| Best Values for Immersion Criteria: 1. A hotel or vacation destination that doesn't isolate you from the local culture 2. "Good value" means many people in the local culture or from nearby countries can afford to return to the hotel. This suggests that you can feel part of the local culture because you are not part of an elite. You are one of a group of people who choose to immerse yourselves in the local culture. 3. Not too far from civilization, since you want to be able to get to a newspaper, fax, e-mail and a grocery store now and then. 4. Air conditioning in tropical climates. 5. intimacy and contact with locals (proximity to local markets, ability to blend in to the crowd. 6. Near to local restaurants (not connected to a resort hotel) where people from many countries gather. 7. TV in the room. Clean. Send me your candidates for this list. On this page I give you some suggestions. write to [email protected] |
| Best Values for Hotels |
| Best Value for Immersion Hotels in Asia Pertiwi, Ubud Ubud Village Hotel, Ubud Both have air conditioning |
| Best Value for Immersion Hotels in Europe Hotel Palace, Levanto (Cinque Terre) www.angelfire.com/fl2/hotelpalace Germans, Milanese, Romans and French gather at this family-run hotel, just 300 meters from the smooth-pebbled beach. The local wine is perfect for the thick soup and delicious pesto pasta of the hotel's restaurant. Family seating. Il Frassinello Tenuta "Il Frassinello", 56040 Montecatini Val di Cecina, tel 39 0588 30080 Near oil-pressing plants and not far from dinner in charming Volterra. |
| Travel and Leisure magazine has an article about "Best Values" in hotels. A typical hotel room costs over $200. Here is a list to show that smaller hotels at lower prices can provide value, too. |