Posted in Europe, Hotel, Portugal on Sep 23rd, 2009
Just a qualified guess: The pool area is about 8,5 meters from the ocean.
The hotel itself is less than 30 meters from the very same water.
A room on the upper floor with a view but without a balcony.
All rooms have bathtubs with massage jets. No complaints.
From left to right: New addition, dating back to 2002. […]
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Posted in Florida, Hotel, USA on Jul 1st, 2008
Where did the room go?
The first time I stayed at this hotel, I slept in a room called ”Jesus Christ Megastar”. Has it been renamed? Have ultra-conservative groups in the United States been putting pressure on the Pelican and forced it to change the name of this room or is there something I have I […]
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Posted in Florida, Hotel, USA on Dec 1st, 2007
This is the Diva of Ocean Drive.
If you look ‘art déco’ up on Google, it won’t take you long before you’ll find Lawrence Murray Dixon. He’s the architect behind many of the classic art déco buildings in Miami South Beach. The Tides opened in 1936 and in no time it became the playground for […]
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