Hôtel des Princes

WWWWWW | 33 rue Geiler ; 67000 Strasbourg (France)

Location

It's a 10 minute drive with a taxi from the train station in Strasbourg! It's a bit hard to find since it doesn't have that typical "hotel look".

Hotel

It's a cute little hotel with very few rooms. However they have a small room and balcony where you can have breakfast. 

Rooms

As you can see from my room tour here we had a very beautiful room! They have different sizes and looks which is always a plus cause you never know what your room might look like this time. It's absolutely clean (and is cleaned every day of course) and it just feels like home. Also, the bathrooms are big and depending on the room you either have a shower or bathtub! Oh and in case you want internet / wifi you just have to ask at the reception and you get a password! :)

Food

We actually never had breakfast or dinner there since we went on a business to Strasbourg! Everything had to be quick so we ordered breakfast to our room. They have a nice room service with a fairly big card. We had pizza, scampi, tarts with bacon & onion (Flammkuchen) and more. It was all served fairly quick (within 20 minutes or less) and you could also order some drinks! As for breakfast: it was so much! You just had to fill out a card the night before and you get everything to your room.

Service
Like you can tell from the room service the staff is absolutely amazing. They also have a 24h service in case you need something. They're friendly, helpful (in case you need tips for Strasbourg) and really put the costumer over everything else!

Notes
The view you get from the hotel is stunning! The hotel itself as its buildings around are simply beautiful. They look straight from another time. Also, if you have someone with a wheelchair with you, there will be no problem. They have an elevator and a ramp to enter the hotel!

Conclusion

We can highly recommend this hotel to you. It's a nice and affordable stay - even if it's just for a weekend. Strasbourg is too beautiful to only spend two days there though ;)

Panorama

WWW | Piazza Fonatana ; Bibione (Italy)

Location

It is located in the middle of Bibione and very easy to find. It's on the second floor and you can spend a quiet evening without too many people walking through the streets and shouting.

(pic from TripAdivsor)

Looks

Like the name says you actually sit on the second floor and have a panorama view over a part of Bibione. You can see the entire shopping street and also a bit of the "Luna Park" (Fun Fair). It might not look like the most expensive or fancy restaurant but the atmosphere is incredible!

Food

Of corse you can get typical Italian food! I personally adored the the "Spaghetti alla vongole" (which I've never eaten before). The taste was amazing and also the pizza is how you imagine it: thin crust, tasty and not too much cheese! However, you need to pay for cutlery so keep that in mind!

Service

Depending on whether it's rush hour or not you might find yourself waiting for your food. Which is not a big deal but we thought we should mention it as well! The staff is nice, helpful and always in for a joke or two! Also, they speak German and English in case you need it :)

Conclusion

We can highly recommend it. We know from personal experience but also from friends and family who went there that the food is always good and warm. And freshly made (which is always a must when you order fish for example). We just loved watching everyone getting ready for dinner and / or shopping while sitting upstairs and enjoying the sunset! 

Strasbourg Room Tour

So while we're staying in Strasbourg I thought I could do a little room tour for you guys. We're staying at the Hôtel des Princes which is really close to the center of Strasbourg. After a 15 mins. walk you arrive at the famous cathedral and can continue to shop 'til you drop! 

(click to enlarge pictures!)

This is what out room looks like. We've been here for the third time and this is by far the biggest room we stayed in. It is a superieure room and I absolutely love it!

Just look at that massive closet. Oh you could buy so may clothes to fill this one up (ours in just filled by half!)

I love this mirror so badly! It is large and beautiful (I think that every good hotel needs a big mirror!)

We also have a little desk area. It is placed in front of an huge window but unfortunately our view isn't the best :(

My nightstand. Yeah please don't mind it, it looks horrible with too many things on top!

Our enormous shower! The last times we were here, we had a bathtub so I'm really pleased with a shower. You can actually sit in there and I think this is awesome :)

Also the sink is brand new (excuse the mess) but it fits perfectly into the room! 

