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 The AA Hotel Guide 2008This is the UK's best-selling "Hotel Guide". It is a full colour guide to over 4,000 AA inspected Hotels in Britain and Ireland, fully updated for 2008. All of the establishments featured have been officially inspected and rated for quality by the AA's professional inspectors, each graded with 1 to 5 stars, with AA red stars highlighting top hotels. It contains more establishments offering more choice than competing guides. Over 800 budget hotels are featured, ideal for overnight stops. Plus, there are up-to-date details of room prices, credit cards, parking, directions and leisure facilities throughout. Central reservation telephone numbers are featured for the major hotel groups. The hotels featured are arranged in county order with prices, opening times, directions and websites. The special features include the AA Hotel of the Year Awards and AA Top Hotels in Britain and Ireland.More information and prices from: Amazon.com - US dollars Amazon.ca - Canadian dollars Amazon.co.uk - British pounds Amazon.de - Euros Amazon.fr - Euros  The Rough Guide to Britain by Robert Andrews, Jules Brown, Rob Humphreys, Phil Lee, Donald Reid If ever a nation were both hostage to and beneficiary of its history, it’s Britain. The single most important thing to remember when travelling here is that you’re visiting not one country, but three: England, Wales and Scotland. For visitors foreign and domestic, that means contending with three capital cities (London, Cardiff and Edinburgh) and three sets of national identity - not to mention the myriad accent shifts as you move between them. More information and prices from: Amazon.com - US dollars Amazon.ca - Canadian dollars Amazon.co.uk - British pounds Amazon.de - Euros Amazon.fr - Euros |
Stunning Interiors Unveiled For Park Plaza CardiffThe Park Plaza Cardiff opened in early 2005 as the fifth 4-star deluxe hotel to be opened in the United Kingdom by Park Plaza Hotels Europe since 2001. Located in the cultural hub of Cardiff and adjacent to the New Theatre, the 129-room Park Plaza Cardiff is part of the 'Greyfriars Development,' a landmark project on the site of the former Mid Glamorgan council offices on Greyfriars Road. In addition to providing the city centre's most stylish hotel and flexible meeting space, Park Plaza Cardiff offers unrivalled panoramic views of the city's famous Cathays Park area comprising The National Museums & Galleries, Cardiff City Hall and the Law Courts. Director of Sales Melissa Moore said, "We are determined to set new standards of design and style for the Cardiff hotel sector. "The intention is to make Park Plaza Cardiff the hotel of first choice for visitors to the city. As well as being Cardiff's newest luxury hotel, Park Plaza Cardiff will also set new design and style standards for the capital. "It's also fitting that we are opening Park Plaza Cardiff at the start of the city's Centenary Year, demonstrating that Cardiff continues to be a magnet for investors and developers," added Moore. Park Plaza Cardiff is a design-led, boutique-style contemporary hotel featuring superbly appointed guestrooms and providing wireless broadband connectivity. The guestrooms are complemented by flexible conference and banqueting facilities, plus a unique restaurant and bar. The function space is suitable for banquets, product launches, meetings and exhibitions and is equipped with state-of-the-art audiovisual and technical equipment, neutral and tranquil décor and high specification intelligent lighting. The development also features a stunning new £2m leisure and spa complex, featuring a 20-metre pool. "The leisure complex complements the hotel superbly well and it is undoubtedly be the finest facility of its kind in the city centre," said General Manager Hugh Hilary. "Having previously worked in New York, Paris, Spain and London, I am well aware of the modern and vibrant city that Cardiff has become. As its reputation develops, the requirement for world-class hotels increases. At Park Plaza Cardiff, we have such a facility. That, combined with the very best in guest service, will further strengthen Cardiff's success in attracting corporate and leisure visitors," said Hilary.
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 The Rough Guide to Wales by Mike Parker, Paul Whitfield Wales is the most beguiling part of the British Isles. Even its comparative anonymity serves it well: where the tourist dollar has swept away some of the more gritty aspects of local life in parts of Ireland and Scotland, reducing ancient cultures to misty Celtic pastiche, Wales remains brittle and brutal enough to be real, and diverse enough to remain endlessly interesting. Within its small mass of land, Wales boasts some stunning physical attributes. Its mountain ranges, ragged coastline, lush valleys and old-fashioned market towns all invite long and repeated visits. The culture, too, is compelling, whether in its Welsh- or English-language manifestations, its Celtic or its industrial traditions, its ancient cornerstones of belief or its contemporary chutzpah. More information and prices from: Amazon.com - US dollars Amazon.ca - Canadian dollars Amazon.co.uk - British pounds Amazon.de - Euros Amazon.fr - Euros |
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