Marine Lodge Marea

First: I love quiet places for recreation and in this catagory one cannot choose a better place on this island! Just a few planes approaching the airport fly over this hotel (one about every 45 minutes), but just during daytime at night (6pm-8am) it is absolutely quiet. And here the planes are still so high in the air that they do not really disturb. The room is less than 13 sqm in size, but the space us excellently used: although there is a wardrobe closet, a safety locker, a Japanese set bathroom, a queen sized bed, a small fridge, a desk with 4 drawers with a comfortable chair there still is enough space so one does not become claustrophobic. And there is a spacy balcony (about 3.4m x 1.5m. At the Japanese public bath there are coin washing mashines and dryers, which is very convenient if one is travelling for a long time (me: 25 days). Washing powder can be bought at the small store at the reception and I was given a rope with clips to dry my clothes on the balcony. At the small store one can also buy cup noodles, crackers, sweets and t-shirts. Breakfast is excellent, if one can eat a Japanese breakfast: delicious, rice with many different toppings, filling for a whole day at the beach or bike riding or whatever one does here. Very good coffee with fresh milk, different kinds of tea and about 8 different types of fruit juices are available. The western style breakfast is a bit poor, but who wants to have a western style beakfast if Japanese is so good? Dinner food selection isn't very wide, just about 7 different choices and no western food, but just as delicious as breakfast!

The restaurant was closed for lunch because of low season. There is nothing around the hotel within walking distance: no shops, no restaurants, no entertainment. If one needs that (I don't) then one needs a vehicle. I had a rented bicycle with which I explored the island.