Holidays Uncut – Clubbing Holiday Review & Advice

Hotel: Oud huis de Paaella (4 Star)
£120 p/p Executive room  includes Full breakfast
Facilities: Gym, Turkish Sauna
Travel: Eurostar £120 p/p
Taxi to Bruges Central station €8 (approx. 10 mins)

Total for 2 night inc travel £220 per person

Day 1
Shopping in and around Markt/ Grote Market square. The centre of the city plays host to a variety of high street and boutique shops which still maintain the character of the city.

Dinner: ‘t Vagevuur (English speaking waiters)
Mussels and Frites €19
Local Beer €5
House wine €4

Day 2

Museums (€8 for Adults)
Choco Story – This chocolate museum set over 3 floors, tells the story of the history of chocolate. The journey through the museum culminates with a live chocolate making tutorial in both French and English language.
www.choco-story.be

Archaeology museum – The history of the city from stone age to present day.
Church of our Lady,
Michelangelo original work of Madonna and child from 1504 is the cities most treasured works of art.

Shops
2 Be in Brugges (Wollestraat)
If you love your Beer, then you must visit the biggest beer cellar in Bruges. Towards the back of the entrance there is a bar, which opens out on to the canal where you can enjoy a beer or two.

Dinner:
Bistrot Du Phare (Sasplein) – Bistro Jazz
World Food, and local cuisine served in a warm hospitable environment. The Belgian decor is complimented with Singer sewing machine dinner tables, toped off with wine bottles hosting candles.
Main – €20

February 2012

Popularity: 1% [?]

Two English guys in New York New York.

We stayed in Flatbush, Brooklyn during our 7 day stay of New York. The plan was to visit over the national holiday period to experience the Independence day celebrations across the city.

Brooklyn Bowl
On a Thursday night in Brooklyn we ventured to the Brooklyn Bowling alley where Questlove had held a long running residency. Questlove was in Europe at the time of our visit and so he was substituted on the decks by none other than Q-tip of a tribe called Quest. The stand in DJ was more than a capable replacement as he played an array of sounds ranging from Blondie, through to Busta Rhymes, and Amy Winehouse remixes.
The Brooklyn Bowl only costs around £5 entry and the drinks weren’t priced to badly either. the venue was open till around 2am.

http://www.brooklynbowl.com/

Brooklyn Bowl   61 Wythe Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211   (718)963-3369,

Habana Outpost
The Habana Outpost, located in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, serves traditional Mexican and Cuban food and drink. The outdoor area is a cool chilled out vibe with a mixture of young mature professionals in majority.
Prices for the food and drink are fairly reasonable. I highly recommend the xl Burrito for the ultimate filling meal.

http://www.cafehabana.com/locations/location/habana-outpost

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Date: 27th May 2011
Persons 2
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Duration: 1 night Cairo + 4 nights in Sharm el sheikh
Airline: Egypt Airways

The holiday to Egypt was born out of an in-depth interest in the history and culture of Egypt. The country had been under intense political pressure with a protest to over throw the Egyptian government, capturing news headlines all over the world. The news of un-rest as well as Shark attacks in the red sea, meant that tourism on a whole was down in 2011 for Egypt.
Here is my recommendation for a holiday to Cairo and Sharm el sheikh.

Our holiday had been booked 6 months in advance in 20110, and we had no intention of cancelling any part of it. Prior to departure I seek advice from the Egyptian Embassy and also the FCO(http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/middle-east-north-africa/egypt), but both sources of information were very vague. In search of more information in anticipation for my holiday to Cairo, I decided to message people that were currently in Cairo using the social networking tool, Twitter. The advice I gained from Twitter users was insightful and extremely useful.

Cairo

On arrival to Cairo airport from London Heathrow, we were greeted by a local travel representative. Our luggage was loaded onto our 20 seater coach we had all to ourselves. The travel rep was polite and friendly and presented to us a variety of excursions. We chose only to accept one of he excursions which was a tour of the Pyramids of Egypt.
We stayed at the Mercure Le Sphinx Hotel (1 Alexandria Desert Road), which I would rate as 4 stars. Its in an amazing location right next to the Pyramids and is clean and quiet, with a lovely pool and surrounding gardens.
The tour was a full day, and included lunch along with a graduate of Egyptian history giving us a one-on-one explanation of all the sites, and its history. We visited all of the pyramids of Giza and the great Sphinx, along with a camel ride. For lunch we visited the Sakura Restaurant which is highly recommended. Had it not been for our tour guide we would never had known about the poor area of Sakura, but the outdoor restaurant here was amazing.
The tour costs a total of £60 Sterling, and was definitely well worth it.

