Even though Ive spent years living in Idaho I’ve never had the opportunity to venture up into the pan-handle of Idaho. Coeur d’Alene is a beautiful place from pictures I’ve seen and people I’ve talked to. It looks like an amazing, somewhat untouched area with still a bit of pristine beauty about it.

Nestled on the lakes’ edge is the Coeur d’Alene Resort. It captures your imagination at the first glimpse and you’re wisked away to enjoying a peacful afternoon on a whitewashed adirondack chair wrapped in a woolen blanket next to your someone special reading a book and sipping a warm drink. You notice the clouds sweep across the sky and a deer peer out of a clearing surrounded by grand pine trees.

If you’re a golf fan you’ve got to check out their local golf course as it is the only course I’ve seen where one of the holes is on an island in the middle of the lake. You enjoy a leisurly boat ride over to the island to sink the put if you’re good enough to be able to land your ball on the green.

Their web site is layed out as well as their property. It’ very fresh and simple to view and navigate. I also viewed their source and while their code is older and depricated there is only one validation error on the main page. This is a great chance to make an excellent web site nearly perfect. Out of all the travel/hotel sites I’ve evaluated this has got to be one of the cleanest outside and in. Kudos to The Coeur d’Alene Resort and their web staff!

- 1 HTML error
- 1 CSS error.
-Passed accessibility test

Overall I would give the site an A-.

The Reef Playacar on the Mayan Riviera looks like a wonderful place to stay with plenty of suna dn fun. Like many resorts they cator to the all inclusive crowd as well as pay as you go. Their property has two cerulean swimming pools a jacuzzi, a kid’s pool and club house, with all kinds of activities including dance lessons, water basketball, water polo, tennis cours, sailboats, kayaking, scuba, windsurfing, snorkeling and bicycles. You name the activity and chances are The Reef can accomodate you.

Now if only their web site was that accomodating. Before we start looking at ways to improve the site, they get kudos right off for having an image gallery available right from the top of the page. From there though you get lost as the page navigation is only at the bottom of the page. The site has some wonderful images, but it needs a visual and code overhaul to make it easier for people to find out about their lucious property.

After quickly reviewing their site they weighed in with a number of issues on the main page.
- 45 HTML errors
-CSS passed.
-Failed accessibility test

Overall I would give the site a C.

There is so much potential that I hope someday is realized with this site.

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The San Alfonso del Mar in Chille has set the world record for the largest swimming pool. It’s the world’s largest salt water lagoon, swimming pool just sounds too small for this wonder. The lagoon measures 3,323 feet or 1,013 meters in length and covers an area of 20 acres. It contains 250,000 cubic meters of water and is simply magnificent. Imagine a pristine lagoon that’s the size of 6,000 8-meter swimming pools with white-sand beaches. Your allowed to take small boats, kayaks and other small flotation devices on and navigate the seemingly endless boundaries. The hotel features an endless list of activities including:

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