Corfu, Garitsa bay

Seen down at Garitsa bay, which is just south of Corfu town.

Kefalonia

View of the famous Mirtos beach and Assos

Citadines Hongkong Ashley Hotel Kowloon

Our accommodation in Hong Kong..

Citadines Hongkong Ashley hotel Kowloon

Address : 18 Ashley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong KongHotel Location : CityArea : Tsim Sha Tsui


From 278 AUD (incl. taxes & service charges)



Citadines Hongkong Ashley hotel Kowloon Overview

The Ashley Apartments Hotel in Hong Kong is one of the most popular hotels here. This hotel has been opened in 2003. From the very inception of this hotel, it has been winning over the hearts of the visitors. Be it a business trip or a holiday in Hong Kong with your family, the Ashley Apartments Hotel will certainly appease you. Favorably located in the midst of Hong Kong in the center of Tsim Sha Tsui, the Ashley Apartments Hotel serves the needs of various types of visitors. The Ashley Apartments Hotel in Hong Kong houses twenty-one floors. This magnificent hotel is situated adjacent to the celebrated commercial building shopping malls and entertainment center. The strategic location of this hotel makes its easier for the visitors to travel to any part of Hong Kong. Staying in this contemporary and trendy hotel is a real pleasure. From the moment you enter the hotel you will be taken care of by the hotel staffs. Your every small necessity will be looked after by them. From business need to personal pleasures, you will never be disappointed here. The guest rooms are designed in a very stylish and coeval way. The rooms excogitate their passion for fashion, quality and ease. With just two apartments each floor, the visitors can relish more confidentiality when they stay at these apartments. The main aim of the hotel staffs is to provide comfort and luxury to the visitors in a relaxing environment. The warmth and hospitality extended in the Ashley Apartments Hotel in Hong Kong will give you a feel of home away from home. Like all three star hotels the Ashley Apartments Hotel in Hong Kong cater a number of amenities and facilities to the visitors like internet access, safety box, security camera and many others.

Syntagma (Constitution) Square Athens

Every hour, the Changing of the Guard ceremony, performed by Greek army troops wearing the traditional Evzones uniform is conducted in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the area between the Square and Parliament.

"The construction work undertaken on the city's metro system during the 1990s brought an unprecedented number of archaeological finds to light. Some of these finds can be seen at the metro station on Syntagma Square. The exhibits include ancient grave stones, an aqueduct from the 5th century BC, pottery, a 2,000-year old beehive and a mosaic from the 5th century AD."

Hotel Odysseon - Kalambaka (Meteora)

".. hotel’s unique location facilitates easy and rapid access to the centre of Kalampaka (7 mins on foot), the village of Kastraki (10 mins on foot), and other regional monuments and taverns with superb local cuisine. Our hotel is a 10-minute-walk from the town’s bus and train stations."

LOCATION INFORMATION
Hotel Odysseon is build on the foothills of a green hill, just on the exit of Kalambaka town leading towards the picturesque Kastraki village, which is only 5 minutes walk from the Odysseon Hotel. The hotel is flanked on its side and at the back by the unique Meteora rock formations. The natural sandstone rock towers of Meteora were first used to build the first monastery atop one of the rock formations back in the 10th century. Since then 23 more monasteries were build atop these rock formations. Meteora is a unique place in the world and it is not to be missed on your travels to Greece. Hotel Odysseon is ideal for visiting these monasteries as out of 24 of them 6 are no longer than 20 minutes walk from the hotel.

NEARBY SIGHTSEEING
The location of HOTEL ODYSSEON in KALAMBAKA offers many opportunities for sightseeing. Apart of course from Meteora and the monasteries, right next door to the hotel is the Museum of Modern Art, further and just 3 kilometers away is the village of Theopetra with its neolithic caves and the bridge of Sarakina. Further afield Metsovo and Lake Plastiras are each around 1 hours drive away.

Visiting the Meteora Monastries

There are six Meteora monasteries, each open to visits at slightly different hours and days. To see them all in a day, start early to take in Ayiou Nikolaou, Varlaam and Megalou Meteorou before 1pm, leaving the afternoon for Roussanou, Ayias Triadhos and Ayiou Stefanou.
The road from Kastraki to Ayiou Stefanou is just under 10km long, often narrow and dangerous with speeding cars; if you're on foot, we recommend you follow the hiking directions given below to spare you the tarmac as much as possible - by using the trails and dirt tracks available you can avoid most of the asphalt. Ayiou Stefanou is in a cul-de-sac for both drivers and hikers; the through road signposted Kalambaka just before Ayias Triadhos is a highly indirect 5km. In season there are a number of daily buses (most reliably at about 9am and 1pm) from Kalambaka up the road as far as Megalou Meteorou/Varlaam; even taken just part of the way they will give you the necessary head start to make a hiking day manageable. Hitching is also pretty straightforward.
You may want a local map , especially if you intend to leave the beaten track. A lot of dross is sold in Kalambaka, but the only two products worth having are sold at the newsagent on the upper platia. The Panoramic Map with Geology (co-produced by Karto Atelier, Switzerland and Trekking Hellas; ?4.50) is aerial-view art format, but fairly accurate and good enough to follow the main routes. Andonis Kaloyirou's Greek-only text booklet, with topographic map in back (Road Editions, ?11.80) is superior, and many will find the map alone worth the investment.
Before setting out it is worth buying food and drink to last the day; there are only a couple of drinks/fruit stands on the circuit, by Varlaam and Megalou Meteorou. And finally, don't forget to carry money with you: each monastery levies an admission charge - currently ?1.50, with students half price except at Ayias Triadhos.
For visits to all the monasteries, dress code is strict. For women this means wearing a skirt - not trousers; for men, long trousers. Both sexes must cover their shoulders. Skirts or simple wraps are often lent to female visitors, but it's best not to count on this. Finally, it's worth noting that photography and videoing are strictly forbidden in all of the monasteries.

