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Cape Verde or the Canary Islands as a holiday destination?

Cape Verde or the Canary Islands? Which archipelago is most suitable for your vacation? Both archipelagos are beautiful and are at about 2 hour flight (1,500 kilometers) from each other. They are located off the coast of Europe and Africa. There is much to see and experience on these beautiful island groups. Given the geographical location, there are many similarities, but also some important differences. We have listed a number of important differences (and similarities) in this article for you. This will makes it easier for you to make a choice for your holiday destination if you want to go for the first time to one of the two destinations.

Location and islands

Cape Verde and the Canary Islands (part of Spain) are part of Maracronesia, a collection of four archipelagos formed by sea mountains on the ocean bottom with peaks above the ocean surface. The islands are of volcanic origin and have a unique biosphere.

The Canary Islands consist of 7 inhabited islands, including Cran Ganaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote. This Spanish archipelago belongs to Europe and is located at around 1,100 kilometers from the mainland of Spain. The island of Lanzarote is approximately 100 kilometers off the coast of Morocco. The islands are very diverse and attract both beach and nature lovers. The large islands are very popular with tourists and are by now less unspoilt.

Cape Verde – the old colony of Portugal – consists of 9 inhabited islands including Santiago, Sao Vicente, Sal and Boavista. In addition to being located further south than the Canary Islands, Cape Verde is also further from the coast of Africa. Cape Verde is 664 kilometers from the mainland (Senegal). The islands differ greatly from each other, which makes it so unique. Each island has its qualities and is suitable for certain activities such as surfing, hiking or enjoying beautiful beaches.

Similar climate

Sun in abundance on both archipelagos. The weather on Cape Verde and the Canary Islands is fairly similar. Temperatures are nice all year round. Ofcourse in summer it is warmer than in winter. In Cape Verde temperatures – partly due to the closer location near the equator – are slightly higher than on the Canary Islands. The weather varies depending on the height and the location of the various islands. On the flat islands (Sal, Boavista, Maio or Fuerteventura, Lanzarote) it is generally warmer. Both archipelagos are a good winter sun destination and for surfing enthusiasts the conditions are perfect as well.

Beautiful beaches on both archipelagos

The beaches are an important reason for many travelers to go to Cape Verde or the Canary Islands. Both Cape Verde and the Canary Islands have beautiful beaches. Even so beautiful that they are often mentioned in the list of the top beaches in the world. You have both white and black volcanic sandy beaches on both archipelagos. On Cape Verde, especially the sandy beaches on Sal, Boavista and Maio are well known. On the Canary Islands, these are the sandy beaches on the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria.

Cape Verde is cheaper

In addition to the average prices in Cape Verde being a lot lower than in the Europe, the price level in Cape Verde is also a lot lower compared to the Canary Islands. To illustrate, what do you pay for a comfortable hotel room, 2-course dinner, drinks and a taxi / museum visit? On Cape Verde between 40 and 90 euros. On the Canary Islands, these expenses are between 60 and 150 euros. Note: prices can vary greatly per island and location. Prices are much lower on the smaller islands.

Lots of tourism on the Canary Island

After the landing of the first charter plane (1956) on the Canary Islands, tourism exploded. Almost every year the record of tourists arriving at the Canary Islands is broken. In 2017, 4.6 million tourists visited the Canary Islands. Most tourists visit the islands of Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Lanzarote.

The number of tourists in Cape Verde is in stark contrast to that of the Canary Islands. In 2017 there were more than 700 thousand tourists in Cape Verde. Mainly on the islands of Sal, Boavista and Santiago. Tourism in Cape Verde is developing rapidly. The advantage for the government of Cape Verde is that they can watch and learn from other countries how they want to shape tourism or not. Cape Verde is increasingly trying to focus on sustainable tourism instead of only mass tourism

Nightlife

When the sun goes down nightlife starts. In every archipelago and on every island in its own way. On the tourist islands of the Canary Islands, nightlife is highly developed. Well-known areas are the Playa de las America on Tenerife and Playa del Ingles on Gran Canaria. You have an abundance of restaurants, bars and clubs here. Nightlife on Cape Verde is at a smaller scale and you can mainly find it on the islands of Sal, Santiago (Praia) and Sao Vicente (Mindelo).

In summary

Cape Verde and the Canary Islands are difficult to compare. Both archipelagos have their own atmosphere and culture. Quite similar are the climate and the beautiful beaches. Cape Verde is approximately 700 kilometers more to the south than the Canary Islands and is closer to the equator. Partly because of this, the temperature is slightly higher in Cape Verde. Travelers who love a lot of bars, shops and commerce will like it best on the Canary Islands. For nature lovers, no mass tourism and relaxed culture, Cape Verde is a must. Both on Cape Verde and the Canary Islands there are major differences between the islands themselves. This means that there is something for everyone.

British-based banks planning for EU ‘no’ stymied by lack of European office space

By Sinead Cruise, Anjuli Davies

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LONDON (Reuters) – A shortage of prime office space in rival European financial centres may torpedo plans by some of London’s banks to quit the UK capital if Britain opts out of European Union membership.

The Canary Wharf financial district is seen in east London November 12, 2014. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with the EU and then hold a vote by the end of 2017 on whether to stay in the bloc or leave.

Deutsche Bank DBKGn.DE, the euro zone’s second largest bank by assets, confirmed this week it was considering cutting its UK operations if the country pulled out, and other big global banks are expected to rethink the scale of their UK operations under such an eventuality.

But decamping from their expansive London homes to Frankfurt, Paris or Dublin would be no simple task.

“None of the major European cities could cater for that kind of demand at the click of fingers or even with six months notice,” said Mat Oakley, head of commercial research at global real estate consultancy Savills SVS.L.

“The markets across Europe are pretty tight in terms of vacancy rates and lenders are so risk averse in terms of speculative office development that a bank would have to do a pre-let (commit to rent a property before it has been built), or buy a site,” he said.

Both of those options would incur large unnecessary costs if the UK stays in the EU.

“The potential referendum on EU membership bothers many of our clients immensely,” said Miles Gibson, Head of UK Research at real estate advisor CBRE CBG.N.

“Even though we think the PM would campaign for an ‘in’ vote and would ultimately win, the sooner he can resolve this issue, the better.”

London’s status as a global financial centre dates back to the 16th century, when it became a hotbed of merchant banking, international trade and commerce strategically placed between the ‘Old World’ Europe and the ‘New World’ Americas.

Fortune-seekers have flocked to the capital in every century since and a large financial services industry now thrives in two main financial districts – the historic City and the modern estate of Canary Wharf, built in the late 1980s to accommodate banks keen to cash in on an era of light-touch regulation.

London was home to 143,500 banking professionals at the end of 2014, according to lobby group TheCityUK.

Office occupiers in the UK capital typically allow 11.3 square metres per workstation, according to the British Council for Offices.

London based banks tend to occupy this size of space in large buildings where trading and lending teams can work in close contact. So if they wanted to move 100,000 of staff out of London, they would need to find 1.13 million square metres of equivalent prime space elsewhere.

But there is just 1.46 million square metres of vacant prime and non-prime quality office space in Frankfurt, 941,000 square metres in Paris and 451,111 square metres in Dublin, data from real estate firm CBRE shows.

Some banks have already shifted back-office and support functions to countries like Ireland.

But Dublin is not an easy option for any substantial future move either, having seen the largest annual increase in prime office space occupancy costs – a proxy for demand – worldwide, recording a 34.9 percent rise year-on-year in 2014, CBRE said.

Just 1. 8 percent of the city’s total Grade A office space – prime real estate in its two best postal districts of Dublin 2 and Dublin 4 – was available to rent at the end of the first quarter 2015, further data from the real estate advisor showed.

As a result, says Savills’ Oakley, many of his financial services clients have suggested they are likely to leave the bulk of their operations in place whatever the referendum outcome.

“…The practicalities of hiring or moving 1,000-5,000 staff to comparatively small markets in Ireland, France or Germany were so spectacularly difficult, they couldn’t envisage moving lock, stock and barrel,” he said.

“NOT ALL OR NOTHING”

While other banks may be concerned about the impact of Britain leaving Europe, many of them are pressing ahead with building projects in London that would appear to secure the city’s position as Europe’s top financial centre.

Goldman Sachs, which employs around 5,500 people in Britain, is building a new 111,500 square metre European headquarters in London’s Farringdon business hub.

Separately, construction is underway to create a new 65,000 square metre City base for Swiss bank UBS UBSG.VX.

And even Deutsche Bank, despite its worst-case scenario contingency plans – is looking to rent additional space in Canary Wharf to house people from several London offices, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. Deutsche employs around 9,000 people in the UK in 16 locations, the bulk of which reside in its Moorgate headquarters.

“It’s not as binary as just simply moving out of the UK altogether,” said one investment banking source speaking on condition of anonymity.

“There are many reasons why banks are in the UK. Their clients are here, it has the biggest stock exchange in Europe. It’s not all or nothing.”

France’s Societe Generale SOGN.PA has also signed up to a 25-year lease on 26,000 square metres of offices currently under construction in Canary Wharf. The bank is due to move in 2019.

