I can't believe I'm finally here! My hotel is nice and I am staying in a guesthouse in the central area of Madrid.

真不敢相信我终于来了！我住的酒店很好，是在马德里市中心的一家宾馆里。

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Instead of staying in an ordinary hotel, resort, bed &breakfast or guesthouse, one will experience the real family-life by staying in a so called homestay.

旅客不是住在一个普通宾馆、度假酒店、提供早餐的简易旅馆或招待所，而是通过住在当地居民家，体验到真实的家庭生活。

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A single hotel room, if you can find one, will set you back $500-600 a night. A bed in a simple guesthouse costs at least half that.

比如，在一个所旅馆单间住一晚就得花掉500-600美元，就算在一家简陋的旅店租张床，你最多也只能省下一半。

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It said a total of 1, 968, 000 hotel, guesthouse and bed and breakfast rooms were sold between January and December 2011.

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The U Castellu Guesthouse, a cosy boutique hotel with five modern rooms artfully decorated with quirky touches, encapsulates the laid back beauty of Corsica.

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To me, a well-chosen guesthouse has infinitely more appeal than a budget hotel.

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