Experienced travelers who know how to find cheap travel options, whether cheap airplane tickets, discount hotel rooms, or cheap vacation packages, often like to stay at undiscovered hotels in popular destinations. That way they can get away from the crowds when desired and yet can remain close to the action.
The following hotels were recently identified by Budget Travel as excellent hotels from around the world, all of which cost less than $210 per night:
Rockhouse Hotel in Negril, Jamaica delivers the unimaginable: seclusion in the party town of Negril. Rockhouses villas are spread across a low cliff with steps that lead down to the warm water of the Prestine Cove.
Albergo California in Positano, Italy houses 15 guestrooms and is a five minute walk from the center of Positano. Ground floor rooms 51 to 55 open directly onto a impressive long entrance terrace and offer magnificent views of Positano.
Fundana Villas in Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece has 12 guest bungalows that enjoy glorious views. A traditional Corfiote restaurant can be found on the grounds.
Landmark Vineyards in California wine country offers two guest rooms in the middle of a working vineyard. From the rooms front doors you can watch the grapes growing and being harvested.
Les Deux Freres in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, French Riviera has a mahogany bar which fills the lobby and a narrow staircase which leads up to 10 small but very attractive rooms. Each room has a name suggesting its theme: Provencal, Africain, Marine, etc. Views range from interesting to stupendous.
Amor de Mar in Montezuma, Costa Rica is situated in an Adirondack style lodge which house 11 rooms paneled in dark wood and decorated sparingly. The front lawn slopes toward a rocky point where a tide pool resides that is big enough to swim in. A five minute walk takes guests to the closest sandy beach.
Posada Que Onda, in Akumal, Riviera Maya, Mexico is located in the oldest resort town in this part of Mexico. Turtles return each spring to lay eggs in nest along the beaches. Posada Que Onda offers a kid friendly pool that has a built in shelf where kids can play. The closest beach, half Moon Bay, is a 10 minute walk, but only 50 yards away excellent swimming can be enjoyed in Yalku lagoon.
Mount Haven Hotel in Penzance, Cornwall, U.K. is close to St. Michaels Mount, an ancient craggy island that some say looks like a lopsided volcano. Most of the 18 rooms look out on the water and have a distinct Asian feel, with silk bedspreads and throw pillows covered in embroidered fabrics from India.
Tenuta di Roccadia in Carlentini, Sicily, Italy offers 20 large guest rooms with sturdy wood furnishings and wrought iron bed frames. Its patio looks over citrus groves in a valley to the snowcapped peak of Mount Etna beyond. Roccadias olive and citrus groves, almond trees, and sheep provide many of its fine restaurants ingredients.
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