JPMorgan meanwhile, which employs around 19,000 people in the UK including 11,000 in London, says it has no special task force in place to consider what an exit from the EU would mean for its British business.

Perhaps some remember a previous move away from London made by several major hedge funds in 2009. They included Brevan Howard, which moved its main office to Geneva as tax rate hikes and tighter EU regulations loomed.

Three years later, however it was on the hunt again for properties in London. Hedge fund industry sources said the plan suggested some traders were missing the city’s buzzing night life.

“We could move our HQ wherever we want,” said one senior investment banker who spoke on condition of anonymity.

“We would never do this as London is a market that allows you to attract talent. If you want to be close to the action, you have to be in London.”

Editing by Sophie Walker

the Barbican Conservatory — Jane Perrone

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Episode 217

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Jane: To plant, or not to plant, that is the question. That’s a terrible question! The answer is obviously to plant but there is a small theatrical angle on this week’s show as I head to London to discover a hidden horticultural gem.

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Jane: My name’s Jane Perrone, host of this podcast On The Ledge, the aural destination for all things houseplant related. In this episode I visit the Barbican Conservatory in the great capital city of London to find out about the incredible plant collection there and I answer a question about a Kentia Palm.

I do hope you’ve had a fabulous week. I’ve been doing my annual spring clean of the shed, it took so long and it’s still not finished but it’s very satisfying to clear up the disaster area that was a lot of spilled potting mix and all kinds of mess. The shed is also home to my hardier, not hardy, but hardier cacti and succulents, so they’ve had their first watering. I need to go and check on them and make sure the whole thing hasn’t collapsed into a pile of mush, so fingers crossed.

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Jane: I can’t believe I’ve been travelling to London for visits all my life and yet I’d never been to the conservatory at the Barbican. The Barbican is a really famous part of London, you may recognise it from its brutalist architecture, basically it’s a massive lump of concrete and its very fine theatre. The last play I saw there was Mr Benedict Cumberbatch in Hamlet, yes I was in the front row, yes I enjoyed every minute of it. But, you may not know that The Barbican is also home to the second largest glass house in London. I met head gardener Marta Lowcewicz to find out more.

Jane: Well, thank you very much on this snowy day, well, it’s not actually snowy in London but I can tell you there were heavy flurries on my way from Bedfordshire, so it felt rather strange as I was coming into this rather less snowy environment of The Barbican Conservatory. We’re stood here and there’s a lovely… is that a robin singing in the background?

Marta: It is. Actually, we’ve got two robins and they are starting to build their nest in here.

Jane: Oh, that’s so nice. Well I’m glad there’s some wildlife enjoying the trees because you have got some really big trees in here. A high ceiling set around this central concrete tower, the classic Barbican architecture. Lots of people don’t know about this place, tell us a bit about how it came to be here.

Marta: As you probably know, or may not know, we’re based in the city of London in the heart of London, basically. This part of the city of London was heavily bombed during the Second World War simply because of the proximity to St Paul’s Cathedral and after the war, obviously, lots of buildings were in ruin. So the City of London Corporation came up with the idea that they’re going to build a new space that gives people somewhere to live and enjoy themselves. That’s how they came up with the idea of building the Barbican estate and, obviously, the Barbican centre. So the project was designed by three architects, Chamberlin, Powell and Bon. In the process of designing it, and we’re talking about 50s and 60s so that modernist, brutalist architecture, during the process of designing they have to design the theatre and in the old-fashioned theatre, I was told by the architect, they have to build what is called the Fly Tower. So the tower that holds all the flyers, the backgrounds for the theatre. As you can see it’s in front of you, this massive concrete monstrosity, it was a little bit ugly looking, so they tried to disguise it by building a conservatory around it. On the original architect drawings you can see that there was always an idea to build a glasshouse in here. The original ones were actually designed as a pyramid in the Louvre. So that was that triangle shape but, obviously, with the time it evolved into this place. So the Fly Tower actually divides the conservatory into two spaces, the west-facing space and the east-facing space, simply how we are orientated around the world.

Jane: This shows the power of plants really to take, as you say, this brutalist architecture and soften it with lovely plants. So we’ve got some hanging plants, I can see Monstera deliciosa up there, I can see Dracaena trees, there’s lots of lovely plants in here. What climate is this kept to?

Marta: We are London’s second largest glass house after the Temperate glasshouse in Kew Gardens. We have a separate similar temperate regime, so we are a temperate glass house. The temperatures in here will be as low as 11 degrees (Celcius) in the winter and, obviously, as high as possible in the summer. We have a section for our Aroid or succulent plants, where the temperature will fall as low as 8 degrees (Celcius) in the winter. It’s all heated but, as I said, the heating is kept to minimal for the plants to survive and live.

Jane: You’re in a heat island, the City of London, and this is your own little heat island but it’s not that hot, as you say, it doesn’t feel a sauna-like environment, it just feels comfortable, doesn’t it?

Marta: So when people think about it and see it on the photos they think it’s a tropical jungle. We mimic that but it’s not a tropical jungle feel. So if you were lucky to travel to a tropical jungle you can imagine that heat and mist. Sometimes in the summer, if we get more hot summers in London, especially due to the climate change, it will get hot in here but people say: “Why don’t you spray more water?” If I spray more water in here it would be like a sauna as you said, too hot, you couldn’t breathe. It happens sometimes, if we water on a really hot summer day, we try to water in the morning, so when the water evaporates, obviously, the heat… it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity of it that we’re not used to.

Jane: Yes, that can get pretty unpleasant. I can imagine there are some challenges to gardening in this kind of environment, not least handling some of these very, very tall trees and climbers coming off these balconies. Do you have to get out the climbing rope sometimes? How do you keep it looking good?

Marta: Yes, so basically when The Barbican was designed as a building back in the 50s and 60s, health and safety was not in their agenda. So although it looks lovely we sometimes have to put a lot of climbing gear, safety gear on to go into and do some plants. We came up with some weird and wonderful ideas, we use lots of long pole saws to cut some plants that we can’t access. If there’s something which we can’t do, we try to call in every year the arborist, so they will reduce the crown of our trees because they will grow and eventually we cannot move the roof, so we will try to reduce the crown for the trees to fit within the conservatory. By doing that we allow more light for the lower growing plants to thrive in the spring and summer and the winter months, especially.

Jane: I can see a real diversity of plants in here, tell me about some of the stars of the show.

Marta: So we’ve got 1,500 species in here, 300 of them are succulents and the cacti. The stars, it’s tricky to say because we’ve got so many individual plants that’s really, really difficult to pinpoint. We’ve got some rare endangered species. We’ve got an Obetia ficifolia, it’s a nettle family tree and it’s actually endangered in their native habitat. By the way we didn’t go there and poach them; they were donated to us and happened to be there. Especially in the cacti section, we’ve got lots of cacti from Mexico like Lophophora williamsii, Peyote, that is endangered in the wild native habitats. Wherever you look, probably each plant during the whole growing year here is a star for different reasons because we’ve got a collection of Pelargoniums, they will be stars during the summer months. In the late summer, early autumn, they probably would be overtaken by chillis with all the weird and wonderful shapes and things like that. In the winter, we’ve got orchids, cold glass house orchids. We’ve got some Cymbidiums now that are flowering, so it’s ever-changing. We’ve got Birds of Paradise and what is wonderful in this place, when people come in here and because London is so diverse, each plant brings back the memories for them of their home, of their parents, of their travel. So for the people who visit us, different plants are different stars basically, so that’s how I try to measure the success of the place or the stardom of the plants, if that makes sense?

Jane: That does make sense and you’re right, somebody can have a plant that sparks off a particular memory of home or relatives. I guess the one that possibly is iconic is the Monstera deliciosa and you really are showing how this plant, even though it’s growing up concrete, you’re showing how this plant grows as opposed to how we have it in a little tiny pot in the house because it’s romping away up this wall here. Is that one that people particularly want to photograph and look at?

Marta: If you go through Instagram feeds, that’s probably one of your popular platforms now to go through, you will see that one of the most photographed plants in here will be Monstera deliciosas and we do have the variegated versions in here that are quite old and they show the lovely variegation of them, but you’re right, that’s how they grow in their natural habitats in Mexico. They sort of semi-climbing, trailing just create a massive abundance of leaves. When we think about them in our average houseplants, we buy them as a little, little cutting. Sometimes they don’t even have the fenestration, we wait for the fenestration, but people don’t realise generally how big they will grow. I’ve got it with my own sister, she’s like: “Oh, I’d love to have them,” I said: “Do you realise your flat is not big enough to sustain that plant?” If you look on the majority of those plants, you probably can recognise them from your houseplants because they are your houseplants just grown to the size of the space, basically, that’s what happened with them here, we let them loose a little bit.

Jane: Is that an Araucaria, Norfolk Island Pine there that I’m seeing?

Marta: Yes, that’s an Araucaria heterophylla.

Jane: Again, another plant that people grow as a houseplant but here you’re seeing its potential to get very large and very beautiful, but yes I think lots of people struggle with that but it’s a really beautiful tree. What are these trees on the other side here, you’ve got four really tall trees here which I can’t immediately recognise but I’m thinking Ficus?