On day two of our trip to Cairo we decided to visit the Egypt museum which is located beside Tahir square. The Egypt museum costs around £4 Sterling and includes the amazing Tutankhamun exhibition.
Before our departure of Cairo to Sharm el Sheikh we had a light lunch at FelFela Restaurant + takeaway Near Meridian Hotel in Giza opposite pyramids.

Sharm el sheikh
The weather was a lot hotter in Sharm than in Cairo, possibly around 35 degrees. Our transfer to the Falcon Naama Star, located within Naama Bay was around 30 mins drive in the evening. The Falcon Naama Star was in a decent location to the shops, but was away form the sea. The Falcon Naama Star should be rated as a 3 star hotel at best. For a young group of guys or girls the hotel is recommended, but for families and couples, I would advise on going elsewhere, possibly Sharks bay for the same money a 5 star all inclusive option is possible. If you do want to stay within Naama Bay then the Helnan Marina Hotel is in a good location in Sharm with its own Beach.
Activities – Ras Mohammed for Snorkelling. Trip will cost £44 Sterling p/p. Don’t forget to purchase a water camera!
-Trip includes, Coach, equipment(£5 to rent wet suit), and lunch buffet style.

The total holiday costs around £550p/p, and was money well spent on a holiday consisting of activities as well as relaxation.

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The Southport Weekender is now an annual event which takes place every May in the north east of England. The event caters for all musical tastes with a variety dj’s and live performance catering for all genres of music.

Venue and Location
The event takes place at the Pontins holiday park which is an ideal location for a contained indoor event with 3 main music rooms.

Costs
Southport weekender costs £159. This includes accommodation and access to all of the music events over the 3 days of partying.

Accommodation.
This consists of on-site chalets which accommodate a min of 4 – 7 persons. The chalets include basic amenities with a cooker and fridge to get you through the weekend.

Daytime
Its all about the Chalet parties. These are sound systems that play throughout the day, to ensure that nobody sleeps while they are at the weekender. If the weather is good this can be a highlight of the weekend with good vibes outdoor.

Nigh time
Entry is gained into all areas of the complex via an ID card lanyard and a wristband. Be sure that you don’t lose either, as you will not gain entry without these.
The venues start to get packed by around 23:30 with most of the parties’ going on till the early morning and around the clock in the house room, so be prepared!

Advice
– Be sure to bring your own supply of food to cook on-site yourself. There is a local supermarket nearby.
– Bring an item of bedding, as the sheets supplied are minimal
– Top up on electricity vouchers. £8 should be more than enough for the weekend.
– Ladies, high heels are a big mistake

For more informaton and contact visit:

http://www.southportweekender.co.uk

Popularity: 16% [?]

AMSTERDAM DA CHAMPAGNE CRUISE… 5 – 7th November 2010

Bush Bash Travel bring you a weekend full of entertainment in Amsterdam

Boat Party music policy will be Uk Garage, UK Funky, Bashment, Hip Hop and RnB and for the Back 2 School Disco Strictly 90′s Hip Hop, RnB, Bashment and Jungle. Dress code is Smart and Sexy for Friday night and School uniform for Saturday night.

Supper Club

Friday
The SUPPERCLUB cruise is a sailing version of a West End club. Spread over 3 floors the Supperclub comes complete with the great white space ‘La Salle Neige’, the black space ‘Le Bar Noir’ and a large open-air deck. Cruising around Amsterdam’s calm canals at night mean magnificent views of the city plus a ride so smooth you will hardly notice the boat moving! Also to make life easier, the boat will be docked behind the hotel at the beginning and end of the night.

Saturday
Shhhhhhhh!!!! The location is secret but we can tell you that its very close to the hotel.

Popularity: 14% [?]