Scotland: a memorable Orkney meal
“I would like to recommend the Creel Restaurant With Rooms in St. Margaret’s Hope, Orkney.
“We stayed there in September and enjoyed one of the best meals in Scotland. Chef Alan Craigie was awarded Scottish restaurant chef of the year for 2006. (By the way, he lived at one time in Los Angeles while chef for the British consulate general.)”
Double rooms from $205; dinner entrees from $40.
Creel Restaurant With Rooms, Front Road, St. Margaret’s Hope, Orkney KW17 2SL; 011-44-185-683-1311, www.thecreel.co.uk.
JANIS CUEVAS
South Pasadena
Costa Rica: stars and fiery fireworks
“We would like to recommend the Grand Papagayo Resort in Costa Rica, on the northern Pacific coast. Accommodations are luxe, all-inclusive, with a swim-up bar, a hopping disco and a gorgeous star show from your patio. We went to a local bullfight, where fireworks caught some lady’s hair on fire! Wow.”
Doubles from $230.
Occidental Grand Papagayo Resort, P.O. Box 48-5000, Buena Beach, Guanacaste; (800) 858-2258, www.occidentalhotels.com.
HODDY AND SUSAN RUPP
Manhattan Beach
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