Marta: Yes, you’re thinking right. If you think about 70s and 80s, that is your staple for every household, so it’s Ficus benjamina.

Jane: Oh it is! Okay, you look at that and go: “Oh yes, that’s why that plant hits your ceiling and gets too big,” because they’re enormous.

Marta: Exactly, they are absolutely enormous and as I said before, every year they get pruned and the crown gets reduced by two-thirds actually.

Jane: Yeah, wow.

Marta: So you can imagine how quickly and how big they can grow in the right conditions.

Jane: Yes, that’s amazing and you don’t have the problem that people have in their homes of moving them about and then all the leaves falling off because these are presumably planted into the ground, how is the soil set up here?

Marta: So the funny fact is that we’re based on the third floor, so underneath are offices, theatre and all the things that make Barbican working. Our beds are not super deep, on the deepest points they are 1.3 metres deep, some of them are shallower and the Ficuses were planted as little babies. If I showed you the archive photos they were just the size of your average houseplant and, over the 40 years they’ve been here, they’ve just grown to the size that you see, so those two/three floors almost.

Jane: It’s really interesting to see what their bark actually looks like because we’re not really used to seeing that, they’ve got lovely smooth, very pale grey bark, which is actually rather lovely.

Marta: Yes, if I look on them in the right mornings or when you catch the light, it’s almost like it’s glistening, some whiteness to it.

Jane: Yes, it’s beautiful. There you go, that’s another example of how we underestimate the potential of houseplants to get huge. Is there anything here that perhaps wouldn’t be well known as a houseplant but could work in a home setting, things that you might be able to try at home that people don’t grow?

Marta: So there is one particular plant that is my favourite and I always recommend it for the dark corners in the houses that people mostly struggle with. It’s a well-known plant but it’s a little bit forgotten at the moment, it’s an Aspidistra…

Jane: Elatior?

Marta: Elatior!

Jane: One of my favourites as well. Although, yes, it’s funny isn’t it, because I think it’s coming back now? People are starting to grow it again.

Marta: It is, yes. There is a smaller version which is Aspidistra crispa and it has white dots on them and there’s even rarer version which has a variegation on it, so you can have the leaf variegated with with white because variegation is not necessarily white, it can be yellow as well just to clarify.

Jane: Yes, well that is a good choice and one of my favourites. Although, I have a variegated one but I found that the variegation indoors just didn’t come very well and I put it outside and the variegation seemed to flourish, so I don’t know whether that’s just probably light.

Marta: It is, all the variegations are related to the light. So the more light they get the variegated plants they will come up with better variegation but, equally, I’ll go back to the variegated Monstera, you see it on the photos of beautiful leaves with hardly any variegation, they’re almost white, if not white. If they were planted on their own they would not survive because they don’t have enough chlorophyll in them to sustain them and keep them growing. So, yes, the variegation is nice but you don’t want to encourage too much of it and you’ll probably notice as well the variegated plant will grow slower because they will need more chlorified green to keep them going.

Jane: Yes, it’s a trade off, isn’t it? This place is open to members of the public part of the time, so if people are coming to London they can look on The Barbican website, do you have a book in advance still? How is it working now?

Marta: At the moment you have to check for the dates because we share the space between lots of different types of events but all the dates are released roughly two weeks in advance. So it’s best to check on the website, pre-book the ticket and all the dates and tickets will be released in half-an-hour slots still, I think, but the tickets are free of charge, so you can get in here and we won’t charge you anything and you can spend as much time as you want inside of here. As I said you have to just pre-book it in advance, it’s super popular unfortunately if you want to get a ticket.

Jane: I bet.

Marta: I will give you a good tip, sometimes on the day there are some extra tickets released, so if you’re not lucky you can try to do it on the day.

Jane: That’s a good tip. Do you have any problems with people who don’t realise that it’s not okay to take cuttings of plants from your space?

Marta: I think, yes, I think like most of the spaces like Kew, Chelsea garden and any space that you can imagine that have got a collection of plants, and especially houseplants, that have been so popular and even during the pandemic. If you have a collection of rare plants, yes, people think it’s okay to take a cutting or they will ask us and we say we’re really sorry but we don’t donate or give away cuttings or even sell them. Because simply if I had 100 people within a week to ask for a cutting there will be no plants left, basically. Some of them are very, very, very difficult to obtain, to propagate, to grow but, yes, there are some people… we have some information to try to discourage people from stealing them or taking cuttings but, unfortunately, it happens.

Jane: Yes, and you’re right, it’s a problem across all gardens that are open to the public. I’m noticing a couple of other plants that I just wanted to mention. I’m loving that, I can never remember what the current Latin name is, the purple Tradescantia up there, coming down, trailing down off the balcony there.

Marta: The old Latin name Tradescantia ‘Purpurea’.

Jane: Has it changed again, I can’t remember now?

Marta: With the botany and the names, it changes constantly and you have to be really quick to keep up with it.

Jane: I think it’s commonly called Purple Heart or something like that but that looks so stunning the way you’ve got it pouring down off that balcony. Is trimming that a challenge?

Marta: Yes, it is a challenge on its own, you can see some of the window boxes have been trimmed, so we try to do it at the same time as the arborist comes, so we get a good clear out in the conservatory and then everything is ready to grow. We don’t trim them every year, we try to keep them trimmed every few years but, yes, it is a challenge, it’s surprisingly a lot of plants. It doesn’t look from the bottom like that but it’s a lot of plants.

Jane: Yes, I’m sure and I’m sure when you lift up that and look at the back of it, I always find with big trailing plants like that, the back is another challenge all together and remove dead leaves.

Marta: It is and sometimes if I go there I think: “How on earth are they growing?” because there’s not a lot of soil that they have in that window box and how on earth are they holding together because you touch them and sometimes they’re quite brittle. I think for that abundance of that they just create that fantastic thing.

Jane: It’s not a green wall, it’s a purple wall, but it’s very lovely. We’ve already heard the robin, do you have other wildlife coming in here?

Marta: We have a black bird as well and they try to sometimes nest in here. We had, on one occasion, a duck, a mallard from the lake below coming in here and happily swimming in our lake but we thought it’s a bit too much and we encouraged them to go their own way. We sometimes get a cheeky squirrel but then again we try to encourage the squirrels to get out because, unfortunately, they will nibble on our plants and they will destroy some of our plants.

Jane: I can imagine. Tell me about this plant, Dioon spinulosum,

Marta: Dioon spinulosum is one of the oldest living plants in the earth, it comes from the dinosaur era.

Jane: It’s so cool.

Marta: This one doesn’t come from… but the family…

Jane: No, obviously, yes, it’s a really ancient plant and it’s got these amazing serrated pinnate leaves on these fronds.

Marta: They are very sharp.

Jane: I bet.

Marta: They are very sharp, they’re very difficult to prune because you have to have long sleeves and things like that. Over the pandemic it flowered.

Jane: Oh wow.

Marta: Males and females are separate flowers, so we found out that he’s a male.

Jane: Okay, you don’t have a female?

Marta: No, we don’t have a female but we have another one but we suspect it’s a male as well, so we do not produce the seeds as such.

Jane: That’s amazing.

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Jane: We’ll return to my Barbican visit shortly but now it’s time for Question of the Week which comes from Katja and concerns a trio of Kentia Palms. These quintessential Victorian Palms are quite something and lucky old Katja to have three of them. Katja is considering using Lechuza Pon in the substrate of her Kentia Palms, mixing that in with the regular substrate. Will it work? Well, I very much suspect it will Katja, Howea forsteriana, is a species of Palm that only comes from the tiny speck between Australia and New Zealand that is Lord Howe Island. I dedicated a whole chapter of my forthcoming book Legends of the Leaf to this plant. The speck? Well, basically, the island is made up of an ancient eroded volcano, so you can imagine the soil there is pretty volcanic and free draining. So, I think that adding the Lechuza Pon which, as we know, is a mix that includes lava and pumice would be a really good choice for these Palms.

If you remember back to my Lechuza episode, I’ll stick a link to it in the show notes, there are different ways of using Pon and you don’t have to use pure Pon, you can add it to your mix either using the 25% rule where it’s a drainage level separated from the soil with a drainage barrier. The 50% rule where you’ve got the root ball covered with soil and then you’ve got Pon around that. I think there’s also probably a third option which is you mix in handfuls of Pon with your substrate, when you’re repotting, and it’s spread throughout the mix, I think that would work equally well.

The great thing about this particular Palm is that it’s tough, that’s why it was really popular in the Victorian era and much beloved by Queen Victoria and it can cope with all kinds of abuse, but certainly adding some Pon to the mixture I would imagine is only going to make the plant happier. The reason why it’s happy in our homes is because they’re quite similar to the weather on Lord Howe Island, which I think it’s defined as cool or warm subtropical. So temperatures are 20 to 25 centigrade in the summer and then down to about a minimum of 14 centigrade in the winter, that’s about 57 fahrenheit. So they live in similar conditions in their natural habitat and then, of course, in our homes we can offer them something pretty similar without too much effort. Because of where they live, often quite close to the sea in coastal parts of the island, because basically the whole island is coastal, they’ve evolved to deal with things like drought stress and shading from bigger trees and also salty air as well.