Finishing point hotel - Istanbul

Hatay Hotel Istanbul Sirkeci

Hatay Hotel Istanbul is located in the charming and historic old region of Istanbul Sirkeci. The old region of Istanbul offers guests a host of attractions including the wonderful historic architecture of the city... Istanbul Hatay Hotel offers a unique experience to the guests. It is in the center of the Sirkeci Hotel Istanbul, within walking distance of most of the major Istanbul sites.
Located at the heart of Istanbul's historical peninsula once was named as; "Byzantium", Nova Rome", Constantinople", "Konstantinopolis", "Dersaadet" and "Istanbul" and with views to within just a few minutes walk to two of the most magnificent masterpieces of world architecture, Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque, Sirkeci Hotel Hatay and Istanbul Antioch Hotel offers a unique experience to the guests. It is in the center of the Sultanahmet, within walking distance of most of the major sites such as Topkapı Palace, Sultanahmet Square, Grand Bazaar, Egyptian Bazaar..

Hotel Apollo. Athens

The Apollo hotel warmly welcomes guests in the heart of Athens, just steps away from Karaiskaki square and only a 2-minute walk from Metaxourgio underground station. The hotel is situated within walking distance of the National Museum and the district of Plaka, where you can find the Acropolis as well as lots of fine restaurants, bars and lively night spots. Hotel features include attractive accommodations combined with comfortably sized public areas, such as a nice bar & restaurant, and a roof garden with breathtaking views of the Acropolis. Being so centrally located will enable you to move easily around the city, and enjoy all the fabulous sites & sounds that Athens has to offer.

Your rooms;
The hotel offers welcoming single, double, twin and triple guest rooms, graciously appointed with all amenities and comforts which the modern traveller has come to expect. Each room features a private bathroom, with either shower or bathtub, hairdryer, satellite TV, radio, direct dial phone, Internet plug, individually controlled air conditioning, heating, mini fridge, electronic mini safe, writing desk and balcony. Baby cots, iron and ironing board are available upon request and free of charge. You can ask for a non-smoking room.

Inclusions;
· Air conditioning
· Colour TV
· Cot available upon request
· Direct dial phone
· Electronic safe
· Hairdryer in room
· Heating
· Individually controlled air conditioning
· Internet plug
· Iron and ironing board available on request
· Mini fridge
· Non-smoking rooms available upon request
· Radio
· Room terrace
· Rooms with view available upon request
· Safe
· Satellite TV
· Telephone
· Wireless Internet connection
· Writing desk

Hotel Bretagne, Corfu

Description:

This is the starting point hotel - as you can see it looks very good and is very handy to everything - only 800mtrs from the airport.

Distances: Centre: 1,5 km. Airport: 800 m. Port: 2 km. Sea: 400 m. Mon Repos Beach: 900 m. Super Market: 500 m. Pharmacy: 400 m. Bus station: 100 m.

Bretagne, a charming C' class heated and air-conditioned hotel, built in local style in a quiet area between Corfu town and Corfu airport near the renowned Garitsa bay. The hotel, offers very good service and family atmosphere to their guests. Close at hand, is Mon-Repos Beach set in magnificent gardens and the beach with many facilities including snack bar and changing sheds.

Facilities:

24-hour reception, snack bar, automatic telephone operator, money exchange, safety deposit boxes, lounge with satellite TV, music, private parking, central heating, air-condition.

Room Facilities:

43 nicely furnished, heated and air-conditioned rooms, with direct dial telephone, TV, private shower/WC, balcony.

Trip meet and greet weekend

We have set the date for the weekend of July 25 and 26. It will a combined meet and greet night with the reunion of the 2007 Morocco group on Friday July 25 at a Moroccan restaurant [TBA]. On Saturday morning we plan to visit Monsalvat in Eltham, [see pics]








after lunch we will travel to Williamstown where there are bay cruises, Scienceworks, cute shops and streets to wander. Saturday July 26 the members of the Greece/Turkey trip will dine at a Greek restaurant in Williamstown [TBA].
As many of us belong to all the groups, it seemed like a good idea to hold it all on the same weekend.
Helen is even going to make the trip from Brisbane for the weekend!! [We have been waiting to secure some cheaper airfares]
Everyone is most welcome and encouraged to join in all the activities for the weekend. Feel free to bring any family/friends along as well to share the fun and trip talk.
It would be great if you could let me know ASAP your numbers what bits you will be attending so we can make bookings.