How to choose a hotel: tourist advice

It’s well-known that every person has his unique requirements for recreation. For one person recreation means backpacks, swimming in mountain rivers, sitting near an open fire and sleeping in a tent; for another – it’s meditation at a beach; and somebody never gets tired from running from one excursion to another. Tastes differ. Whether you want to go on a romantic trip, or take an excursion tour around a city, or look for adventures and extreme sports, in any case, no matter what country you are in, the place you temporarily dwell in should become your home, to help you to relax and enjoy every second of your trip.

That’s why we believe that correct choice of the hotel is a 50% guaranty of good recreation. Location of the hotel, its room, services, food, entertainment, additional services that are provided at the hotel, will, no doubt, influence your impression of the trip. Taking into consideration your preferences of food, pay attention that at different hotels different meals plans are offered: “breakfasts only”, “half-board”, “full-board” and the most popular one “all inclusive”. To consider all details of the trip is necessary before its beginning because instead of having a pleasant time, you’ll be nervous and irritable. Also, you should decide how much money you are willing to spend. Many people believe that the more stars the hotel has, the better it is. However, when choosing a hotel, try to forget about its stars and just read descriptions of the hotel, see its pictures and get familiarized with guests’ feedback. So, if you belong to people who work the whole year long and then, at his well deserved leave, think that you have the right to get wonderful rest regardless of expenses, you should definitely choose a good and comfortable accommodation.

According to tourist resource TripAdvisor, the most modern hotel of LUX class in Europe is Prague hotel The ICON Hotel & Lounge. The hotel is located in the very center of Prague just in several minutes from Vaclavske Square. A team of young designers have combined traditional elements of architecture with modern tendencies; as a result, they turned a building of XIX century into a quite unexpected space. The hotel received its name not accidentally. Once, the building belonged to Orthodox believers, and today, there is a wonderful icon at the building.

There are hotels even for those who like the wildest recreation. For instance, at Swiss hotel Kolarbyn you don’t have to behave as an aristocrat or to wear a bow at the dinner - in its forest huts there is even no electricity. Here, you’ll have first to chop some wood to stay warm. The food is cooked here on the open fire and you’ll have to take your bath in the nearest stream. Also, once a year, guests who are 25 and older, are allowed to go hunting.

If you like something unusual and magic, you’ll definitely like ice hotel Hotel de Glace in Canada. You’ll be surprised, but every December, artists rebuild this hotel over and over. It’s open from January 7 to March 27, and its construction takes 400 tons of ice and 12 thousand tons of snow. Everything here without exception is made of ice: from fireplaces to glasses. It’s warm here only in the bathroom. There is also a wedding chapel at the hotel.

If you, like a typical modern person, often lack solitude and quiet, and in addition, these two aspects should be combined with comfort and beautiful landscape around, then you should go to the Kornati Islands. According to a legend, when God was creating earth, he threw a hand-full of soil into the Adriatic Sea and Kornati Islands appeared. It’s hard to imagine but many cottages at these islands have its own bay.

Concerning Ukrainian hotels, inquisitive tourists will like hotel "Grun Hof", located in Guklyvay Village in the Carpathians. The hotel is unique and original due to interesting historical facts, as in the last century, the Hungarian and Polish border lied not far from the estate. At the beginning of the World War II, Hungarians built a fortification to protect themselves from the Red Army. The estate "Grun Hof" has been constructed on the remains of defensive bunker. Now the bunker has been reconstructed as a mini-bar. There is a library and cigar room there; and every room of the hotel tells the history of the past period. The hotel specializes in military tourism and active recreation.