Aparthotel Bahia

Advantages: Excellent location.
Disadvantages: Not many.

...**Opinion ** In my opinion the Aparthotel Bahia is one of the best properties on the Island, not just for the accommodation itself but for its location and access to local amenities. The Aparthotel is a very well presented 4* option situated approximately 1km from San Antonio town with its vast array of nightlife. Making this an ideal location to be in as you are close enough to the nightlife if you want it, yet far enough not to be affected by it if you fancy a relaxing night. The main clientele at this hotel is made up of young people in the high season so can be rather rowdy at times. However in the low season it can be a little quieter and the pace is more relaxed. **Hotel** The hotel is situated on a stretch of land between Es Pouet and San Antonio beaches. Most rooms offer excellent views...

DanBarker 28.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of Bahia Aparthotel, Ibiza

'Its Bahia Principe'

Advantages: Top class all inclusive hotel
Disadvantages: Isolated from other resorts

...As you drive down the coastal road past all the resort hotels along the northern coast you'll begin to worry like in that Thomsons (?) advert on the TV that you're driving past all the best hotels! Then as you drive through the less developed towns along the road you'll worry that you're going to end up stuck in some shack in the middle of no-where! But as you turn off the coast road just before reaching the town (village?) of San Juan and into the Bahia Principe grounds you'll wonder what all the worrying was about! As with the other Bahia Principe Hotel in Mexico you first drive down the Hacienda, a short road lined with shops bars and restaurants, the one at San Juan has a hairdressers, a jewellers, a snack bar, a disco, a 'hard rock' bar, the reps building internet access (for footy scores of course!) and various shops selling...

Ratherhaveaham 07.09.2004 · Read review
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Review of Bahia Principe San Juan, Puerto Plata

"Its Bahia Principe"

Advantages: The list is endless........
Disadvantages: Not Cancun

...This was the first Bahia Principe resort me and my wife (then girlfriend) visited. We'd booked to go all inclusive to Malta (probably not the best way to do Malta with hindsight) and were all geared up for it until three days before we were due to fly. We got a letter from the travel agents saying there was a change in the circumstances and that our hotel was having building work done. We went into the travel agents and were offered an alternative. After several hours (or so it felt) of staring at a computer screen we found one! Mexico! WOW! Bit of a step up for us (our only other holiday together was to Spain) we had a bit extra to pay but we covered it and got ready for Mehico! Long haul flights are long haul flights and we all get through them in our own ways (good book, crafty bottle of duty free Bacardi and a few cans of Coke...

Ratherhaveaham 25.11.2004 · Read review
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Review of Hotel, Bahia Principe (Tulum, Mexico)

Bahia Principe

Advantages: Bargain Dominican Luxury
Disadvantages: Remote location (but ok if you want to escape!)

...My boyfriend and I took a holiday in September 2003 at Bahia Principe in Dominican Republic. Opting for an all-inclusive (to help stretch our budget) we were abit apprehensive due to some horror stories we'd heard about all-inclusive's in general. We booked through teletext so managed to get a decent deal. After a long day of travel (including 8 hour flight!) we were ready to collapse by the time we arrived. The first thing that struck us was the lavish grounds of the complex. Next came the charms of the wonderful staff who couldn't do enough for us!!! Our room was spacious and well air conditioned; it was a perfect retreat from the heat! The rooms are spread out in small apartments of 8 rooms, and are surrounded by tropical gardens. One thing worth a mention with regard the rooms is the high standard of daily cleaning...

alexlou 13.11.2003 · Read review
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Review of Bahia Principe San Juan, Puerto Plata

Brazil Suspicion Breeds Confidence

Advantages: Bizarre, dark, witty, crafted.
Disadvantages: Confusing, twisted, hang on these are advantages too!

...Brazil stands out from the usual crowd of self serving mass produced heartless Hollywood falderal and manages to provoke , entertain, move, amuse , astonish , delight and confuse all in the first five minutes, and then it proceeds to get better and better. You can probably tell already, I quite like this film, this is going to be a five star review and is going to contain a fair few superlatives, but the film really does deserve mine and your enthusiasm. It is a rare gem of celluloid fancy and this is why you need to watch it. Its directed by the American ex-Monty Python member and one time animator of giant hedgehogs, Terry Gilliam, and anyone familiar with his other work (Jabberwocky, Twelve Monkeys, The Fisher King, Time Bandits, Baron Munchausen etc.) will recognise his perculiar flare for the visual and his dark humour, but as...

