Exotic But Affordable Vacation Picks
Not all of us are traveling the world with celebrity-sized wallets in our back pockets, especially as fears of a recession mount so we are pulling up an old UK Times story on the world's 20 best budget hotels.
It's obviously biased towards British tourists and that means a lot of the listed hotels are in France or Italy, but their aim was to find "a gorgeous place to stay, with stylish service, stunning views and epic bedrooms" that wasn't too expensive, and the results are pretty interesting.
Top of the list is the Hotel De L'Amphitheatre in Arles, France, a renovated 17th-century building in the very town where Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear. Also in France is the Les Deux Freres (pictured) in the small village of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. The rooms here are themed, including an African room with leopard-print bed headboard and the Bride room which obviously features a lot of white.
The list also goes as far afield as Bali, starting with the Ulun Ubud Resort & Spa, which consists of 22 thatched cottages in the local style. Also on Bali they suggest the Rumah Cantik on the north coast of the island. It's a very personal four-room hotel run by a Balinese-Danish couple with really cute rooms.
All of these hotels offer rates of between £35 and £50 a night (that's between US$70 and $100) so even with the poor exchange rate, you're not going to spend a fortune but you'll still have a comfortable and finely-furnished place to stay.
Related Stories:
· The World's 20 Best Hotels on a Budget [UK Times]
· Bali Hotel Reviews [HotelChatter]
· Hotels in France [HotelChatter]
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