They’re really fascinating plants, Kentias, and should be more widely grown. I can’t wait to bring you loads more fascinating stuff about Kentia Palms in that chapter in the book which features everything from the Tree Lobster of Lord Howe Island to sympatric speciation, which is basically the enigma of the fact that two very similar Palm species had evolved on one very small island. In fact, the reason for that can be explained by the soil. More of that in the book but given that Kentias sit right on a volcanic island, I think a bit of Pon will do them no harm.

Thanks for your question Katja. If you’ve got a question for On The Ledge, please do drop me a line [email protected] and now I’m back in The Barbican Conservatory and we’re heading to the special area reserved for cacti and succulents.

Jane: Where are we Marta?

Marta: So we are, what we call, an Arid house, where we keep all our cacti and succulents. So every cactus is a succulent but not every succulent is a cactus.

Jane: Yes and you’ve also got some orchids in here which are looking very fine and in flower right now. There are so many things in here that I absolutely love. Your Lepismium there is flowering, mine is also flowering, it’s not quite as big as that but you’ve got lots of plants which cactus and succulent lovers will recognise but maybe haven’t seen quite this large, because there are some really big specimens in here. This must be one of the favourite areas for people to visit because they’re just so charismatic these plants, aren’t they?

Marta: Yes, it is, talking to the public lots of people say the arid house is their favourite, unfortunately we had to keep it closed simply due to the restrictions that we just recently had because it’s a quite enclosed and small space. Also, as I said before, there’s lots of precious plants in here, all rare and endangered. They are quite an easy target for people but we try to grow them as much as we can for display hopefully in the future.

Jane: I’m just staring at this massive Crassula with these beefy, beefy stems and trunk. Is it Gollum?

Marta: It is, it’s a Gollum version, so we’ve got three or four different Crassulas, so we’ve got your standard Money Trees here, Crassula ovata that just finished flowering. We’ve got the variegated version, the Hummel’s Sunset version, which is like a yellowy red variegation and also we’ve got the Miner, so a much better for your standard home of that version.

Jane: Yes, because they do get very large. That is, I don’t know, 4 ft or 5 ft tall and it’s just chunky, that is a chunk of a plant, I’m loving it.

Marta: It is, I’m 5’ 6”, so this is bigger than I am, so you can imagine.

Jane: Yes, it is and it’s good to see what these plants turn into, I think that’s one of the things that you’re really getting from that. You’ve got lots of hanging baskets with beautiful Epiphyllums, Rhipsalis, a very impressive Sedum Burro’s Tail. Is it difficult to water these hanging baskets? Have you got special equipment, please tell me you’ve got something?

Marta: You can see there’s a pipe going on top and it’s an irrigation system, so we can just water the hanging baskets, it’s much easier. Everything else in the conservatory is watered by hand with the hoses, so we don’t run around with little watering cans, as people imagine, in dungarees and a watering can.

Jane: Thank goodness!

Marta: We’ve got hoses and we water everything by hand because it’s such a mixed and varied collection, the best computer is our brain, so we can adjust the watering to suit the needs of a day or temperatures and, obviously, to the plant itself.

Jane: How on earth do you avoid getting prickled to death when you’re doing work on some of these really large columnar cacti? Is it a side effect of the job that you end up…?

Marta: It is, you get used to doing it, I think. Very often we try to put on long sleeves but you can imagine in the heights of summer it can be difficult. You sometimes get funny looks on the train or buses from people when you stick a hand out and they’re all scratched, but I think it’s the side effect of the job.

Jane: Apart from in the very hottest days, it must be a delightful place to work? I’m just getting distracted by that huge Pereskia, that’s amazing! I always think of it as the leafy cactus, or Rose Cactus is its common name apparently, but that is just… it looks like something out of a children’s imagination of a cactus. It’s got these huge areoles with these enormous spikes on this quite skinny stem and then the leaves on the top, it’s just an incredible plant. Are there any particular favourites in here of yours, cacti that you particularly love? The non-spiky ones maybe?

Marta: Non-spikey ones. Probably the tiny Peyote, simply because it grows one centimetre a year in a good condition, so you can imagine how endangered they are if they grow so slow. Other than that, they are so lovely and they have so many shapes and forms and it’s so difficult to pinpoint every single one. You look on the massive Echinocactus grusonii, Mother-in-law’s chair, you can imagine why they called that.

Jane: I think mother-in-laws get a really bad rap from plants, don’t they?

Marta: They do and I don’t understand that but lots of plants have some strange connotations to mother-in-laws. To all mother-in-laws, I don’t believe it’s true.

Jane: I guess the other name is Golden Barrel Cactus, they do look like barrels, yours are just enormous. I’ve got a tiny one of those and you do have to remember that’s what it’s going to turn into eventually, they are enormous.

Marta: It does, lots of those cacti were donated to us by cactus collectors over the years, simply because their collections were too big and they couldn’t care for them. So they wanted for them to grow somewhere they would be looked after and, hopefully, we do them justice.

Jane: Yes, it’s a lovely space to have filled with cacti and I’m sure it’s glass everywhere, so the cacti are happy, they’ve got plenty of light in here. We didn’t really talk about whether you have enough of plants at work or whether you have plants at home, do you?

Marta: I do have plants at home.

Jane: You’re a glutton for punishment!

Marta: Yes, I do have lots of houseplants, I live in a flat. I don’t have a balcony or a garden and so I do have a lot of houseplants at home. The only thing is with my houseplant is once you water this or you do all the jobs in here, you tend to choose your houseplants wisely, the ones that don’t need a lot of attention or they are relatively easy going. You can forget about watering from time to time and they will still be lush and beautiful.

Jane: So what are your choices then, let us into your secrets?

Marta: So they will be orchids, basically, I’m a little bit of a person who buys the saddest plant on the shelf, the discarded ones: “Oh, I will rescue you,” and all that stuff. Your Pileas, Peperomias, your standard houseplants, even your Ficus elastica will do without any watering. So if you’re worried about your houseplants going on holidays, I can guarantee you if you water them properly, once a week after a week’s holiday they will be absolutely fine. I’ve got some of the Caudex plants, so quite a few of them. My son started to collect some cacti and I’m dreading that for the passion to explode. I’ve got… I counted around 60 of them at home.

Jane: Okay, well it’s obviously not enough time spent with plants. It’s great, you’re obviously passionate doing it at home and at work, so that must be a big tick. Well, it’s absolutely glorious in here. I could just spend all day just staring at the plants in here and enjoying them because there are some wonderful things. I just keep thinking of the logistics for you of dealing with some of these huge Epiphyllums and Rhipsalis and I just salute you because it must be a real battle sometimes, repotting some of these hanging baskets.

Marta: Yes, we are actually bracing ourselves for the repotting season. You can see some of the Epiphyllums already have some flowers on them, so we let them flower this year and usually they flower around May time. So every single Epiphyllum is covered by these fantastic massive flowers, I’m talking the palm of your hand. Lots of vivid colours and once they start to fade we will repot them because we have some cuttings that we’ve propagated.

Jane: I’m just seeing some buds up on that one, this one right above us there’s some buds coming.

Marta: They won’t be thrown away though, we’ve moved probably to one of our levels in the good spots but they will need to be refreshed because some of them will get woody and tired over the years.

Jane: It’s an interesting thing coming in here when you see these much more mature plants. We’re used to seeing a teeny little tiny cactus or whatever and then when it starts to get some corking or some woodiness people panic and you have to say: “Well that’s actually completely normal, this is what happens as they get bigger,” they don’t stay pure green and this is a perfect example of how they change as they age.

Marta: Yes, so the corkiness as you said, or woodiness, it’s two factors, sometimes due to the conditions that they grow in, so if it’s too moist they will protect themselves by producing those colours or corkiness. Over the years the stem, as you said, gets more woody and woody and that’s how they will be in your natural habitats, you will travel to Canary Islands, Mexico, South Africa, you see them and they will be like that. Only the tops will be nice and fresh and green. I get asked sometimes: “Oh there’s some dead leaves, the plants have not all their leaves removed and it’s not perfectly manicured,” yes, because they are living objects, living plants, they’re not like that in nature. We get used to seeing them in more artificial environments, where the Palms don’t have their scales of dead leaves, they’re just all manicured in the hotels or rows of streets but nature is completely different.

Jane: Yes, exactly and I think if the plant gets to a good age then it’s got a few marks to show it.

Marta: Yes, they age just like we age, we show our marks, plants show their marks that shows how they basically go through their life.

Jane: Well, thank you so much for showing me this lovely space and I’m just going to be in here taking some deep breaths and taking some photos now. Thank you so much.

Marta: You’re welcome.

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Jane: I hope you enjoyed that tour around The Barbican Conservatory and if you want to check out some images, do visit the show notes at JanePerrone.com there you’ll also find details of how to get your free tickets to The Barbican Conservatory and a list of the plants mentioned in this episode. That’s all for this week’s show, I shall be back next Friday. I hope your week is infused with chlorophyll and flooded with sunlight. Bye!

