Millennium Hotel - Abu Dhabi

Advantages: Location
Disadvantages: More of a business Hotel than for lesuire

...I decided to treat my mum and me to a short break to Abu Dhabi last year and choose the Millennium Hotel to stay in. We managed to find a taxi easily enough at Abu Dhabi airport and after a short drive (30mins) we arrived at the hotel. On first impressions I was a little disappointed. I had all these grand images in my head, but in reality the hotel seemed pretty standard. The room itself was quite basic (considering the price we paid), but it was clean and the beds were very comfortable. The hotel does have a nice swimming pool (although a little on the small side) and area for catching some sun. Getting around Abu Dhabi was fairly easy, taxi's are always available and very cheap. One trip I would recommend is the desert safari and evening barbecue. Driving up and down the sand dunes in the deserts was thrilling, I was...

shar25 27.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Millennium Hotel, Abu Dhabi

Great value half-way between Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Advantages: Peaceful, lovely pool, helpful staff, nice rooms
Disadvantages: Middle of nowhere, food not brilliant.

...I wasn't expecting too much from this hotel, but was pleasantly surprised. My husband was being sent on a few days business trip to Dubai during the school half term, and I decided to tag along at the last minute with our two kids. With only a day to go I didn't expect a great choice of hotels. Sure enough, the only hotels coming up with suitable vacancies were the Kempinski at $850 a night (no thank you!) and this one, at $170 a night. I was a bit confused though as several hotel finder sites put it as Dubai, but the address was Abu Dhabi. Looking on the map we found why, it is nearly exactly haflway between the two emirates. As my husband was working quite nearby and we had a hire car, this was not a problem. If you come from Dubai, it is about 40 minutes drive from the airport (but could be longer if you are unfortunte...

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Review of Golden Tulip Al Jazira, Abu Dhabi

Better than sleeping on the floor

Advantages: In the airport, inexpensive, convenenient
Disadvantages: Only 40 rooms, no in-room internet

...What to do? You are travelling via Abu Dhabi, it's midnight, you've arrived to discover that your onward flight is delayed, or cancelled. Or perhaps you're flying from Abu Dhabi, you've checked out of your hotel and come to the airport for your overnight flight, and it is delayed. Or - as in my case - the midnight flight was full, I was hoping to get on at the last minute but no luck, and the next flight was not until ten in the morning. For whatever reason, you are facing a night at Abu Dhabi airport, the floor looks very hard and the chairs only marginally less so. It's at a moment like this that you can be relieved to discover the Airport Hotel! Location The airport is at least thirty minutes drive from the city, an hour from the Jumeirah area of Dubai, so an airport hotel is preferable to heading into town...

Vodkaboy 24.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Abu Dhabi Airport Hotel

Almost barred from the Vodka bar!

Advantages: Nice rooms, some nice restaurants, friendly, good location
Disadvantages: Lobby coffee shop, small pool and gym, expensive internet

...Opened less than three years ago, the Millennium Hotel in Abu Dhabi is one of the newest hotels, in a city which is growing rapidly, boosting its tourist industry and raising its international profile. Unlike Dubai down the road, however, it is trying to keep its traditional character, and to retain a degree of class and exclusivity, and to avoid kitch and tackiness. This hotel it is part of the Millennium Group, owned by a company from Singapore. A few years ago they bought the UK's Copthorne Hotels and now proudly claim to be the 40th largest hotel chain in the world, according to their website! The hotel is located less than a block from the seafront Corniche, close to central Hamdan Street. It has 325 rooms and they promise a "yes we can" attitude. So how did they do? Entrance and lobby The car stopped just outside...

Vodkaboy 23.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Millennium Hotel, Abu Dhabi

The loud noise in the toilet is the TV!

Advantages: Central Location, comfortable
Disadvantages: Cramped rooms, broken cots, noisy

...The Crowne Plaza Hotel Abu Dhabi A few weeks ago I was in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates for a couple of days. Wife and baby came with me. It was only the second time that the little one had been with us in a hotel, so we wondered how he would take to it! LOCATION The hotel is very central in Abu Dhabi. Coming into the city from the airport it is about a 25 minute drive; coming in on the main road, once you're in the city centre turn right onto Hamdan Street from the first underpass and it's two blocks down on the right hand side. The street is full of shop, restaurants, cafes and offices. Within five minutes walk there is a Burger King, Starbucks and more. A couple of large malls are within a five minute drive. ARRIVAL There is an entrance facing onto Hamdan Street but the main entrance is...

