VILA GALE HOTEL SANT CRUZ MADEIRA

Advantages: Quick Transfer from Airport
Disadvantages: None if you like a quiet village setting.

...This is a review of the Vila Gale Hotel at Santa Cruz on the Island of Madeira. We have just returned from a three day break. We booked the Vial Gale as we have used their Hotel in Tavira for a few years and find them very good. Hotel Location, is best described as if the Plane Toppled off the end of the Short Runway at Funchal Airport then it could land in the Hotel Swimming Pool. Having said that do not let it put you off, it does not intrude and the closeness is slightly less than that, and it is quite exciting to watch the landings and takeoffs. The Hotel is in the small village of Santa Cruz a mere 6 Euro Taxi ride from the airport gets you there. Checkin was very efficient in a very large modern Reception Area. Cost for the Three Nights for Double room with Breakfast was £111. This was for a Sea View Room...

poshtroika 19.02.2008 · Read review
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Vila Alba Apartments, Albufeira, Portugal

Advantages: Fairly quiet area, good location, family friendly, rooms in good condition
Disadvantages: Quality of kitchen facilities could have been better

...I visited the Algarve last summer with a few friends and stayed at Vila Alba apartments during our two-week stay. I really enjoyed my stay here and would not hesitate to return - the apartment became a large aspect of the holiday! The location of the apartments is not in Albufeira itself, but just outside. Although the apartments are simply a 5-10 minute walk from The Strip (where there are many cafes, bars and little shops), it is a fairly quiet area, with little to no disturbance. The apartments are quite detached from one another, so this further lessens the noise levels. The apartments are around a 20 minute walk to the beach. The rooms themselves are of very good quality. The lounge area includea a TV with several channels; some in Portugese and some English. Even the CBeebies channel was available, which is great if you...

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The Real Hustle

Advantages: Interesting, Some good things to try out (not in a criminal way)
Disadvantages: Gives criminals ideas ?

...~~~ What's it About ? ~~~ The Real Hustle involves 3 con artists carrying out scams on unsuspecting members of the public. The type of scams vary from being card tricks on the street to selling property which doesn't belong to you. The skill involved also varies greatly. Some of the things which are done take years of practice and others just relying on people's trusting nature and their eye for a good deal. The shows is on BBC 3 and usually runs for around 30mins. The show has been expanding in recent years, heading to America and other countries. This is probably so they're less well known. All of the money which is earned is given back. ~~~ Who's in it ? ~~~ *Paul Wilson* - The star of the show. Paul is the one who peforms all the high skill cons and is extremely talented with cards and all that related stuff. He...

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Real Life Stories

Advantages: True stories, cheap, interesting to read
Disadvantages: Too many advertisements,

...Real is a magazine for women. It came out last year, so it is quite a new magazine on the market. It comes out every fortnight and costs only £1.50, which is not that bad a price at all. This magazine is now selling for £1 which is a real bargain, and definitely worth the money. The front page of the magazine is glossy and always has a different woman on the front. The front page also advertises some of the stories that are featuring in the magazine. I have issue 4 which is from the 26th of February to the 11th of march. I will now give you an idea from this magazine what it is like, to see if you would like it or not. There are 122 pages so there is plenty to read. First of all there is the contents page. Here you will find the following categories:- Regulars Travel Food Family Life Features Fashion Home and Shopping...

tabyorky 15.03.2002 (28.05.2002) · Read review
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ARE YOU A "REAL" WOMAN?

Advantages: Aimed at "Real" women, aimed at "professional" woman, markets to a wide age range
Disadvantages: Busy, fuss, crowded layouts. Too "serious".

