Atlantis The Palm Hotel, Dubai

In Juli 2012 I was in Dubai in the Atlantis Hotel. I will bring you some pictures of it too you. In this part only the hotel from Persian Gulf side and the side of the beach. The Atlantis Hotel in Dubai is located on the palm which is an artifically island with the shape of a palm. The side to the Persian Gulf has no beach. Here you see the hotel from the Persian Gulf side:

Parts of the Palm to the Persian Gulf side.

The beach of the hotel is to the side of the town.

From the beach you have a look on the skyscrapers of Dubai.

There is personal that brings you towel to you when you are at beach.

And of course there is a pool from the beach side:

You can see the legandary 7 stars hotel Burj al Arab from the beach side.

There is waterpark next to the hotel and if you don't want walk you will be driven there.

In Dubai you can see many luxury cars. In the front of this hotel too:

From the top of the hotel you can have a look on parts of this artifically island where this hotel is:

ABBA Museum Stockholm

In May 2013 I was in the new opened ABBA museum in Stockholm. Everybody who associates museum with something boring I can say only: This museum is not boring at all.

To enter it you need a credit card because money is not accepted in this museum to pay the entrance fee.

The museum is not big and all things you can see are quite interesting. Additionally there are some interactive elements like a dance hall or a performing stage where the visitor can do something more than only have a look at the exhibits.

But look yourself.

The building is simple and functional - typical Swedish manner.

The entrance is made with a red carpet. Right you see all 4 members of ABBA. And where the faces are the visitors can put their own faces. The first interacting part of this museum.

I will only show a small part of the exhibits because I want you have fun to visit this museum yourself. So the described elements of this museum are only to made a taste for you. After you pay the entrance fee with your credit card you will see a short movie of ABBA. After that you can explore the museum. There you will see exhibits like costumes or instruments of ABBA. There are many films too like for example the video of the winned Eurovision Song Contest with 'Waterloo'. Some costumes:

And of course instruments:

A scene from making ready for the show with video:

A place of inspiracion for ABBA:

Here you can dance to ABBA hits:

And here you can sing on a stage:

Okay I think you have now a taste of this museum and visit it please because it is interesting.

Hilton Santo Domingo

In August 2013 I was three 3 days gust in the Hilton Santo Domingo. The Hotel is on the promenade called Malecon. I enjoyed my stay. The lobby and the personal for the Check-In was charming.

I had a double room with ocean view.

Hilton beds are a dream. And the view on the Atlantic ocean from my 16th floor room was amazing. You can see the promenade Malecon.

The hotel has a Bar with drinks you know from Europe like Caipirinha and there are free nuts and chips served to the drinks.

There is a small pool. It is a pool where you can get some coolness but you will not spend the whole day there.

Behind the pool there is a view on Santo Domingo:

Around the hotel you can walk but I would not recommend it. There is nothing interesting near the hotel and tresspassing the street to the Malecon is in my eyes a little adventure.

I booked without breakfast and the next time I will book with breakfast. For breakfast there is a buffet with fresh made pancakes and eggs by the chef. Very delicious…of course juice, coffee, ham and the other parts of continental breakfast could be found there as buffet too. The room was clean, the personal nice. I was happy with my stay and in January 2014 I will visit it too. The nexttime I will book in advance with breakfast because it is cheaper.

Iberostar Dominicana in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

I was two times in the Iberostar Dominicana Hotel in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and I was two times very satisfied with my stay. This hotel is on the same area with its twin hotel Punta Cana. It is a Hotel with nice personal and good food. Tourists are from the entire world: Europe, Russia, South America and of couse USA and Canada. Animation is good although I personally do not need much animation. There are Juniorsuites that are in bungalows. Each bungalows has 4 Juniorsuits. The normal rooms are in the main building which I personally prefer. Not because of the price – the difference between Juniorsuite and normal room is very small – but I like big building. The big difference between a normal room and an Junior Suite is the bathroom. The Juniorsuite has a bathtub and the normal room only a shower. This is a normal room.

It is in the main building:

A wonderful view from the normal room to the garden of the hotel. The building behind the palms is the twin hotel Iberostar Punta Cana.

And you get one time fruits as a gift from the hotel.

Two pictures of Junior Suite:

And some animals you can find are the famous 3 Flamingos:

Pool is nice and there is the whole day until 18:00 Animation there and at beach too. I personally go for beach and no for pool but pool-fans will be happy in this hotel too.

The beach of Punta Cana is super, these picture are in front of Iberostar Dominicana made:

I can recommend this Hotel and I will visit it again in January 2014. ;-)

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