Grand Hotel Bahrain

... , I should have been looking but instead went travelling. Credit card money pit in the near future was okay for a unlimited income dweller as myself. My awesome travel agent hooked up every connecting flight and hotel stay. My first trip to Europe was...

... and persistence in the departure hall, we were able to get some toiletry kits. After an 8BD (we probably overpaid) taxi ride to the Bahrain Int'l Hotel, we checked in to a dated, but OK room. Our toiletry kits seem to be one for a man, and one for a ...

... around this small island country. It took only 12 minutes to reach my first sight: the Al-Fatih Grand Mosque. Unlike most mosques, this one, the largest in Bahrain holding up to 7,000 worshippers, is open to non-Muslims. I decided to skip going inside ...

... to organize in a week, eight of us decided to help celebrate and make it a bit of party weekend in Bahrain. Flights Booked (Check)... Hotel Booked (Check).... Work finished for the week (Check)... Thursday night and we were packed and ready to fly. The ...

... time there. We walked from the park to the bus station. We wanted to take a bus to the huge causeway that leads from Bahrain to Saudi Arabia. My untrustworthy LP guide said there were lookout towers on either side of the border, on a small island in ...

... to Rio de Janeiro, and then plot my day tomorrow driving around the country. No sleeping in tomorrow – it’s my last day in Bahrain and I’ve ordered a hotel van to take me to the airport at 8:30 a.m. to pick up my rental car. ...

... Mall (has a large theatre complex), Al Seef Mall (biggest and best), Al A'ali Mall (exclusive expensive shops) and Geant Mall (Bahrain Mall). The National Museum on the Corniche was well worth the 1 BD (500 fils each). Had a good history of Bahrain ...

... Keith - my travel companion, that this hotel might be not as good as the hotel we used to stay previously, as Grand Mercure hotel is located in a new neighborhood. Secondly, although this hotel is part of the Qatar Airways package, as one of the ...

... firstly to the main shopping mall - only to get some money out for a taxi, after that we headed the Twin Towers of Bahrain - had 4 propeller things on the front of them which were pretty impressive!! After that we headed to check out a mosque and because ...

... situation I was in. We had a grand night ahead of us. The function known as the ‘Car Park’ was a grand weekly evening buffet held by the poolside, where all manner of Asian and Oriental cuisine had been prepared; rich people would come from ...

... . It dawned on us that it was the skeleton of a child lying down. As the sun set we drove to an Art Society building, rather a grand place where we looked at the work of local artists, and I got a list of the classes there so I might choose something. I ...

... the cheapest F1 race on the circuit. It was even cheaper than Budapest in '99. I can't even imagine how much the race in Bahrain would have been a week later even tho C lives in Dubai right now. Sorry for the horrible writing, but I'm tired and can't ...

... Dinar (BD) 1 4.00 Prepaid 3 nights accomm Gulf Gate Hotel, Bahrain (***)with free transfer 298.00 Two-week visa for Bahrain - BD5 ea x 2 ...

... man passed my passport back and bid me farewell. It was time to fly back to the UK. Strengths: -Cheap (except for the Grand Hotel room prices!) -Friendly people -It feels very safe -You know you're somewhere where history is still being made Weaknesses: ...

... section with its dramatic paintings of heroic revolutionaries. Before leaving I attempted to ring Gulf Air to confirm our tickets to Bahrain, only to find that its offices were closed till 9am on Monday which just happened to bet the time at which ...

... about 10 days with this driver and then they were off to Dubai, from where her mother would fly home and she would return to Bahrain, where she was a teacher. Not bad eh? They did not stick to the tried and tested formula though, they used us. They made ...

... our long sleep we joined the German and Australian couples we had met at the airport for our bus ride back to Bahrain International. After what seemed a particularly long flight, the boredom of which was not broken by an almost inaudible movie ...

... my Hotel. When we arrived, Hertz told me that they do not have any car in the Toyota Innova class, but only a real Van. Hyundai Grand Starex, or so. Then they said, oh sorry that one is also not available. They then offered me a Chevy Optra Station Wagon. ...

... stadium surrounded by close to 40,000 very vocal patriotic kiwis showcasing a sea of white in support as the All Whites bet Bahrain to advance to the Football World Cup - another event that gripped our small nation. There are most probably a few others I ...