SCHUEBERFOUER

Today we'd like to share some pictures from the "Schueberfouer" or "Fouer" which is the biggest fun fair in Luxembourg! It takes place from end of August to mid-September :)

St. Aegidi Keller

WWW | Poststrasse 20 ; Bad Reichenhall (Germany)

Location

It's actually really easy to find. We were just walking around Bad Reichenhall (on the most visited street) and we found it. It's in a cellar, old and simply beautiful! 

Looks

As you can see from the picture above it's quite old and traditional. It's like time stood still in this place and we personally adore this. Now if you don't like the looks of it, don't be discouraged cause the food is actually really good :)

Food

The food is self made and you can definitely taste that! We had Gnocchi al burro e salvia (so with butter & sage) and boy was that good! They also sell a lot of wine - which we don't drink - but we heard from other people that it's exquisite as well!

Service

We have a person sitting in a wheel chair with us and everyone was nice and helpful. They directly tried to find us a better place so the wheel chair could fit at the table as well. They're very friendly and even made a few jokes with us!

Conclusion

The only thing we didn't like is that you don't get a lot of food for your money. You know when you order take out and you get a whole box full of Gnocchi? Well here you got 10 for the same price. 10 Gnocchi or course. Yes it was good but is it really worth it? We don't know. It is an amazing place nonetheless and we are sure you can spend some good nights over there! :)

Bella Napoli

WWW | Viale Aurora 144; Bibione (Italy)

Location

It's situated directly on the most visited streets in Bibione. 

Looks

Everything looks and feels totally cluttered. You can already see from the pictures above how the seating situation is, it's hard to even move. Plus they only have those hard wooden benches outside which aren't comfortable. They could at least put some pillows on it :)

Food
I ordered one of my favorite pasta dishes of all time: aglio, olio e pepperocino. You can't do a lot wrong with this, however Bella Napoli messed it up. First off the garlic was burned and it smelled / tasted horrible. Plus it should be spicy given the fact you have jalapeno in it and it tasted pretty normal. And last but not least it was only lukewarm. 

Service
We waited for ever to get our food / desert / bill. Plus the staff seemed very unorganized. We've got asked 3 times if we'd like to order but we already did. Weird.

Conclusion

We didn't like the atmosphere at all. The food wasn't good either AND it's too expensive for what it actually is. We can not recommend it at all :(

Avalon Hotel

WWW | Bahnhofplatz 13 ; Bad Reichenhall (Germany)

Location

Not too far from Salzburg and if your traveling by train, the train station is right across the street. It's perfect for a short stay like we did. 

Hotel

Like already stated it right next to the train station which doesn't cost a lot of trouble. The hotel itself is big, clean and simply beautiful. The entrance looks antique what I personally absolutely adore. The dining area is quite modern and gives you a nice panorama view.

Rooms

The rooms have everything you need: a shower / bath tub, phone, tv and hair dryer. They also have wireless internet and if you don't have your own computer you can use the one at the lobby. Now up to the room we had: we had a nice sitting area with huge pillows which was perfect for spending an relaxing evening. There were some huge cons as well. The bed was really uncomfortable and we found it hard to sleep. Then we had no shutters so the room itself was pretty bright (even with curtains) since we had a room right in front the train station. I don't think we even slept 3 hours. Unfortunately.

Food

The "Avalon Hotel" actually doesn't have its own restaurant so we had to search the city for a good one. But we had breakfast so we can tell you a bit about that. The view is absolutely stunning thanks to a roof balcony. It's bright, open and really relaxing. The coffee / breakfast itself was just okay. They didn't had a lot to choose from but I think you can work with the stuff they had.

Service
The staff is nice and friendly. They were really helpful when it came to find a good restaurant. We can't thank them enough :)

Notes
If you have someone in a wheel chair with you, everything could become a bit difficult. They do actually have an elevator but it's really small and we had some problems with it. What we liked was the parking: they have an underground garage (which you have to pay for) in which your car is absolutely safe since you need a key to get access to it.

Conclusion

It's actually quite nice if you have a short stay. The people are nice and I'm sure if you have a better room than we did you can definitely enjoy it.