Holiday Village-Benalmadena, Costa Del Sol

Advantages: Good for Children
Disadvantages: Too far from resorts

...Holiday Village,Benalmadena-Costa del sol, stayed 2 weeks from 14 july 2007 Flight 2 and a half hours with First Choice was short and on time so really good as I hate flying!! Transfer From Malaga airport it takes about half an hour to transfer to the hotel, it is on the outskirts of Benalmadena. Check-in If you fill out the registration form on your transfer it is quick and easy. The staff were curtious and pleasant at all times. Hotel set half way between Benalmadena and Fuengirola and not good for a stroll into either, its too far from both ,catch a bus! The Living Room Well this was my first let-down, as before we went away we had heard there was building work going on at the back of the hotel and also at the beach club where most of the pools are located. Hearing this I called into to my First Choice shop to...

deborah2709 10.08.2007 · Read review
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The great Taj Holday Village.

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: no.

...After my marriage I and my husband went to Goa for a holiday. We have booked the room in Taj Holiday Village through a Travel Agency. Although My husband has researched a bit about the place on internet, but the real surprise was when we reached hotel. Our flight from Delhi-Goa reached Goa airport by the evening about 6:00 PM. Within about hour and half we were at the hotel by hotel cab which was waiting at airport for us. After reaching the hotel it took just two minutes to get the room that was booked by us. Then hotel staff took us to our room by small car. The cars are used because the hotel is a really big property. The Hotel on arrival gives the map of the property for ease of reach. The rooms of the hotel are arranged is cottages. Some cottages are the single room cottage. some have more than one room in it. We were given...

saedagupta 09.12.2008 · Read review
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Village

Advantages: Interesting idea for a film
Disadvantages: Not really a horror, weak acting, disappointing

...It will be quite hard to summarise the plot to this film without giving away too much, but I hope this will at least give an idea of what the film is about & the basic story. It’s probably right to warn that this review does have a few spoilers in it, but I blame the story for this, as it is the only way to really evaluate it. The Story It is about a society that has broken away from the rest of the world & modern life. They have set up a village away from the towns, but it is near a forest where the people are forbidden to go as it is inhabited by ‘those we do not speak of’. These creatures appear to have threatened the villagers in the past but it has become a common agreement between them that they do not venture into each others’ territories. The creatures may also be attracted by the ‘bad colour’, which is red, & so this...

Ayesha- 12.06.2007 · Read review
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Oasis Lakeland Forest Village

Advantages: Things to do
Disadvantages: Could get busy, Pool area could be warmer

...When we booked our trip to Oasis I wasn’t convinced. The girlfriend wanted a weekend away. Great I thought - Amsterdam here we come, work had been tough and I felt I needed a bit of break. Ah but hang on a minute we want a weekend in this country and also on the cheap! There was something about the place that scared me – I had a horrible feeling she would have me traipsing around on Mountain Bikes 24 hours a day and hunting Squirrel’s to BBQ for tea. For some reason I also had that cheap advert for a soft drink going around in my head– ‘Oasis – open, pour, be yourself once more’. I guess I better explain what the Oasis Lakeland Forest Village (to give its correct name) is at this point as far as I understand it. Basically its a big glass thing just outside the Lake District (actually located...

Pookie_Rabbit 13.07.2001 · Read review
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Rodos Village - Rhodes

Advantages: Family friendly, all inclusive, next to beach
Disadvantages: Insects in rooms, no cash machine, not enough toilets

...Last week I came back from a holiday in Greece. We went to Rhodes and stayed in the Rodos Village in Kiotari. The Rodos Village is a 5 star all-inclusive resort which is situated in the east west coast of the island. We took a taxi from the airport to the hotel (this was a pre-paid transfer from our holiday provider) The taxi took around an hour to get to the hotel. Since our flight was overnight, we arrived at the airport at 4.45am, so it was great to hop into a taxi and get to the hotel quicker than the coach would have taken. We got to the hotel at around 6am. There are not only steps up to the hotel, but also a ramp. It was quite steep but it meant that I could wheel my bag up instead of carrying up the steps (always good if you're tired!) Check in was quick. No one was around at that time since it was so early, there was...

ivytoad 10.07.2008 (06.12.2008) · Read review
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The Village