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Jane: The music you heard in this week’s episode was Roll Jordan Roll by The Joy Drops, The Road We Used To Travel When We Were Young by Komiku and After the Flames by Josh Woodward. The ad music was Dill Pickles by the Heftone Banjo Orchestra. All tracks are licensed under Creative Commons, visit the show notes for details.

Where to go to the sea in April and May – Republic of Tatarstan

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March 28, 2019

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Not everyone manages to get a vacation in the summer. But if you have a couple of weeks off work in April or May, this chance should be used! At this time, in many resorts it is already possible to swim. In Russia, of course, even on the Black Sea coast, the water warms up only by the end of May. But abroad there are many countries where in April you can have a great time on the beach.

April and May are still a relatively low tourist season: at this time you can find cheaper accommodation and fewer people on the coast. By May, prices begin to rise, the flow of tourists increases, but the beaches are still not crowded. We’ll show you where to go.

Israel

In Israel, the beach season opens in April, and it is better to pay attention to the Red Sea resorts, especially Eilat. In April, the water temperature here reaches +23 °C, while in the Mediterranean Israeli resorts it rarely rises above +18 °C. By May, the Mediterranean coast becomes warmer.

Eilat is famous for its coral reefs, which attract divers from all over the world. Not far from the city is the Timna Valley. A huge park has been created in it, in which historical sights coexist with natural ones.

A direct flight from Moscow to Eilat takes approximately 4 hours.

Thailand

Thailand is perfect for an April vacation. The water is warm, up to +29 °C, and the hot and humid rainy season has not yet begun – it will come in May. The most famous resorts of this country are Pattaya, Koh Samui and Phuket. Beach holidays are well developed here – you can swim and sunbathe, scuba dive or rent a boat for a boat trip.

You can also find activities outside the beach. Someone will be interested in the vibrant nightlife of Bangkok, someone will prefer shopping in modern shopping centers and exotic oriental bazaars, and someone will be attracted by excursions to ancient temples and palaces or to natural parks.

A direct flight from Moscow to Phuket lasts approximately 9 hours.

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Canary Islands

In the Canary Islands in April the water warms up to +18-19 °C. In principle, you can already swim. But in May it gets warmer, and most tourists try to visit Tenerife, Gran Canaria and other islands of the archipelago this month.

This is a great place for swimming, windsurfing, diving and sea fishing. However, it should be borne in mind that the island of the island of strife. For example, the most popular – Tenerife – is famous for its beaches, there are many tourists here. Puerto de la Cruz is quieter and calmer, but the coast is rocky, and it is better to swim in the pool next to the hotel. If you wish, you can organize a rich leisure program for yourself – from bars and discos to climbing to the top of the Teide volcano.

It takes about 7 hours to get from Moscow to Tenerife by plane.

Hainan Island (China)

Hainan is perhaps the most popular Chinese resort. It is located south of mainland China and has a subequatorial climate. There are more than 300 sunny days a year, and the water warms up to +28 °C by the beginning of April. In May, the water can be even warmer, but the air temperature also rises, and not everyone can tolerate the heat well.

The main resorts on the island are Sanya and Haikou. Here you can just swim, or you can go diving or sea fishing. On the island of Hainan there is a huge Nanshan Buddhist culture park, Bethel-Nat ethnic park, where tourists get acquainted with the culture of the local Li and Miao peoples, as well as many other attractions.

From Moscow to Hainan Island can only be reached with a transfer: the flight will take from 14 to 28 hours.

Cuba

Due to the peculiarities of the Cuban climate, there is neither autumn nor spring on the island – only winter and summer. April is the last month before the onset of the hot, humid season, and many tourists prefer to come to Cuba in April. The water on the coast near Havana, Varadero and Santiago de Cuba warms up at this time to + 25-27 ° C.

The wind intensifies closer to the onset of May, which cannot but please fans of surfing and paragliding. Beach holidays can be interspersed with acquaintance with numerous architectural sights and visits to national parks, for example, the famous Sierra Maestra Park.

From Moscow to Cuba you can fly without transfers in about 12-13 hours.

Morocco

Morocco is a country located in northwestern Africa. The beach season here begins in June, but if you are interested not so much in swimming as kiting, windsurfing and other similar activities, pay attention to Dakhla. The city is located on a narrow peninsula, forming a long narrow bay, well protected from ocean waves.

The water temperature in the bay in April-May usually does not rise above +19°C, but there is a good even wind here, which attracts those who are fond of water sports. The main attractions of Dakhla are the fortress and the cathedral, built by the Spanish colonists who founded this city in the 16th century.

A direct flight from Moscow to Casablanca, the largest city in Morocco, takes approximately 6.5 hours.

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April is one of the best months for travel, and all experienced travelers know about it. The snow has already melted and warm weather has set in, and on the other hand, there is still no exhausting heat that poisons life for lovers of excursions in summer.

Moscow, April 2 – Vesti.Ekonomika. April is one of the best months to travel and all seasoned travelers know this. The snow has already melted and warm weather has set in, and on the other hand, there is still no exhausting heat that poisons life for lovers of excursions in summer.

It is during this period that many plan a trip that will be remembered for a long time.

Below are the top 13 travel destinations for April.

Washington, USA

Hundreds of thousands of tourists travel to Washington in April for the world famous National Cherry Blossom Festival.

This festival celebrates the cherry blossoms that the city received as a gift from Japan’s Tokyo in 1912.

The festival includes kite flying, concerts, parades and many other events.

The festival annually attracts up to 1.5 million people.

In addition to the festival, Washington can be interesting for its sights.

Charleston, USA

April is the perfect time to travel to the American South, as other times it is sunny and hot.

In April in Charleston, you can walk along the historic streets of the city, walk along the beach, and visit the famous annual Festival of Houses and Gardens.

Kansas City, USA

In April, the weather is beautifully warm, the trees are in full bloom, and the city is the perfect place for long walks.

Kansas City is the heart of America. This city has become a destination for families.

There are many museums, a zoo, parks and recreational opportunities for the whole family.

Havana, Cuba

The Cuban capital is undergoing rapid transformation, and experienced travelers are advised to visit this city as soon as possible before it has changed too much.

In April, the weather is fine here, and travelers can enjoy walking along the historic streets of Old Havana, as well as walking along the ocean.

Valparaiso, Chile

Occupying only a narrow strip of land between the coastline and the nearby hills, its center has winding cobbled streets and is surrounded by steep cliffs, suburban houses stretching along the slopes, accessed by numerous footpaths, stairs and funiculars.

The city’s museums of natural history, art and the Maritime Museum are among the best in the country.

Muelle Prat, the city’s recently rebuilt pier, is a market area where you can shop for goods and relax in the many seaside restaurants.

Valparaiso is an important cultural center of Chile. Main educational institutions: Catholic University, Federico Santa Maria Technical University, Conservatory, Naval Academy. Museum of Natural History, Severin Library.

Rome, Italy

Rome is one of the oldest cities in the world, the ancient capital of the Roman Empire.

The most important Roman attraction is the Colosseum, or the Flavian Amphitheatre.

The largest amphitheater in the Roman Empire was built in 80 on the site of the artificial sea of ​​Nero.

The Trevi Fountain is located in the square of the same name. The sculptural composition of the fountain shows the god of the sea, Neptune, who moves towards the ocean on his chariot harnessed by winged horses and young sea gods.

Not far from Via dei Fori Imperiali is the Forum Romanum, which was the most important religious and political center of the entire Roman Empire.

Piazza della Rotonda is the main Roman temple – the Pantheon

Cyprus

Many beaches in Cyprus have been awarded the Blue Flag of the European Union for environmental cleanliness and infrastructure.

Most of these beaches are municipal, renting sun loungers and parasols is paid.

The city of Paphos is included in the UNESCO world cultural heritage list, and is also known for being close to the bay of Aphrodite.

According to legend, in this place the goddess of love and beauty was born from sea foam.

The sights of Cyprus are a mixture of different eras – the Byzantine castle of Kolossi, in which Isaac Komnenos took refuge from the crusaders, the church in which Richard I the Lionheart married Princess Berengaria of Navarre, Venetian fortresses, British left-hand traffic.

The main attraction in the north of the island is Famagusta with the medieval Othello Tower and the “ghost town”. Geographical proximity to a number of Mediterranean countries allows for sea cruises for tourists to Egypt, Israel, the island of Rhodes or Jordan.

Canary Islands

The islands belong to Spain and are one of the autonomous communities of this country. There are two capitals, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Here the temperature is approximately the same all year round: not too hot, set off by pleasant ocean freshness, truly spring.

Despite the fact that formally the Canary Islands belong to Spain, the atmosphere here is by no means European.

Tourists come here for real exotic: magnificent tropical landscapes, soft ocean waves, black volcanic beaches and delicious ripe fruits.

Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River in South Africa. Located on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Victoria Falls is one of the main attractions of South Africa and belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Located on the border of two national parks – “Thundering Smoke” in Zambia and “Victoria Falls” in Zimbabwe.

Victoria is the only waterfall in the world that is both over 100 meters high and over a kilometer wide.

Penang, Malaysia

Penang is a state in Malaysia, located on the northwestern coast of the Malay Peninsula, in the Straits of Malacca.

Penang is one of the most visited places in Asia and the main center for business forums.

