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This along with recommendations from friends, is the best way to find deluxe accommodations that you will enjoy. In travel magazines and on web sites you find many “best hotel” listings; however, all are the personal opinions of the readers. That brings me back again to your friends… In addition, from my 30-years experience in European travel, here are several specific hotel groups that stress luxury and personal attention. The European Travel Planning Tutorial
The Pride of Britain Manor is a marketing consortium for small, privately owned hotels at the top end of the market. Membership is limited to 50 properties. Members themselves decide if a new applicant is suitable to the group. The maximum number of rooms is 150. Country Houses, Luxury Hotels, Boutique and Castle Hotels are included in the Ireland Blue Book, an exclusive listing of luxury accommodations. Each offers great character and individuality and, of course, elegant accommodations and superb cuisine. France is known for the many castles where you can visit and for the castles where you can stay. The members of the Hotels des Grandes Etappes, a family owned group of ten Chateaux Hotels and 4-star Residences, are very upscale. Two other groups, the Relais et Chateaux and the Chateaux & Hotels Collection, are in the Special Hotels section of this Tutorial. Paradores in Spain and Pousadas in Portugal are also listed in the Special Hotels section. The properties are deluxe and first class. The charm of these is that they are in local historical buildings and serve regional food. Hotels are not the only luxurious accommodations. Deluxe apartments are covered in the apartment section of this Tutorial.
Unlike lower cost and moderate accommodations, upscale properties are usually booked in advance. A-France for France and JDB for Italy are two offices that offer special prices, and more importantly the best free advice. The European Travel & Vacation Resource Center has the information for many other groups of luxury hotels. It offers you direct links to all the information for European 19 countries… We at the Resource Center have already saved you many hours by researching this for you.
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