Hotel Gran Ducat

Advantages: excellent central location
Disadvantages: views from rooms

...A fine basic city centre hotel, clean and functional. Helpful reception, restaurant and cleaning staff. Check in was not possible when we arrived at the hotel at noon, nor were we able to get a late check out when leaving. Excellently located across from one of the many side entrances to El Corte Ingles, five minutes trundle from the Airport Bus Stop in Placa Catalunya. Our room had a single bed added to make it a tripple, which was rather cramped, but with so much to see we did not spend much time there. The view from our room was into a courtyard and the back of buildings, however some rooms seemed to look onto other rooms across an air tunnel. Free internet access. A great hotel to flop back to after a long day sightseeing!...

Jean-Anne 20.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Hotel Gran Ducat, Barcelona

Gran tinerfe my fave hotel!

Advantages: Christmas and new years great there
Disadvantages: The rooms wernt that modern

...I stayed at the 4 star Gran Tinerfe December 2006 for Christmas and New Year. Me my dad and brother had never being away for Christmas, which made us curious on what actually happens in a foreign country at Christmas time in a hotel. Christmas day we booked a gala meal which was like an 8 course meal I'm a fussy eater so I didn't really enjoy it as much as everyone else, but my dad loved it, there was duck and all the trimmings and they had alternative meals for vegetarians. On new years and Christmas I think we got free wine (let me know if I'm wrong) my memories pretty bad, but I must say new years was the best new year of my life! It was planned to perfection. We had our New Year gala meal and then the living room areas were set up with lots of booze etc and we were all giving party hats and other party treats in this goodie bag...

Sarahhhx 22.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of H10 Gran Tinerfe, Tenerife

Gran Casino Royal Hotel

Advantages: Cheap, all inclusive, large bar area
Disadvantages: Noisy, small pool area for size of Hotel

...I have only completed 1 review and that was 6 years ago but as none have been done for this Hotel thought I would have another go, here it is: I took my partner and our 6 year old son for a cheap holiday during October 2006 half term, after looking at several deals we opted for an all inclusive here mainly because of the cost. Full cost less than £500 for the 3 of us, flights (with Ryan Air), transfers, all meals (buffet style), drinks (alcoholic as well as soft) etc. For those that are thinking all inclusive ties you to the Hotel all I would say is I have done every sort of holiday during the last 10 years and been lucky enough to go away 3 or more times a year from 5* AI to 2* SC, I'll try anything once. The best thing to do is compare, AI only ties you if you spend all your money on the holiday in advance. You are permitted to...

Paulftm 28.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Gran Casino Royal Hotel Lloret de Mar, Costa Brava

A hotel fit for a Duque?

Advantages: convenient location, clean quiet and comfortable
Disadvantages: single room a touch on the small side, breakfast quite pricey compared with local cafés.

...I stayed in the Gran Hotel Conde Duque for five nights when attending a conference which I had been organising in Madrid last October. As I work for a non-profit organisation my remit was to ensure that my accommodation was not overly expensive - no easy task, as well as being one of the official conference hotels. By booking on Activehotels.com I was able to get a single room for EUR 91 (ca. GBP 63) a night ? coming out at just under EUR 98 (ca GBP 70) a night including the mandatory sales tax. This was substantially cheaper than the ?reduced rate? of EUR 135 (ca. GBP 97) excluding tax being offered for single occupancy of a double room by our conference partners. It should of course be noted that as with nearly all hotels in Madrid, prices are exclusive of breakfast ? for breakfast you will pay approx EUR12 (ca. GBP 8) extra. I did...

Morgenhund 06.02.2005 · Read review
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Review of Gran Hotel Conde Duque, Madrid

Beatiful hotel in Soller, Mallorca

Advantages: Beautiful hotel, beautiful location
Disadvantages: Let down by food

...I stayed at this great hotel about a year ago. It also claims to be a spa hotel, although we didnt tryany of the treatments available. So unfortunately I cant comment on the 'spa' part! Overview ------------- This beautiful hotel is in Soller. It is housed within a beautiful old building, which according to the owners has been a house and another, run down, hotel before that. Location ----------- The hotel is near to the main square in Soller, which is about half an hour from Palma, up in the hills away from all th etacky tourist resorts. Its set back from a quiet(ish) street, but is close enough to the main restaurants etc in the town Room --------- There are about 35 rooms in total. Our room was great, although a tad small. It was very modern, with crisp white sheets and great smart, neutral decor. We had a lovely...

