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Ropese01
I'll be traveling to Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Rome, Venice, and assorted small towns in the Europe. What is a general price that is acceptable for a hostel? If traveling with three is it better to just book a cheap hotel and split it?
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Hostels are vary cheap and range in price based on how popular the cities are. I have not been to France and Spain but they are more expensive than ones in Poland, Austria, Czech. They range all over the board.
However the prices ranged from around $3 (in eastern europe) to around $10 (for Berlin). Some of them were rooms with 2 beds. Some were large rooms like at summer camp with roughly 20 bunk beds. The average seemed to hold 6-8 people. Nearly all of them had lockers for you to lock your stuff up while you were gone.
I do not think it is possible to book a cheap hotel in Venice or Rome. I think hostels are definitely the way to go. Like I said, this is not the case in the real touristy places but in the smaller cities the hotels cost a lot more and are absolutely no different than the hostel. I went with some girls to Sweden (just right on the coast of the Baltic) and they rented a hotel. Divided in 3 it was still close to $40 a person. I stayed at the hostel next door for $5. When I went over to visit I was shocked to see they had the exact same beds--these weird rectangular, stuffed pallets that looked more like a bench cushion than a bed. They had a bathtub in the room--I had to share mine with the other people on my floor. That w/e there was only 5 of us on the whole floor. The rooms were identical, the location was identical and yet that room was about $115 more.
I'm sure in a really nice city like Rome the hotels would be quite luxurious. But if you are going to be traveling a long time, I'd save up and splurge on a nice hotel the last couple days of your trip.
Hostels are vary cheap and range in price based on how popular the cities are. I have not been to France and Spain but they are more expensive than ones in Poland, Austria, Czech. They range all over the board.
However the prices ranged from around $3 (in eastern europe) to around $10 (for Berlin). Some of them were rooms with 2 beds. Some were large rooms like at summer camp with roughly 20 bunk beds. The average seemed to hold 6-8 people. Nearly all of them had lockers for you to lock your stuff up while you were gone.
I do not think it is possible to book a cheap hotel in Venice or Rome. I think hostels are definitely the way to go. Like I said, this is not the case in the real touristy places but in the smaller cities the hotels cost a lot more and are absolutely no different than the hostel. I went with some girls to Sweden (just right on the coast of the Baltic) and they rented a hotel. Divided in 3 it was still close to $40 a person. I stayed at the hostel next door for $5. When I went over to visit I was shocked to see they had the exact same beds--these weird rectangular, stuffed pallets that looked more like a bench cushion than a bed. They had a bathtub in the room--I had to share mine with the other people on my floor. That w/e there was only 5 of us on the whole floor. The rooms were identical, the location was identical and yet that room was about $115 more.
I'm sure in a really nice city like Rome the hotels would be quite luxurious. But if you are going to be traveling a long time, I'd save up and splurge on a nice hotel the last couple days of your trip.
What are fun things to do in Barcelona, Spain?
Jo M
My sister is studying abroad in Barcelona next fall and the rest of the family is going to visit her either around Thanksgiving or for Christmas. What are some fun things to do in Barcelona or what should we see and do?
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Even if you are not into sport or football (what Americans call soccer), watching a match of FC Barcelona at the huge stadium Nou Camp is practically a must, because as the slogan runs "Barça is more than a club", it represents the feeling of the Catalan people. (we do not like to be called Spaniards, at least not too much)
http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/
Visit the Aquarium
http://www.aquariumbcn.com/AQUARIUM/index.php?wlang=en
there are similar places in other cities but it is a nice place and the sorroundings are worth seeing too
Take the funicular railway and go to the top of the Tibidabo mountain: great views of the city and if the day is clear enough you can even see the Pyrenees, which will be covered with snowed by the time you are in BCN. There is also an amusement park at Tibidabo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibidabo
Tibidabo is in the middle of the Collserola montain range, where there are forests and all different animals (also wild boars) and is a Natural Park.
Visit a bar called "Bosc de les Fades" (forest of the fairies, in Catalan), you will be surprised
http://www.bcninternet.com/touristinfo.php?contentid=218
During Xmas days go to the Christmas market in front of the Cathedral (at the Gothic Mediaeval quarter) and buy a caganer, a typical Catalan tradition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer --- Pls pls read this link!!
Some foreigners turn up their noses at that because they see it as irreverent, but they lack sense of humour
Learn some Catalan words. Even if you will go around with English in touristic areas and if we all speak Spanish (and half the population in Catalonia has Spanish as their native tonge), if you know that there is another different language (both Catalan and Spanish are official in Catalonia), if you can say some words in Catalan, you will be regarding as a tourist who knows where he/she is and will win 1.000 points among local people
Bon dia (good morning)
Bona tarda (good afternoon)
bona nit (good evening / night)
Adéu (goodbye)
Sisplau (please)
Even if you are not into sport or football (what Americans call soccer), watching a match of FC Barcelona at the huge stadium Nou Camp is practically a must, because as the slogan runs "Barça is more than a club", it represents the feeling of the Catalan people. (we do not like to be called Spaniards, at least not too much)
http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/
Visit the Aquarium
http://www.aquariumbcn.com/AQUARIUM/index.php?wlang=en
there are similar places in other cities but it is a nice place and the sorroundings are worth seeing too
Take the funicular railway and go to the top of the Tibidabo mountain: great views of the city and if the day is clear enough you can even see the Pyrenees, which will be covered with snowed by the time you are in BCN. There is also an amusement park at Tibidabo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibidabo
Tibidabo is in the middle of the Collserola montain range, where there are forests and all different animals (also wild boars) and is a Natural Park.
Visit a bar called "Bosc de les Fades" (forest of the fairies, in Catalan), you will be surprised
http://www.bcninternet.com/touristinfo.php?contentid=218
During Xmas days go to the Christmas market in front of the Cathedral (at the Gothic Mediaeval quarter) and buy a caganer, a typical Catalan tradition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer --- Pls pls read this link!!
Some foreigners turn up their noses at that because they see it as irreverent, but they lack sense of humour
Learn some Catalan words. Even if you will go around with English in touristic areas and if we all speak Spanish (and half the population in Catalonia has Spanish as their native tonge), if you know that there is another different language (both Catalan and Spanish are official in Catalonia), if you can say some words in Catalan, you will be regarding as a tourist who knows where he/she is and will win 1.000 points among local people
Bon dia (good morning)
Bona tarda (good afternoon)
bona nit (good evening / night)
Adéu (goodbye)
Sisplau (please)
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