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12/15/08

ESPERANZA HOTEL

The World’s Best Hotel’s – Mexico

This article will talk about the Esperanza Hotel and some of the amenities and activities that this hotel offers its guests.

Pool in Esperanza

This highly-ranked hotel is located in Punta Ballena, in the southern part of the state Baja California – Mexico’s westernmost state. According to Travel and Leisure, the hotel is ranked as the second best hotel in Mexico and one of the top 500 hotels in the world.

Esperanza hotel

The hotel resort has at total of 3 restaurants, 12 suites, 49 casitas, and 60 villas. The hotel resort also has the following: a fitness center and yoga room, a spa center, beach access, a member’s clubroom, an upper residence club, meeting/banquet rooms, and pools including a sparkling waterfall pool.

View from Esperanza Hotel

As for the resort’s in-room accommodations, they include in room safes, air conditioning/ceiling fans, two-line cordless phones with voicemail, an iPod docking station, separate tub/shower, high-speed Internet service, fine linen/bedding and plenty more.

Badroom in Esperanza

If you care to dine at one of the resort’s three restaurants, they have the following: weekly dining menus, tequila, cigar menu, oceanfront bar/restaurant, in-room dining (no oceanfront dining), poolside menu, and picnic basket to go.


If you are in need of more services from the hotel, they include concierge service, private airport transfers (available upon request), private beaches, DVD/CD library, and art/sculpture gallery.


Want to explore outside the confines of the hotel? If so, you should try the following activities: sport fishing, sailing, parasailing, surfing, golf, horseback riding, shopping, tennis, shopping, tennis, kayaking, and many more activities to enjoy yourself with.


For the room’s rates, it starts at $675 per night and as high as $6,000 per night for multi-bed luxury suites. The rates depend on the season in which the rooms are rented, so plan accordingly. For a complete list of the hotel-resort’s services, go to www.esperanzaresort.com.

12/10/08

POST HOTEL AND SPA

For our article, we shall overview the Post Hotel and Spa Resort, located near the scenic Lake Louise, in the province of Alberta. The resort is not many miles from Calgary, the provinces largest city.


According to Travel and Leisure, this hotel/spa resort is ranked as Canada’s top hotel. It also has at total of 93 rooms, 5 houses, 2 restaurants, and 2 bars. The hotel also has been featured in many travel magazines and has won a few awards, including the Wine Spectator’s “Grand Award.”


The hotel was built in 1942 as the Lake Louise Ski Lodge. A British airline manufacturer, Sir Norman Watson, originally owned it. In 1958, the name of the place was changed to the Post Hotel and Spa. In 1978, Sir Watson sold the place to its current owners, Andre and George Schwartz. Since then, the hotel/spa has been transformed to a world-class hotel and spa resort.


Moreover, the hotel/spa resort’s accommodations include a nice mountainside view, excellent guest parking, a ski lodge, a luxurious spa facility, meeting/banquet facilities, wedding reception room, a media room to receive members of the press, concierge service, and other services.


For the hotel’s in-room accommodations, they include high-speed Internet connection in every room, fresh linen/bedding, private shower/bathroom, A/C connection/ceiling fans, dual-line telephones, excellent room/laundry service, and much more.

At the hotel’s two restaurants, you can enjoy a fine Canadian meal, with an excellent selection of wine – selected from the hotel’s vast wine cellar.


If you love the outdoors, there are plenty of activities to enjoy yourself with. The top summer activities include hiking, golfing, fishing, kayaking, and horseback riding. The winter activities include downhill/cross-country skiing, helicopter skiing, ice fishing, snowmobile tours, dog sled rides, sleigh rides, and much more.


This place is also a good place to have a lovely wedding ceremony/reception. The rates for the rooms start at $350 per night, for double rooms, and up (depending on type of room and additional services you may require.)

12/8/08

LA CASA QUE CANTA

The La Casa Que Canta

The La Casa Que Canta is one of the world’s best hotels. It is located in the country of Mexico, near Zihuatanejo Bay. According to Travel and Leisure’s website, it is also Mexico’s best hotel. For years, this hotel has been a romantic retreat for couples and newlyweds alike.


The classic luxury hotel consists of 25 suites, 2 villas, 1 restaurant, and 1 bar. Although small in size, it is big in luxury and relaxation.


Which rooms in the hotel are the best ones to rent? If you are looking to stay in a vista, No. 9 is the best one. For the best of all the rooms, you should rent Room No. 5. It is the most luxurious of them all and is fully equipped and furnished with all the luxuries of a grand hotel.


Other amenities of this hotel include high-speed Internet, cable/satellite TV, excellent room/laundry service, and plenty more.

View from the pool

If you are in the mood to taste and drink some authentic Mexican food and wine, the hotel’s in-house restaurant is a good place to do this. The restaurant’s main delicacies are the red snapper with pineapple dish and the spicy habenero dish, baked in a banana leaf.

Room

When you are in the mood for some outdoor fun, you can chose from a wide range of activities. These activities include: water sports, tennis, golf, kid’s programs, swimming, fishing, gym exercising, relaxing in the hotel’s spa, relaxing at the nearby braches, and plenty other activities.


As for the room rates of the hotel/vista, they average Between $460-$490 a night (not including specials and discounts on select reservations).