Raybid 10.07.2001 · Read review
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Review of Brazil (DVD)

Backpacking in Brazil

Advantages: breathtaking scenery, beautiful people, lots of fun....
Disadvantages: long, long bus journeys, quite expensive for a backpacker

...We spent six weeks travelling around Brazil which was not nearly long enough, six months would have been more like it! We travelled there from Argentina and our first stop was the world famous Iguazu Falls which were an amazing sight, as was the surrounding forest, although the Argentinian side of the falls has more wildlife and more places to explore. From here we travelled overnight to Sao Paulo by bus and arrived at 3am. We were quite apprehensive about going to Brazil from all we'd read and heard about crime, muggings and so on and being in such a huge city was quite daunting, especailly as our Portuguese was pretty appalling at that stage. However, we found people in the bus station were extremely friendly and helpful and were able to direct us to Chinatown via the subway system which was where we had chosen to stay, as it had...

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Review of General: Brazil

Paradise beach resort in Brazil

Advantages: Beautiful, charming, sophisticated beach resort
Disadvantages: Other than getting there - none really.

...mixed with art galleries and local craftmanship. For getting about there are boat, car and beach-buggy rentals. You can also rent bikes. You can also get from beach to beach on water taxis. There are wonderful schooner tours around the islands and beaches of Búzios. Though busy on holiday weekends it is hot all year round. Off season it is quiet and tranquil. We usually visit at Easter time when, apart from the Easter weekend itself it is very quiet. The high season is Christmas and new year and also Carnaval time when the Cariocas like to leave Rio and visit Búzios. Brazil is not often considered as a holiday destination (other than trips to the Amazon, or to the Carnaval) and Búzios is a classic example of what is being missed by outsiders. Once you have paid for a flight to Rio it is quite cheap. Also it is also very safe...

buzios 27.01.2003 · Read review
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Review of Buzios - Brazil

Christmas at the Bahia Principe.

Advantages: Beautiful place, lovely people, great service and just plain good fun.
Disadvantages: Telephon service goes down regularly though mobile reception was good.

...I visited the Bahia Principe San Juan over Christmas 2007 until New Year 2008. Earlier in the year I had grave doubts about the holiday after reports of people hospitalised with food poisening, dirty rooms etc. Well, in retrospect I was there at the perfect time. All the rooms had been redecorated and a strict hygene regeme was in force such that all visitors to all the restaurants had to clean their hands with a cleaning gel before entering the actual restaurant. The food was excellent with a bewildering choice. Many times I would get my dinner and say to my wife or daughter "I did'nt see that, oh I love that". You get the idea, just too big a choice. The entertainment was not Broadway standard but that said, you dont get to rub shoulders with the stars after Phantom of the Opera. If you can accept the lack of polish, the pleasure is...

Garcher47 13.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Bahia Principe San Juan, Puerto Plata

Brasil - a conflicting recommendation

Advantages: Breathtaking nature, cheap, multi-cultural
Disadvantages: high criminality, bad health institutions (hospital etc.),

...Now I live since nearly two years in Brasil and my opinion about this country is still conflicting: on one side its for sure one of the most impressing countries concerning the nature, on the other side also one of the countries with enormous social differences, and this always means: criminality and violence. I don?t want to talk here about attractions like Ouro Preto, an Unesco-city, the spectaculous waterfalls of iguacu, the cities Salvador de Bahia and Manaus, about these attractions you find informations in every travel guide, and this is good so, they are worth the visit. And yes, the people in Brasil are really amazingly friendly, the country itself,a quasi-continente, shows so many different sides from the black-african north to the european south like only few others. As a conclusion I would say: YES, you should visit...

AlexanderS2 31.03.2005 · Read review
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Review of General: Brazil

Brazil nutters

Advantages: Another action-packed race with unpredictable results
Disadvantages: Montoyas untimely demise

...track at Interlagos is renowned for it’s lack of passing places. The sweeping corners are very quick and an out breaking manoevure is very rare, so qualifying is vital. First blood went to the two Jordans. Trulli went quickest first of all followed by his German team mate Heinz Harald Frentzen. Rubens Barrichello the home favourite soon got the crowd on their feet by taking the first grid slot and pole. Olivier Panis who finished 3rd in Brazil in 1997 slides off the track at turn 1. Juan Pablo Montoya, who was storming in the earlier practice session, comes out and sets the fastest time in the first split. However his enthusiasm got the better of him and he got into a ‘tange slapper’ in the very fast turn 8. He lost control and bounced across the gravel and bumped into the barriers. The Colombian had to get out...

Solex 08.01.2002 · Read review
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Review of Formula 1 Circuit, Sao Paulo, Brazil