Most of the population is employed in the service sector. Developed water sports: windsurfing, parasailing, diving.

There are 4 golf clubs and clubs for tennis, horseback riding and squash in Penang.

The Penang Cultural Center, a local ethnographic museum, hosts performances by folklore ensembles, organizes national rituals, and has a restaurant serving national cuisine.

Taiwan

Taiwan still attracts travelers with its magnificent nature: almost 20% of its territory is national parks and reserves with endemic species of animals and plants.

There are many architectural sights on the island – monuments of Chinese, Japanese and European culture. Gourmets come here to try tea: it is one of the best in the world.

Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo is the nation’s capital and one of the largest metropolitan areas on our planet.

In addition, it is the main industrial, financial, political and cultural center of the entire eastern region.

It would be unthinkable for any tourist to visit Japan and not visit its capital.

This is not surprising, because, despite its modernity, national traditions that originate many centuries ago are revered here.

April is the month of cherry blossoms, famous all over the world.

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It is impossible not to fall passionately in love with this country, because it is the motherland and cradle of passion. Almost everything is saturated with this feeling here: from the center, where the sun heats the air and earth so much that it seems that passion itself burns the heart of the country, to the outskirts and coasts, where the passion for life overshadows all other feelings. She awakened a craving for painting in Dali and Picasso … A country where passion lives in every word spoken, written or sung in the language of Cervantes. The personification of this passion are such people as Montserrat Caballe, Julio Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias, Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Javier Bardem, Iker Casillas, Rafael Nadal … And this is not a complete list! Here it is no longer necessary to reveal the secrets of the Madrid court in order to guess that we are talking about Spain.

GEOGRAPHY:

Spain is a state in southwestern Europe. It occupies most of the Iberian Peninsula and is a bridge between two continents, Europe and Africa, and a barrier separating the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. By land, the country has borders with France, Portugal, Andorra and the English colony of Gibraltar.

Spain occupies 85% of the area of ​​the Iberian Peninsula. Having a large extent, the territory of Spain is divided into several climatic zones: the mild temperate north, subject to the warm influence of the Atlantic; southeast with a pronounced Mediterranean rather dry climate; sharply continental central plateau part; uniquely smooth warm and comfortable in the Canary Islands. Spain is the warmest country on the European continent, with the maximum number of sunny days per year. This is largely due to the mountainous terrain of the peninsula: the central plateau of the Mesete is bounded on all sides by the mountain ranges of the Pyrenees, Cantabrians, and Iberians. The only low-lying valley in the south of the country is the Andalusian.

Capital: Madrid

Climate: Due to the length of Spain from north to south and the extensive mountain system, the climate differs quite noticeably in different parts of the country. The climate is Mediterranean, dry and quite hot. When is the best time to go on holiday to Spain? Statistics show that the period from April to October is a priority for travelers. The hottest months are July and August, and the most capricious and rainy are September and October.

Visa: A visa is required for citizens of Kazakhstan to enter Spain. Spain is part of the Schengen area. Documents are submitted to the embassy no earlier than 3 months before departure.

Cities and resorts:

Barcelona – the capital of Catalonia has been attracting both tourists and residents of other countries for many years, eager to move to the second largest city in Spain.

The atmosphere of Barcelona is one of slowness, relaxation, hedonism and openness. That is why, once in the city, you can finally take a break from the eternal stress and rush and learn to truly enjoy every day.

Madrid is the sparkling, brilliant and hot capital of the Kingdom.

Costa Brava – the coast of the province of Girona. Many stone masses protrude into the sea, like giants guarding their possessions. Cliffs and pine trees on the rocks are combined with calm bays and long sandy beaches. Many examples of Romanesque and medieval art have been preserved here. The Costa Brava is a real “paradise on earth”

Islands

Holidays on the Spanish islands are always associated with prosperity, and the names spoken aloud (Canaries, Mallorca or Ibiza) make a good half of the population of our country a little jealous. All these names refer to two Spanish archipelagos – the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands

Balearic Islands

The Balearic Islands, and in particular Mallorca and Ibiza, are known to the whole world.

Ibiza — Surprisingly, Spain has perhaps the only club district in the world. This is the well-known Balearic Island – Ibiza. An island that lives around the clock according to its own special rules, the main of which is no rules. Fifty beaches are mixed with a variety of clubs, among which the most famous is Pacha.

Mallorca — is a truly heavenly place where you can enjoy the picturesque scenery, clean beaches and forget about all everyday problems. The capital is Palma de Mallorca. It is here that all the main attractions of the island are concentrated

Canary Islands – beach holidays

• Tenerife should be chosen by lovers of a comfortable and fairly active holiday;
• Gran Canaria – for more privacy and tranquility;
• Fuerteventura is a surfer’s paradise;
• La Gomera – National Park with relict vegetation;
• Lanzarote – biosphere reserve of volcanic activity.

Sights of Spain:

Plaza Mayor (Plaza Mayor) – “Main Square”.

Buen Retiro Park The most important and largest park in Madrid.

Prado Museum

Valencia City of Arts and Sciences

Valencia Cathedral, Seville Cathedral

Sagrada Familia

Plaza de España in Barcelona and Montjuic Hill

Basilica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar

Bahia Flamingo 3* (Spain/Canary Islands/Canary Islands Tenerife/Guia de Isora). Hotel reviews. Rating of hotels and hotels of the world

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Was at the hotel
in December 2017
With small children

Recommend

4.7

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5
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4
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4. 7

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Was at the hotel
in April 2019
Pair

Recommend

Great stay in Tenerife

We are extremely pleased with the rest! But the hotel is about 3.5 points out of 5)

One of the minuses is a little poor food. For 11 days, the chicken for dinner was only 3 (!) Times) For the first time I see this in principle. Were in a three-ruble note in Spain (Salou), and there the food was better at times. Our friends were at the same time with us in another hotel in Tenerife (also 3 *), and their food was very cool, a huge choice! Therefore…

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Excellent holiday in Tenerife

We are extremely pleased with the rest! But the hotel is somewhere around 3. 5 points out of …

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3.8

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Review

Was at the hotel
in November 2018
With friends

Recommend

There are no complaints about the hotel)))) BAHIA FLAMINGO 3* November 2018

The hotel is GOOD for its three stars (this is the impression of all the pluses and minuses at once)…… Considering that the rest in Tenerife is year-round, everything is adjusted and the service too. The views from the balcony are oceanic))) are beautiful in any weather and the balconies are drowning)) are good. Room 413 turned out to be a two-room (undershirt type) with a view of the Teide volcano and a balcony on the ocean. In the room, the fan regularly drove the breeze ….

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4.7

5
location

5
service

4
food

02.12.18

17:03

There are no complaints about the hotel)))) BAHIA FLAMINGO 3* November 2018

Hotel for its three stars is GOOD (this is the impression of all the pluses…

Rest: in November 2018
23 photos

Review

4.7

10:39 07.11.18

Mini Review

Was at the hotel
in November 2016
With family

Recommend

First holiday in Tenerife!

I liked everything about the hotel and the island itself and the views of the Atlantic from the balcony, do not be lazy, rent a car and go!!!

4. 7

5
placement

5-
service

5-
food

11/07/18

10:39

First holiday in Tenerife!

I liked everything and the hotel and the island itself and the views from the balcony to the Atlantic…

Rest: in November 2016

Mini review

4.7

15:31 03.10.18

Mini Review

Was at the hotel
in September 2017
Pair

Recommend

Ordinary hotel

The most ordinary hotel. The rooms are small but clean. Lucky with a view of the pool and the sea. If you rest only on the territory of the hotel, then of course it is rustic. We are outdoor enthusiasts, so basically we only spent the night, or jumped into the pool after the beach and changed clothes. So we had enough of everything. The food is ordinary, ate mostly in cafes.

4

4
location

5
service

3
food

03.10.18

15:31

Ordinary hotel

The most ordinary hotel. The rooms are small but clean. With a view…

Rest: in September 2017
3 photos

Mini review

four

09:44 09/19/18

Mini Review

Was at the hotel
in October 2017
Pair

Recommend

We want to come back. ..

We want to come back here!

4.8

5
accommodation

5-
service

5
food

09/19/18

09:44

We want to come back here…

We want to come back here!

Rest: in October 2017

Mini review

4.8

18:03 11/20/17

Gratitude

Was at the hotel
in October 2017
With family

Recommend

For an acceptable price

We had a family vacation in October this year. We were settled pretty quickly, given the fact that they have a check-in time from 14-00. We checked in an hour earlier, because our room was apparently ready and cleaned. According to the room no complaints, spacious. Large balcony. There is no air conditioning in the room, I thought it would be hot. But since we were in the room for a day very little, after breakfast we immediately left and…

4.7

5
location

5
service

4
food

11/20/17

18:03

Affordable

Rested with the family in October this year. Settled us pretty…

Rest: in October 2017
2 photos

Gratitude

4.7

14:27 09/20/17

Review

Was at the hotel
in September 2017
Paired

Not recommended

Mediocre rubbish.