...It?s a chilly, grey, dull day in dreary London today. As my husband popped out to pick up a paper I asked him to buy a magazine, with the criteria ?any one will do? that I don?t currently have. So he had quite a few to choose from! He came back with ?REAL?. When this was first published a few years ago, it was trying to compete with the high quality glossies and was printed as such. It?s published by H Bauer Publishing and was it?s first attempt at venturing into the upmarket women?s market. It hasn?t performed well in this market place and in the middle of August this year, Bauer Publishing sold the titled to Essential Publishing, amid rumours that the title would close. Whether Essential Publishing can ensure the magazine?s success where Bauer has failed remains to be seen. There are a couple of unique factors about ?REAL...

fantasybeliever 29.08.2004 · Read review
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Real Love

Advantages: Well acted and directed drama
Disadvantages: I can't think of any

...Lars and the Real Girl is set in N America/Canada seemingly in a Scandinavian influenced town judging by the characters names. Lars is a young man with an uninspiring office job, who lives in the garage at the bottom of the garden of his brother and expectant sister in law. Having had a difficult childhood, he is rather reclusive and lacking in basic social and communication skills, reminding me slightly of someone with Aspergers as he often doesn't know how to react in a social situation. His brother and sister in law despair of him, and are always trying to get him to come for dinner. One day he tells them that he has someone he would like to meet, and they are thrilled, especially when he reveals that this person is female. They don't mind that he met this woman off the internet or that she is in a wheelchair. However when they...

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Aussie Real Volume Conditioner

Advantages: Smells fabulous
Disadvantages: Seemed to tangle hair uncomfortably; didn't volumise; expensive

...I bought Aussie Real Volume Conditioner for my sister when she asked me to pick her up some volumising conditioner. I tend to use cheap conditioner but I know that she likes posh brands of haircare product and Aussie have a good name. It was £3.49 for 300ml. Occasionally Boots have a 2 for £6 deal on Aussie products. Although it was for my sister, I spotted it in the shower and decided to try it for myself. This was because I had noticed she was wearing a lovely fragrance; but she explained it was the scent of the conditioner, not perfume! The bottle is a nice shape - it looks fairly classy and it's easy to squeeze, which is something you take for granted until you buy a product in a rigid, unyielding bottle that doesn't let you get to the product (as I have experienced occasionally with some other brands). The top has a circle that you...

Sacheverell 01.11.2009 · Read review
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Now that's the real deal!

Advantages: Some fantastic auction moments.
Disadvantages: David Dickinson....

...Dickinson's Real Deal is hosted by David Dickinson who is an 'expert' in the antiques industry. Members of the public are invited to come to a particular auction room or place of public interest and they will bring their treasured possessions along with them. There are a few different experts on the panel, one of whom will look at the items on offer and then make an offer to purchase the product. The member of the public can then haggle to try and get more money, choose to take the offer or just decide to take the item to auction and see how they get on there instead. David Dickinson will be standing by and if he feels that people are getting short changed or if the independent valuer thinks that the item is worth more or less than David will step in and give the panellist and the member of the public his opinion on whether the cash...

katyeverett 31.07.2009 · Read review
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Real meat in a treat

Advantages: Soft enough to divide without being messy
Disadvantages: There aren't a lot in the pack

...a game which he quite enjoys! Anyway we both enrolled at a local training class and I was advised that I would need to take along an ample supply of 'treats' as they used reward based training in the class. The first problem was finding something tiny enough for little Ellery when he was just three months old and still hadn't got all of his teeth. The second issue was that I didn't want to make him fat - initially Ellery sorted out that issue for me, he was car sick and very kindly brought back all of the treats on the journey home but as he got older he grew out of it! Nature's Menu Reat Meat Treats In my quest to find some suitable reward for use in training I was scanning the dog treats in my local vets and I spotted a pack of Nature's Menue Real Meat Treats. I had come across the brand before as I have used their cat food...

laramax 13.10.2009 · Read review
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Realisation of Real Lives

Advantages: Hits an emotional connection, Realistic, True to life
Disadvantages: Not a traditional 'entertainment' video game, Lack of sound/graphics

...Real Lives is a simulation game which has been created by Educational Simulations and is a simple mostly text-based PC game where you can pick a person to be from any city in the world and live-out their lives year-by-year until their eventual death ? whenever that maybe. The game isn?t primarily for ?entertainment? purposes but as the companies name suggests more of an educational reason. When you begin a new game you will have everything simulated for you ? full name, gender, country & city of residence, siblings and some basic personal attributes. This goes along with the reasoning that just as in reality, you cannot choose any of these things, and instead you are just born in the conditions you happen to be born in. Depending on the country and city you are living in there will be realistic effects on aspects in your life, the main...

FlyNebula 06.08.2009 · Read review
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