Vodkaboy 26.03.2004 · Read review
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Review of Crowne Plaza Hotel, Abu Dhabi

Going up to the Hilt In Ya

Advantages: Beach Club, Restaurants, Service, Choice
Disadvantages: None really.

...If you're going to Abu Dhabi the chances are that you want to chill out, shop, or both. Either way, the Hilton is well located for both. OK the hotel is not actually on the beach - but it is just across the road and there is a handy subway that goes almost from the front door of the hotel to the Hiltonia beach club. But more on that later. Arrival I had booked an airport pickup and sure enough, I was picked up. As we emerged from customs, there was our name on the board. I identified myself and moments later we were escorted to the door and we, and our bags, were loaded into a Mercedes taxi, no less, and we were on our way. A fine start, we were impressed already. There are three Hiltons in Abu Dhabi; as well as this one there are also the Bayouneh Hilton and the Hilton Corniche Residence. Make sure you get to the right...

Vodkaboy 19.07.2006 (20.07.2006) · Read review
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Review of Hilton International, Abu Dhabi

The best of both worlds

Advantages: Apartment independence with Hilton hotel comfort
Disadvantages: Cheap soap dispenser, some slow service

...viewed from Dubai as "smaller", "more sleepy", even "boring", it is certainly less glitzy and has less "WOW!" factor but is also less artificial, less tacky and therefore more real, more genuine and has more soul. I was in Abu Dhabi for a couple of weeks with the family and, instead of being stuck in a single hotel room, we decided to get ourselves into a serviced apartment and chose a block of apartments run by the Hilton, The Hilton Corniche Residence The apartments are located quite centrally just off The Corniche, what was the coast road until they reclaimed another patch of land, building out into the bay. Thankfully the new strip of land is being used for parks abd public areas, not building. What was The Corniche will now be the Old Corniche and the new seafront road will be called... well, you guess. LOBBY AND ARRIVAL...

Vodkaboy 26.03.2005 · Read review
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Review of Hilton Corniche Residence, Abu Dhabi

Booking.com helps hotels cheat customers.

Advantages: extensive database of hotels, many quite inexpensive
Disadvantages: if a hotel cheats you, they will apologize, but do nothing.

...Booking.com: Colluding with Corrupt Hotel Owners to Cheat Customers? I am sorry to have to write this review, but I have tried for months to get Booking.com to address my complaint. I have reserved rooms using this service in the past, and have been very pleased. This, however, came to an end this summer. I booked a room at the Travel Inn in Reykjavik, only to find, upon arrival, that my wife, son, and myself were escorted to a car with no explanation. Eventually the clerk told us that we would be driven to the "other" location. The Travel Inn has, it seems, bought space in the Pavi Guesthouse (over a mile away). I would have refused on principle, but I know the situation in Reykjavik is such that I might have had no options. We were driven there, the driver stopped along the way to encourage me to withdraw money from...

seth66 23.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Booking.com

Hotel International

Advantages: Location, breakfasts
Disadvantages: Poor rooms

...I recently went on a cultural girlie trip with a friend to Paris. I was left to do all the booking. I was looking for a reasonable hotel, near a metro stop, which included breakfast. I came across the Hotel International on various travel sites and it seemed fairly highly rated so I booked us in for three nights. LOCATION: The hotel is located 6 Rue Auguste Barbier in the 11th Arrondissement. The nearest Metro stop is Garcourt which was a two minute walk away and it was a five minute walk to Republique which gives good links to other lines. It's not really central enough to avoid the Metro and walk to the attractions but it was located so close to a stop that it seemed ideal. PRICE: Prices vary depending on size of room and season. There are singles, doubles and triples available. We paid Euro254 for the whole time...

tartlette83 17.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Hotel International, Paris

Abu Garcia 6500 one of the best reels you will use.

Advantages: Strong and a nice size.
Disadvantages: None really

...Many people who fish dislike using the multiplier reel and stick to the fixed spool type ( type with bail arm that you move over the top of the spool). Although the fixed spool type is very easy to use and most probably one of the first reels we all use, the multiplier, once mastered, is a much better reel. The ideal starter is the Abu Garcia 6500. Not only a starter reel but one you will keep for ever. These reels are strong and nice in size without being too big. These reels come in different models but are all very similar. They come with level wind, which loads the line on to the reel in an even way to save you doing it manually. and so the line leaves the reel in an even way to increase distance. These reels can be used on your beachcaster from the beach or for use on a boat, but not really for wreck fishing. Spares for these...

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