Dan_ep 20.05.2006 · Read review
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Review of Gran Hotel Soller, Soller

A Grand Time In Gran Canaria

Advantages: weather, sun, sea and sand
Disadvantages: my one cockroach

...A Grand Time In Gran Canaria After a rather over-worked summer, and a few of my own personal problems I needed a good long break where I could forget the alarm clock and completely relax. My normal preferred holiday destination is Magaluf/Majorca, but I felt like going somewhere different, and this time not just for a lively holiday, but a more scenic holiday. All of my friends had been to Gran Canaria before and raved about it for ages, and when they suggested for me to come along with them this year, for a two week break, it was too good an offer to refuse. We booked our self-catering holiday with Thomas Cook as a holiday package - flights, holiday and transfers. The total cost of our two week holiday £380 each. So in the words of Peter Kay (comedian)?..Packed it! Booked it and f*^*ed off! Now my holiday started...

dempsey_review 25.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of Gran Canaria (Spain)

Eastwoods best, Gran toino

Advantages: In depth story and great characters acting
Disadvantages: Kind of offensive(racist)

...Walt Kowalski has found him self in a predicament, He is living in a neighborhood full of immigrants. Though him self served as an ex-Korean war veteran, He has become an uncanny racist towards that of Korean race. The movie mainly evolves around walts day to day life, Overtime he has done the same routine day in day out, drinking beer on the porch,living with his dog and resenting the Korean neighbors. Slowly but surely gangs start to infest the area, And its not long until mistakes are made and gang wars begin. When a young boy Thao (toad) initiates him self into the gang, he must try and attempt to steal the Gran torino, Kowalski's prize motor possession. Although circumstances don't go the way they were supposed to, Thao doesn't steal but hurts the old man by falling. The next day the local gang try to punish him but in doing soo...

mehmoou101 23.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Gran Torino

lets down the other gran turisomo's

Advantages: nice cars
Disadvantages: boring

...Im a fan of racing car games especially gran turismo when you have to earn the liscences and build up your cars to win the races so was a little dissapointed when playing this game when it was released. It doesnt seem anything like the other four titles as for liscencing or car upgrading which dont seem to exist on this game. I also found that there was a limited number of tracks to play on which after a little while gets boring because they are so easy to master in a short period of time. As for the cars (the best bit in this game) they were quite good until i realised i couldnt take them to a gargage to upgrade. Its basically buying a car winning a few races on the same track with it.... buying a new car and doing the same thing... game finished. Although the graphics in gameplay were good :O) I ended up selling my game within...

mummytothree 26.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (PS3)

Gran Canaria

Advantages: Loads to do
Disadvantages: none

...I have just come back off my holiday to the amazing resort Playa del Ingles. I walked along the Dunes at Maspalomas. I would differently go back there again. There is something for everyone at Gran Canaria for example mini-golf, swimming, go-karting for kids and for others windsurfing, sea fishing, scuba diving, jet skiing, golf, tennis and squash. They also have waterparks and camel safaris plus zoos. Three of the main zoos are Palmitos Park, Reptilandia Park and Parque De Crocodilos. First of all there is no time difference. You need no jabs. The buses are very cheap and come regularly. Car hire is available and petrol is 31p per litre. Tempratures on average are between 65-75F. The coolest months are from December to April, but even then the lowest it gets is 70F. Summer tempratures are from 75-80F. This...

Toady 22.08.2001 (23.08.2001) · Read review
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Review of Gran Canaria (Spain)

Gran Turismo 4: 'Road Rage Racing'

Advantages: Wide range of cars, Excellent graphics, Lots of circuits, Amazing gameplay
Disadvantages: No damage to cars and takes a while to complete.

...Introduction Gran Turismo 4, also known as GT4, was released on 9th March 2005 and has since been re-issued under Sony's Platinum version of the game. It has become one of the best selling games on the console and also rated very highly. The game features over 700 cars from 80 manufacturers, from as early as the 1886 Daimler Motor Carriage, to the Nissan 350Z Gran Turismo edition, and as far into the future as concepts for 2022. The game also features 51 tracks, many of which are new or modified versions of old Gran Turismo favourites. Notable real-world track inclusions are the Nürburgring, Suzuka Circuit, and Le Mans Circuit. Other famous attractions such as New York's Times Square, Hong Kong, Paris, and Las Vegas appear within the game A-Spec Game Mode Player now accumulate points by winning races in the normal first...

f1insidetrack 10.01.2008 (30.10.2009) · Read review
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Review of Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)