Rested with her husband at the hotel in September. The hotel was disappointing, according to the reviews we expected more … We were lucky with the size of the room, we got a 2-room apartment, we ordered the usual standard and that’s probably all that pleased us. You need to come to the restaurant at the opening, then, although there is not a big choice, there is food, 40 minutes after the opening you will see empty trays, you will sit and wait for something to be taken out or eat …

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also rated services

3.7

4
location

4
service

3
food

3.8
Hotel infrastructure

4.0
Hotel security

3.0
Landscaping

3. 0
Restaurants and bars

5.0
Convenient parking

3.2
Quality of services and maintenance

1.0
Animation

4.0
Polite and attentive staff

4.0
Receptionist work

4.0
Internet connection speed and quality (WiFi)

2.4
Rooms

4.5
Soundproofing in the room

2.0
Quality of furniture, plumbing

1.0
Room air conditioning

2.0
Housekeeping

4.2
Beach

4. 5
Beach infrastructure

4.5
Comfortable number of vacationers

3.0
Convenient access to the sea

5.0
Cleanliness on the beach

3.1
Suitable for leisure

3.0
Business trip

4.0
If you only need to spend the night

3.0
Pair

4.0
With friends

2.0
Family with children

4.0
Calm

2.0
Party

1.0
Services for children

1.0
Children’s animation

1. 0
Infrastructure for children

1.0
Nutrition for children

2.2
Convenient location

1.0
Where to have fun – nightclubs, cinema, etc.

3.0
Cafes, restaurants, shops

1.0
In relation to attractions

4.0
In relation to the beach

09/20/17

14:27

Mediocre three-ruble note.

Rested with her husband at the hotel in September. The hotel was disappointing because…

Rest: in September 2017
8 photos

Feedback

3.7

12:23 08/31/17

Gratitude

Was at the hotel
in October 2015
Pair

Recommend

Good hotel

Liked the hotel. The area is not big with a small pool. The staff is friendly and always willing to help with questions. Of the minuses, we can say that there is no air conditioning in the room, but a chandelier with a fan dangles and there is no sense from it at all. There is practically no parking. In a small check-in, there were 10 cars, so it was problematic to park a car.
5 minutes to the beach. On…

4.2

4
accommodation

4
service

5-
food

08/31/17

12:23

Nice hotel

Liked the hotel. The territory is not big with a small pool….

Rest: in October 2015

Gratitude

4.2

17:18 08/23/17

Review

Was at the hotel
in May 2017
With family

Recommend

Wonderful stay in May 2017

I am writing a review to cover the previous one, in which the hotel is called modest with poor soundproofing. I do not agree. Wonderful hotel, I don’t care 3 * or 4 *. Yes, we arrived at 10 am, placed after 2 pm, there are certain rules. The room was on the 4th floor, though a corner one, but it was even for the best, there was no direct sun. As already mentioned earlier, there was no air conditioning, the usual …

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5

5
location

5
service

5
food

08/23/17

17:18

Wonderful stay in May 2017

I am writing a review to cover the previous one, in which the hotel is named…

Rest: in May 2017
21 photos

Review

5

01:05 06/01/17

Gratitude

Was at the hotel
in October 2016
With small children

Recommend

I recommend

Lovely quiet hotel with nice staff. Almost all rooms have ocean views. Tenerife won my heart!
Half of the vacation explored the island by renting a car. Rental prices are very affordable, gasoline is affordable by European standards.
Of the shortcomings, except that the food is tasteless. Everything else is great.
If you are confused by the abundance of pensioners and peace, then you should not consider this hotel.

also rated services

4.7

5
location

5
service

4
food

4.2
Hotel infrastructure

—
Hotel security

4.5
Landscaping

4.0
Restaurants and bars

4.0
Convenient parking

4. 0
Quality of services and maintenance

3.0
Animation

5.0
Polite and attentive staff

5.0
Receptionist work

3.0
Internet connection speed and quality (WiFi)

3.6
Rooms

5.0
Soundproofing in the room

4.0
Quality of furniture, plumbing

1.0
Room air conditioning

4.5
Housekeeping

4.8
Beach

5.0
Beach infrastructure

5.0
Comfortable number of vacationers

4. 0
Convenient access to the sea

5.0
Cleanliness on the beach

4.2
Suitable for leisure

—
Business trip

5.0
If you only need to spend the night

5.0
Pair

5.0
With friends

4.0
Family with children

5.0
Calm

1.0
Party

1.7
Services for children

1.0
Children’s animation

1.0
Infrastructure for children

3.0
Food for children

5. 0
Convenient location

—
Where to have fun – nightclubs, cinema, etc.

5.0
Cafes, restaurants, shops

5.0
In relation to attractions

5.0
In relation to the beach

06/01/17

01:05

Recommend

Lovely quiet hotel with nice staff. Almost all rooms with…

Rest: in October 2016

Gratitude

4.7

13:26 01/17/17

Review

Was at the hotel
in October 2016
With friends

Recommend

Small hotel for a modest stay

The rooms are small, the audibility is strong: the neighbors fart – you can hear it.
An unpleasant situation with water: coolers are only in the bar and restaurant (the opening hours of which are limited), a crossed-out bottle is drawn on the coolers – you can’t draw water, but with glasses, sorry, you can’t bring as much as you need. I had to buy two-liter bottles in the store, but I had food according to the system …

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5

5
location

5
service

5
food

01/17/17

13:26

A small hotel for a modest holiday

The rooms are small, the audibility is strong: the neighbors fart – you have…

Rest: in October 2016
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Feedback

5

13:03 01/03/17

Review

Was at the hotel
in December 2016
Paired

Not recommended

I do not advise!!! Less than 3!

after reading positive reviews about this hotel, we went and thought we were going to a great hotel. What was my disappointment when we arrived at the place! It all started with the fact that they settled us within 7 hours, and this is all after an 8-hour flight. Such a delay was due to the fact that people leave the rooms and clean them! But!! But!!but!! When, in the end, we got the keys to our room…

2.7

2
location

3
service

3
food

01/03/17

13:03

I do not advise!!! Less than 3!

after reading positive reviews about this hotel, we went and thought…

Rest: in December 2016

Review

2.7

10:13 11/17/16

Review

Was at the hotel
in September 2016
With friends

Recommend

The hotel is stable (almost 4), the location is SUPER!!!. ..

oh, for a long time my hands did not reach the review, but as soon as the memories covered, I immediately sat down to write.
This is an amazing place with its crazy energy, I want to come back again and again, and this despite the fact that the island is small and we traveled it up and down)
I’ll start in order.
The choice of location was unexpected and prompt. But I managed to get ready: I ​​read the reviews, contacted…

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4.7

5
location

4
service

5
food

11/17/16

10:13

The hotel is stable (almost 4), the location is SUPER!!!…

oh, for a long time the hands did not reach the recall, but as memories …

Rest: in September 2016
41 photos

Feedback

4. 7

12:42 10/25/16

Gratitude

Was at the hotel
April 2016
With friends

Recommend

Everything is great

I had a rest in April 2016 for 10 days. The hotel is European 3-ka, I liked everything.
As for everyday life: in 10 days the linen was changed only once, but this is not a problem for me. Tipping is actually not taken, which was surprising. They have common tip boxes in public places. Tenerife and the ocean are just fantastic.
If someone is interested, there was no hair dryer in the room, they used their own, but after 2-3 …

4.8

5
location

5
service

5-
food

10/25/16

12:42

Everything is fine

I had a rest in April 2016 for 10 days. European 3-room hotel, all…

Rest: in April 2016
2 photos

Gratitude

4.8

16:49 10/10/16

Review

Was at the hotel
in October 2016
Pair

Recommend

Normal “three-ruble note”, but no more!

Second time in Tenerife, before that (two years ago) we stayed at the Stil Los Gigantes 4* hotel (now called Sensimar Los Gigantes). I did not think that there could be such an abyss between the 3rd and 4th.
ACCOMMODATION. To begin with, the hotel cannot pre-book a room with a sea view, everything is on an equal footing. Therefore, there is a chance that you will get a room on the first floor by the pool, past . ..

3.7

4
location

4
service

3
food

10.10.16

16:49

Normal “three”, but no more!