Advantages: You will enjoy it
Disadvantages: None

...The Village, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan on a budget of 60 million dollars, was going to be a tough follow up for a director known for his twists and turns. As it turned out, there was a twist, but it was a rather low key one, and it was almost apparent from the start, though it is not without a small end revelation, that will surprise you. This movie starts off really slowly, leading you into the lives of a group of villagers, who live on the outskirts of a wood, in 1897 Pennsylvania, which is seemingly haunted by some nasty hideous monsters, referred to only as, 'Those we do not speak of'. A village where the colour red is not allowed, as it is the colour of evil. The Elders, who have set up and run the village, teach their children that the Towns outside their village is a bad place, and they must never cross into...

Paradis 21.12.2004 · Read review
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Portmeirion Village

Advantages: A Good Day Out
Disadvantages: None

...PORTMEIRION-A Lovely Place to visit You will find Portmeirion in the northern part of Wales it is a popular resort on the coast of Snowdonia. When I first visited Portmeiron for the first time I just fell in love with the place. It was like visiting a magical village with its colourful painted houses and cottages and arches etc.Yes it has an Italian flavour to it and I was certainly very amazed with the various buildings and fountains and courtyards So who created this wonderful place- Clough Williams-Ellis who was an architect had a vision and created Portmeirion just only a few miles from his family home. In the 1930s it became very popular with a number of Artists and Writers like Bertrand Russell, George Bernard Shaw and H G Wells are just a few to mention. Also King Edward V111 also made a visit to Portmeirion before he...

ruth1957 10.11.2008 · Read review
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Hopton Holiday Village.

Advantages: A cheap but excellent holiday!
Disadvantages: The British weather.

...Me and my family have now been to Hopton Holiday Village, which is one of the 'British Holiday' parks, six years in a row now and will continue to do so for many years to come. We are a family of four - me, my husband and our 2 little girls. We always book through the sun (you know, their collect the vouchers, £15 per person offer). Every year we have gone at some point between the last week of June and the last week of July and it has cost us £68.50 for 4 nights and five days including travel insurance. We then book an extra 2 nights through the park and in total our holiday normally costs about £110 which includes a week at the park, travel insurance, gas/electric and passes to the entertainment complex. The accomadation consists of a 3 bedroom caravan which is always very tidy, clean and comfortable. The caravan is at most a 10...

djstar 13.09.2004 · Read review
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Village of the Damned Scared

Advantages: Good acting and story
Disadvantages: Looking for the plot twists will give you whiplash

...Pennsylvania, 1897; the inhabitants of the utopian Covington have held an uneasy truce with the creatures that live in the woods around their village for years. But when Lucius Hunt asks permission to leave, things change for the worse. Writer-director M Night Shyamalan’s films all seem to exist in the eternal twilight of an autumnal world. “The Village” is no exception, portraying a world of muted tones and frosty nights, the whole thing awash in leaf litter. It makes for an atmospheric backdrop in a tale where the greatest horrors are imagined and not seen. Here he delivers a taut, slow-burning psychological horror that plays on our primeval fear of the dark and the things that may be lurking in it. He ramps up the suspense through the judicious use of obscured views, half-seen creatures and a shrieking score that will send shivers...

afy9mab 28.08.2004 · Read review
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Relax And Take In The Scenery At The Village

Advantages: Lovely scenery, comfortable beds, nice leisure facilities
Disadvantages: Pool not very family friendly with children only allowed certain times

...direct line with the hotel. During the night I did not notice the noise from the planes probably because I slept so well. In the morning the noise was louder again, but it didn't ever bother me greatly. Currently there are 117 rooms with en suite bathroom, colour TV (most with Sky including sports channels and movies), direct-dial telephone, hair-dryer and hospitality tray. My favourite part of the holiday and stay in the hotel was the leisure facilities. We spent a whole morning just relaxing in the pool, jacuzzi and steam room. I was a bit disappointed that the sauna was not in use when we were there, but the steam room was available and that was nice. I would have liked to go in the sauna and felt it was a bit unfair I had paid the money and couldn't use all the facilities. I liked the family changing rooms as I cannot walk...

Mickie26 08.05.2009 · Read review
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