Town Apartment for two nights.

The owner of the apartment met us at the apartment (#304), gave us the keys and showed us around. We were very happy with the accommodation – it was a brand new, spacious and very comfortable two-bedroom apartment in an excellent location – a short walk to Reykjavik’s main street.

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By Admin|2018-08-27T15:40:48+10:00October 19th, 2016|Categories: Accommodation Reviews, Iceland|0 Comments

Boston – Apartment 6, 534 Tremont Street, Boston

Boston can be an expensive city when booking accommodation. We managed to find a reasonably-priced, well located two-bedroom apartment for our two-night stay.

Our Boston apartment was located in a popular area – the South End district – on the corner of Tremont and Milford Streets opposite the Boston Center for the Arts. It’s a great location with lots of good restaurants, the surrounding tree-lined side streets are very pretty and it’s a quick drive to the city centre.

We are on the top floor (3^rd floor) and it is a steep walk up to the apartment as there is no lift. The apartment has an open plan living/dining/kitchen area with modern furnishings. There are two bedrooms – one with queen bed and the other with a set of bunk beds.

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By Admin|2018-08-27T15:40:48+10:00October 17th, 2016|Categories: Accommodation Reviews, Boston|0 Comments

Spruce Moose Lodge, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA

The Spruce Moose Lodge consists of a B&B in the main house, several cottages and a couple of holiday homes. It is located about 3 blocks from the main street of North Conway, in a pretty setting amongst the trees – and in Autumn it is particularly beautiful.

We have Cottage 3 – a green timber cottage with open plan living/kitchen/dining and lounge plus 2 bedrooms. It is an old fashioned place but it’s comfortable.

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By Admin|2018-08-27T15:40:48+10:00October 15th, 2016|Categories: Accommodation Reviews, Fall Foliage Accommodation|0 Comments

LikeAHotel Apartment – 270 Queen Street, Montreal, QC, Canada

We had just one night in Montreal and booked this apartment based on location and value for money.

LikeAHotel offers apartments and holiday rentals in Montreal – all bookable via booking.com.

We chose to stay in an apartment on Queen Street, Montreal, a short walk to Old Montreal.

To check in we had to phone LikeAHotel 45 minutes before arriving to get the code to enter the building. Once in the building we used a computer screen on the wall in the landing to contact LikeAHotel staff to talk us through getting into our apartment (another code for the key holder), show our ID, etc.

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By Admin|2018-08-27T15:40:48+10:00October 14th, 2016|Categories: Accommodation Reviews, Montreal|0 Comments

Burlington Air BnB (Vermont, USA) – Blue Building with Neighborhood Character

We found our accommodation in Burlington on Air BnB – it is described as Blue Building with Neighborhood Character.

During a trip to see the Fall colours of Vermont in the USA, we decided to visit Burlington and made this booking the day before our visit – we were the first guests to stay in this accommodation.

We chose the property because of its location and value for money.

On arrival we collected our key by entering a code into a key box at the property. The apartment was on the first floor of a quaint timber building (painted blue) – there are steep stairs to climb to reach the apartment.

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By Admin|2018-08-27T15:40:48+10:00October 13th, 2016|Categories: Accommodation Reviews, Fall Foliage Accommodation|0 Comments

Stowe Motel & Snowdrift, Vermont, USA

It was very difficult to find reasonably priced accommodation in Stowe on the Columbus Day holiday (Monday, 10 October 2016) however we came across Stowe Motel & Snowdrift – very good value for money.

We booked a 2-Bedroom Fireplace Suite – Room 302. The suite was self contained and very comfortable. We were able to park right outside our suite, so very easy to carry luggage in.

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By Admin|2018-08-27T15:40:48+10:00October 11th, 2016|Categories: Accommodation Reviews, Fall Foliage Accommodation|0 Comments

Vacation Village in the Berkshires, Hancock, MA, USA

Vacation Village in the Berkshires is resort-style accommodation – made up of about 20 attractive New England-style timber buildings. Each building has a number of apartments available for guests.

We are visiting in the Fall and the location is very beautiful – we feel miles from the nearest town, there are views of the surrounding countryside and the air smells pure and fresh.

Reception is housed in the main building, which is reached via a large circular driveway. We arrive quite late however there are number of staff on reception to check us in, and they are helpful with information on what to see and do in the area, where to eat, etc.

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By Admin|2018-08-27T15:40:48+10:00October 8th, 2016|Categories: Accommodation Reviews, Fall Foliage Accommodation|0 Comments