Second time in Tenerife, before that (two years ago) we stayed…

Rest: in October 2016

Feedback

3.7

13:47 09/06/16

Review

Was at the hotel
in August 2016
Families with children

Recommend

Good deal for the price range

We rested with two children: 10 years old and 2 years old, there were 10 days (breakfast, dinner). We were given a room on the second floor of the hotel. The view was of the pool and the ocean, which was very good for us. The room is large, two rooms, an entrance hall, a toilet, a bath, a large balcony (there are dryers on the balconies). About sockets: we had a lot of sockets, maybe, of course, they were specially made for us))) (just kidding)!!! Just, some…

4.7

5
location

4
service

5
food

09/06/16

13:47

Good three-ruble note corresponding to the price category

We rested with two children: 10 years old and 2 years old, we were 10 days …

Rest: in August 2016

Review

4.7

00:13 08/30/16

Service evaluation

Was at the hotel
in August 2014
Pair

Recommend

also rated services

4. 5
Hotel infrastructure

5.0
Hotel security

4.0
Landscaping

4.0
Restaurants and bars

5.0
Convenient parking

3.8
Quality of services and maintenance

1.0
Animation

5.0
Polite and attentive staff

5.0
Receptionist work

4.0
Internet connection speed and quality (WiFi)

3.8
Rooms

5.0
Soundproofing in room

4.0
Quality of furniture, plumbing

3.0
Room air conditioning

3. 0
Housekeeping

4.5
Beach

5.0
Beach infrastructure

4.0
Comfortable number of vacationers

4.0
Convenient access to the sea

5.0
Cleanliness on the beach

5.0
Suitable for leisure

5.0
Business trip

5.0
If you only need to spend the night

5.0
Pair

5.0
With friends

5.0
Family with children

5.0
Calm

5.0
Party

2. 7
Services for children

2.0
Children’s animation

2.0
Infrastructure for children

4.0
Nutrition for children

5.0
Convenient location

5.0
Where to have fun – nightclubs, cinema, etc.

5.0
Cafes, restaurants, shops

5.0
In relation to attractions

5.0
In relation to the beach

08/30/16

00:13

Rest: in August 2014

Service evaluation

19:39 08/15/16

Review

Was at the hotel
in July 2016
Pair

Recommend

For a trio – very even.

Rested with his wife in mid-July 2016, 11 days 10 nights. In Spain for the first time – from the rest delighted. We took a standard room.

Flight.
We flew with Azur Air – the flight takes about 7 hours. Of course, there is not enough space on the plane, but in general the flight was transferred normally. They serve two meals, drinks are often handed out. Transfer from Tenerife South Airport to the hotel took no more than…

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also rated services

4.7

5
placement

5-
service

5-
food

3.2
Hotel infrastructure

4.0
Hotel security

4.0
Landscaping

4.0
Restaurants and bars

1. 0
Convenient parking

4.2
Quality of services and maintenance

4.0
Animation

5.0
Polite and attentive staff

5.0
Receptionist work

3.0
Internet connection speed and quality (WiFi)

3.8
Rooms

5.0
Soundproofing in the room

5.0
Quality of furniture, plumbing

1.0
Room air conditioning

4.0
Housekeeping

4.8
Beach

5.0
Beach infrastructure

4. 0
Comfortable number of vacationers

5.0
Convenient access to the sea

5.0
Cleanliness on the beach

4.0
Suitable for leisure

4.0
Business trip

4.0
If you only need to spend the night

5.0
Pair

4.0
With friends

5.0
Family with children

5.0
Calm

1.0
Party

4.5
Services for children

5.0
Children’s animation

4.0
Infrastructure for children

—
Nutrition for children

3. 8
Convenient location

4.0
Where to have fun – nightclubs, cinema, etc.

4.0
Cafes, restaurants, shops

3.0
In relation to attractions

4.0
In relation to the beach

08/15/16

19:39

For a troika – very even.

Rested with his wife in mid-July 2016, 11 days 10 nights. AT

Rest: in July 2016
9 photos

Feedback

4.7

22:03 08/10/16

Claim

Was at the hotel
in August 2016
With family

Not recommended

The hotel is just awful.

If you want to have a good rest – choose another hotel. Problems in the hotel begin from the moment you check in. You need to ask for anything at the reception at least 2 times. I understand that this is three stars, but the lack of air conditioning and refrigerators in the rooms is something. The restaurant is also not pleased with the abundance of the menu. In general, this hotel does not pull on its top three.

also rated services

1

1
location

1
service

1
food

2.0
Hotel infrastructure

—
Hotel security

—
Landscaping

—
Restaurants and bars

2.0
Convenient parking

2. 0
Quality of services and maintenance

—
Animation

—
Polite and attentive staff

3.0
Receptionist work

1.0
Internet connection speed and quality (WiFi)

2.0
Rooms

1.0
Soundproofing in the room

3.0
Quality of furniture, plumbing

1.0
Room air conditioning

3.0
Housekeeping

3.0
Beach

3.0
Beach infrastructure

—
Comfortable number of vacationers

—
Convenient access to the sea

—
Cleanliness on the beach

—
Suitable for leisure

—
Business trip

—
If you only need to spend the night

—
Pair

—
With friends

—
Family with children

—
Calm

—
Party

—
Services for children

—
Children’s animation

—
Infrastructure for children

—
Nutrition for children

—
Convenient location

—
Where to have fun – nightclubs, cinema, etc.

—
Cafes, restaurants, shops

—
In relation to attractions

—
In relation to the beach

08/10/16

22:03

The hotel is just awful

If you want to have a normal rest – choose another hotel. Problems…

Rest: in August 2016

Claim

one

23:01 06/05/16

Review

Was at the hotel
March 2016
With friends

Recommend

Good hotel for the average person!

We arrived on March 1…
We arrived early around 7 am, we were immediately warned not to wait for check-in before 2 o’clock . .. We fastened the bracelets, took a copy of the passport, took a deposit of 50 euros for the room (I specially brought other people’s money, where to put these 50 euros on the last day, and even at such a rate!) and I spied on the room number, went to look in advance, and I was satisfied with the 2nd floor (the most…

4.5

5-
placement

5-
service

5-
food

06/05/16

23:01

The hotel is good for the average person!

We arrived on March 1…
We arrived early around 7 am, we were immediately…

Rest: in March 2016

Review

4.5

19:06 13.05.16

Claim

Was at the hotel
March 2016
With family

Recommend

would not repeat

food is rather weak, of course
the location is quite, on the outskirts of the village, it is convenient to get to everything (by car, of course)
would not go again, rather weak three-ruble note

3. 7

4
location

4
service

3
food

05/13/16

19:06

would not repeat

food is rather weak, of course
location quite, on the outskirts…

Rest: in March 2016

Claim

3.7

12:42 05/07/16

Review

Was at the hotel
April 2016
With family

Recommend

Very well !

Good afternoon, my name is Marina! Rested family (child 2.5 years) food HB breakfast and dinner in April (second half), the hotel is not big, cozy, compact.
We flew with Azur Air for 7 hours, the planes were small, without TVs, the service on the plane was good, they were fed twice.
We arrived in the morning, we were already at the hotel at 10:00, and we were placed at 11:00, upon check-in they take …

5

5
location

5
service

5
food

07.05.16

12:42

Very good!

Good afternoon, my name is Marina! Rested family (child 2.5 years)…

Rest: in April 2016

Feedback

5

08:56 04/19/16

Review

Was at the hotel
April 2016
Couple

Recommend

A hotel suitable for relaxation

We rested at the hotel in April 2016 (arrival on April 1). We arrived early in the morning, but we were not settled until 15:00. We walked around the town and had lunch. The room got a good one, a corner room overlooking the ocean and, perhaps, the largest balcony in the building. On the balcony there are 2 sun loungers and a table with chairs. There is a clothes dryer, but due to the strong wind I recommend stocking up on clothespins.
Meals were taken according to the system …

also rated services

3.7

4
location

3
service

4
food

3.5
Hotel infrastructure

4.0
Hotel security

4.0
Landscaping

4.0
Restaurants and bars

2.0
Convenient parking

3. 0
Quality of services and maintenance

3.0
Animation

3.0
Polite and attentive staff

4.0
Receptionist work

2.0
Internet connection speed and quality (WiFi)

2.8
Rooms

3.0
Soundproofing in the room

3.0
Quality of furniture, plumbing

2.0
Room air conditioning

3.0
Housekeeping

4.1
Beach

4.0
Beach infrastructure

4.0
Comfortable number of vacationers

4. 0
Convenient access to the sea

4.5
Cleanliness on the beach

4.0
Suitable for leisure

4.0
Business trip

4.0
If you only need to spend the night

4.0
Pair

4.5
With friends

4.0
Family with children

4.5
Calm

3.0
Party

3.7
Services for children

3.0
Children’s animation

4.0
Infrastructure for children

4.0
Nutrition for children

3. 5
Convenient location

3.0
Where to have fun – nightclubs, cinema, etc.

4.0
Cafes, restaurants, shops

3.0
In relation to attractions

4.0
In relation to the beach

04/19/16

08:56

Leisure-friendly hotel

We rested at the hotel in April 2016 (arrival on April 1). Arrived…

Rest: in April 2016

Feedback

3.7

16:45 02/07/16

Service evaluation

Was at the hotel
in November 2011
Pair

Recommend

also rated services

4. 0
Hotel infrastructure

—
Hotel security

4.0
Landscaping

—
Restaurants and bars

4.0
Convenient parking

3.7
Quality of services and maintenance

2.0
Animation

4.5
Polite and attentive staff

4.5
Receptionist

—
Internet connection speed and quality (WiFi)

4.2
Rooms

—
Soundproofing in the room

4.0
Quality of furniture, plumbing

4.5
Room air conditioning

4. 0
Housekeeping

4.0
Beach

–
Beach infrastructure

4.0
Comfortable number of vacationers

—
Convenient access to the sea

—
Cleanliness on the beach

4.5
Suitable for leisure

–
Business trip

—
If you only need to spend the night

4.5
Pair

—
With friends

—
Family with children

4.5
Calm

—
Party

—
Services for children

—
Children’s animation

—
Infrastructure for children

—
Nutrition for children

3.