USEFUL ADDRESSES FOR HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS
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I have traveled extensively in the last few years and here are some
pointers
to hotels and restaurants that are good and reasonable:
Hotels
- Toulouse, France: For Alcatel ASP, Thib Hotel (3
minutes walk to Alcatel ASP), Thibaud, 1 rue Boudeville, Tel +33 05 61
76 15 15. Fax +33 05 62 14 08 31; Hotel De Diane, 3 route de
Saint Simon, Toulouse (5 minutes by taxi to Alcatel), Tel +33 05 61 07
59 52, Fax: +33 05 61 86 38 94 . For more info about hotel in
Toulouse see: http://www.gaf.tm.fr/nl/frankrijk/accommodaties/midipyrenees/hautegaronne/toulouse.php
- France (General): IBIS hotels in general are
medium class hotel and reasonable prices and
convenient locations. I found that they particularly good in
Paris: http://www.ibishotel.com/ibis/index.html
- Noordwijk Holland: ESA, ESTEC hotel reservation
service: Phone: +31 71 565 5858; Fax: +31
71 565 5859; Taxi for airport pickup: BROUWER +31 71 361
1000; Hotel in Noordwijk: Prominent Inn (on the beach) +31 71
361 2253
- Brussels: Matignon Hotel: Cheap and central hotel
near Brussels stock exchange (5 minutes walk from Central Station), Tel
+32 02 511 0888. For more information see: http://www.hotelinformation.com/html/belgium/brussels/matignon/
- Rome: Grand Hotel
Palatino: Central and good price:(213, Via Cavour, Rome, Tel. +39
064814927, +39
064740726, for more information see: http://www.hotelpalatino.com/
- Madrid:
Castilla Plaza Hotel:
Paseo De La Castellana, 220, Madrid City Center, phone +34 1
800-950-1363. For more information see: http://www.abbacastillaplazahotel.com/
or http://madrid-hotels.travelape.com/abba-castilla-plaza-hotel-madrid.html
- ETSI,
Sophia-Antipolis,
South France: See ETSI accommodation web pages,
with information about how to get to ETSI
(European Telecommunications Standards Institute) and hotels at
special ETSI prices. One example of cheap accommodation is the RESIDEAL apartments in Antibes
near Sophia-Antipolis.
Restaurants
- Toulouse, France: Villa Tropezienne: www.villa-tropezienne.com
and; CAVES DE LA MARECHALE (THE BEST in Toulouse) 3 Rue Jules Chalande,
Tel +33 5 61 23 89 88. For more information see: http://www.idresto.com/dpt_31/31a/page_31a.htm
- Antibes, France: Le Sucrier , Tel. +33 4 93 34 85
40. www.lesucrier.com
- Rome: Fish Restaurant, Ristorante Villa Paganini Roma,
Vicolo Della
Fontana, Tel. +39 6 44 23 14 48. For more information see: http://www.todine.net/lst_pe_roma.html ;
Also a very good Pizzeria restaurant in Rome is: Teberna De'
Mercanti, Piazza De' Marcanti, 3a; for more information see: http://www.wheninrome.it/roman.htm#16
- Madrid: La Vaca Argentina Restaurant,
Castellana 208, Tel. + 39 91 345 2665, www.lavacaargentina.net ;
Casa De Valencia: Pintor Rosales, 58, 28008, Tel. +39 91 544 1747
- Bradford, UK (Convenient when Bradford University): Nawaab
Indian restaurant: 32 Manor Row Bradford + 44 1274 720
371. For more information see: http://somewherenear.com/idx.cgi?a=show&spt=4&east=416103&north=433495&unique_id=3398&rlimit=10&sessionkey=40ac95404fc7&placetype=4
- Turin, Italy: Bastian Coutraira, Moncalieri, Strada
Moncalvo 102, Tel
+39 011 69 68 388
- Brussels: Restaurant Vincent ( http://www.restaurantvincent.com
); 8-10 Rue des Dominicians - 1000 Bruxelles.
- Ipswich, UK (Convenient when visiting BT Labs at Adastral Park):
Il Punto, The Brasserie on the Quay. Address Neptune Quay,
Ipswich IP4 1AX, Tel. +44 1473 289 748. For more information see:
http://www.restaurant-guide.com/details/default.asp?rID=20848&ID=1205&path=12,32,40,1205&cuiID=23
Flights and travel agents
- University of Surrey associated travel agent (not always the
cheapest !!) : Fleet Street
Travel .
- Trailfinders:
They are good especially with US flights.
- EasyJet.
- Ryanair.
- British Airways.
Trains
British Rail
train timetables.
Useful Maps
Guildford maps and info.
Multimap
Haitham Cruickshank (H.Cruickshank@surrey.ac.uk)