Hotel Nassau 4* - Breda / Netherlands

 The hotel Nassau is a brand new 4* deluxe hotel in the city centre of Breda that opened in May 2016. 

Hotel Nassau is situated at only 300m from the Main Square of Breda. The hotel is contructed next to a chapel, which also makes part of the hotel and functions as breakfastroom and event hall. 

Hotel Nassau is really a Unique hotel due to it's location, building and interior.

Rooms:

The rooms are spacious, well equiped and timeless. The beds are real Marriott beds, which means very large (kingsize 220 * 220) or 2 queen sizes (140*220).

The bed is very soft and comfortable with feather pillows, which I really enjoyed!

There is all different kinds of lights to make it romantic, but as well full of light when needed. There are plugs everywhere, a flat screen tv & Nespresso coffee machine + 1L of complimentary still water.

We had room nr 202. This room had no real view, but the posibility to get on the terrace which was inside the hotel.

Unfortunately there is a carpet in the rooms, but as the hotel is new, they're still clean.

Bathroom:

The bathroom is kind of in the room. On the left the toilet with milkglass door and on the right the rain shower with a very good pressure.

In the middle their is a sink with a make-up mirror, a very high quality hair dryer, tissue box and 2 big/ 2 normal/2 small hand towels & a floor towel for the walk-in shower.

The amenities are of a high quality too: bottle of soap, bar of soap, shampoo, conditioneer & body lotion.

There is a hair dryer of a very good quality! So no need to take your own.

Breakfast:

The breakfast is served in the back of the chapel. A great experience & view.

The breakfast is not the biggest i've seen, but really everything is there!

For this kind hotel it is a pitty coffee & tea  is not served on the tabel. But there are coffee machines provided with fresh beans. 

HINT: you can park for only €4 a day at a 10 min walk from the hotel. Parking called 'Gasthuisvelden'

Advantages:

- you can not find a more central located hotel in Breda.

- Brandnew & very Nice design

- very good equiped rooms with a soft & large (Marriott standard) bed!

- extraordinairy view on the chapel during breakfast

Disadvantages:

- not all rooms have a view on the city.

- breakfast is not as large as expected for a Marriott hotel and no table service 

Overall I would rate this hotel 8,5/10. All facilities are there, staff is friendly and it is a real Unique location!

Makadi Spa - Hurghada -Egypt

This 5* adult only hotel in Hurghada is called one of the best and most luxurious hotels in Hurghada. It is a recently build hotel and is part of the Red Sea hotel chain. 

Location:

The hotel is located directly at the beach with a promenade who connects with the 4 sister hotels. All guests of the makadi spa have access to all facilities of the other hotels, but not the other way around. The hotel looks really beautifull and you feel like you're in a movie decor. 

Restaurants:

There are in total more then 20 restaurants which you have access to. Most of them are a la carte restaurant, which you have to reserve upfront. Attention, the a la carte restaurants do not offer free drinks! 

The restaurants are distributed in the different resorts and the shopping mall, which is an artificial gathering of small shops including some restaurants you can also enjoy for free. (really nice)

Bars:

There are plenty of bars in the hotels which you can enjoy. Also around the pool there are bars and there is a service around the pool. But you have to tip them to make sure they come by regularly... The disadvantage of the different bars is the fact they all have different opening hours and you have to learn them by heart. 

The all incl cocktails are only local alcohols and the juices used are very sweet. The advantage is that soft drinks come out of bottels, but they are Pepsi (as a Belgium Guy i'm more in to coca-cola ;-))

Pools:

There is 4 big pools in the hotel. Currently only 2 where operational and I have been informed all tiles will be renovated. The closest pool to the beach is great with a waterfall going down to the pool underneath. Everything is vlezend on a daily base!

Room:

We had an upgrade to a junior suite overlooking the pool and the beach on the 3rd floor. It was a very large room with dressing, separate toilet, living room and a large balcony.

The room was very clean. Minibar is refilled with soft drinks daily and included in the all inclusive formula. 

Bathroom:

The bathroom was set up in 3 parts:

1 middle part with 2 sinks, a medium quality hair dryer & a make-up mirror.

The soap, shampoo, hair- & bodylotion are not smelling really attractive, which is a pitty for a spa hotel. There are 2 big and 2 small towels per person + 1 mat for the shower. The quality is good, but not really soft.

The 2nd part of the bathroom is with a glass door (blended out) with awalk-in shower and a bath. There is a small rain shower and the bath is created out of little tiles (which makes the bath like a box with straight walls, which is not comfortable to take a bath). 

The 3rd part is the toilet with glass door and a lower sink to clean yourself after toilet use.

Advantages:

- the adults only is a real advantage to enjoy your holidays without he noise of kids around the pool and also the fact there is no animators pushing you to play with them

- it is a beautifull hotel, especially in the evening with all the lights!

- the buffets are extensive and of a very high quality, especially for egypt.

- the rooms are very modern & Well equiped, esp. the dressing room is much appreciated.

- soft drinks come out of bottels

Disadvantages:

- different bars with spread opening hours - the evening bar is in a corner without any view while the other bars with top locations overlooking the Pools & beach are closed or not offering the all incl drinks...(but you have to pay)

- upselling of everything gives you the feeling you pay dubble! We've already paid for the all incl., if staff memberd always try to sell you cocktails to be paid in the bars, ask to drink schnaps after diner,.. You really feel uncomfortable as you never know when the bill Will arrive.

- the plastic glasses around the pool are not anymore in a good condition, which gives the idea not to be very clean.

- drinks in the poolbars are not comes during Some momemts of the day, this means staff members only fill the fridges when they are empty..

Hotel Tauern Spa 4*+ Kaprun

This 4*+ luxury hotel is situated in Kaprun. It's been opened in 2010 and is a very modern and big complex out of the city centre of Kaprun (3 min drive).

Wellness

This hotel is connected to the big Tauern Spa wellness of Kaprun (with > 2000m2 of wellness area), which is one of the biggest in Europe.

All guests do have free acces to the Tauern Spa wellness area, but next to that they also have acces to the private wellness area of the hotel (if you want to avoid the crowd) which is also spacious and well equiped.

The masterpiece of this hotel is definitely the rooftop pool with Panoramic view over the mountain and its glass bottom. 

You can really see people swimming from the ground floor (and the other way around) as it's floating above the floor.

This is such a great experience!

Rooms

Breakfast

Restaurant

I can not rate the restaurant, as I did not have dinner.

In general I would give this hotel a rating of 9/10. This as it is still looks new, clean and it's such a great wellness experience. Definitely one of my top 10 hotels!