Star Hotel Etoile

... like the Chateau Frontenac and Chateau Lake Louise.  I did stay at both the previous ones off-season but at the moment the cheapest 2 star hotel is over $150 so I won't even try to strike a deal in Banff this time! After the nice stroll at the ...

... , supposedly giving strength and virility (the rest of this story is censored by the higher authorities). We spent the night in a wonderful 3 star hotel, and a random choice of key gave us the highest room of the whole hotel complex, with view on the bay, ...

... de dingue. Beijing en une heure : Massif, presse, et pas super attirant. Apres un court arret a notre auberge de jeunesse (un hotel 1/2 etoile pour Marija, un bon rapport qualite prix pour Joel), on est parti se ballader dans les environs. Beijing a deux ...

... Ait Ben Haddou some thirty kilometers from Ouarzazate, we moved everything we had and found a place to settle, a hotel called Etoile Filante d'Or (the gold shooting star). Etoile Filante d'Or a charming  place that will sooth your mind, body and ...

... of France and reliefs including the famous Departure of the volunteers in 1792 by François Rude. Standing proud on the Place de l'Etoile, the Arch of Triumph dominates the Avenue of the Champs-Elysées. It is possible to reach the roof of the ...

... finissent par entamer l'humeur des touristes les plus patients. Pas moyen de faire 2 mètres sans être alpaguer pour un hotel, une carte postale, un tour en rickshaw, une bière, une effigie du Taj en faux marbre, un superbe mini jeu ...

... a French baguette for lunch, then over to the Jardin du Tuileries, Avenue des Champs Elysees, the Grand and the Petit Palaces, Hotel des Invalides, Napoleons tomb and finishing up near the river with a superb view of the Eiffel tower. Our heads were ...

... of rush hour, Paris’ worst traffic hour is the perfect time to drive your stretch limo through the infamous L’Etoile (the star) intersection, known for its 12 busy avenues that radiate out and cross through its center.  (Not the place you ...

... from a very brightly coloured and large ferris wheel up near the Place de la Concorde all the way up to the Arc de Triomphe Etoile. People filled the sidewalks, traffic rushed by and I took a moment to realise I was really in Paris. It was amazing. We ...

... se laisse pas abattre et on trouve le lendemain pour le même prix une chambre avec vue sur la mer dans un petit hotel familial, très charmant, avec petite pelouse, et quelques clients forts sympathiques, dont un couple de Russes. Le type est carrément ...

... of Rue Lepic, only to discover that it was 20 metres from Moulin Rouge. We had gone full circle. Next stop was A L'Etoile D'Or (At the Golden Star) in Rue Fontaine, just down from Moulin Rouge. This is the Paris Chocolate Shop, home of "Conquistadore" ...

... indeed, there was a still a golden wheelbarrow painted above the door of La Brouette restaurant, and a golden star on the gable of the Maison de l'Etoile. Truly a beautiful place, it is easy to understand why UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site, and ...

... feeling pretty confident that I can get around by myself. Arrived in Cotonou around Noon. Got out of the taxi at a roundpoint called Etoile Rouge. There is a huge statue set on top of a large red star in the center of the roundpoint. It reminds me ...

... un peu intimidant, au milieu des dunes et d un convoi de dromadaires...   On a couche dans un campement presque a la belle etoile... des etoiles y en avait bcp bcp bcp   On a eu droit a un prestation de tam tam berberes par les boys du ...

... stay overnight on a small dune, very nice. I don't remember the last time I slept out in the open (dormir a la belle etoile), a very long time I guess... It was amazing. Encrusted in my sleeping bag, the entire universe was looking at me. And difficult ...