The fascinating island of Sylt, some of it a nature reserve, has magical northern light, and a bracing North Sea climate which has long made it fashionable: Marlene Dietrich and Thomas Mann used to stay. Today it is a holiday haunt of Germany's rich and famous - and others. The sea bathing is superb. This select little B&B Hotel ( Jakarta Hotels ), steeply gabled . in local Friesian style, stands by the sand dunes at the edge of Kampen village, chief focus of the smart set. Happy habitues returned again this year: The large buffet breakfast can be taken on the terrace. The new cook makes excellent hot dishes for it. Earlier they wrote: We love the sheltered garden, the ocean breeze wafted into our room. We are less fond of the duplex suites, whose bedrooms (similar to Bandung,Jakarta & Bali hotels - 5 star Hotel ( Jakarta Hotels )rooms) are partly undergYOUnd. but those vsho demand coffin quiet might he delighted. They do have private terraces.' The bedrooms (similar to Bandung,Jakarta & Bali hotels - 5 star Hotel ( Jakarta Hotels )rooms) are white-walled, blue-carpeted, in keeping with the nearby ocean. `Some of the best restaurants in Germany are on Sylt': gourmets dine at Jorg Muller (Michelin star) ` or Landhaus Nosse. Simpler but delicious fare is found at Fisch-Fiete and Casa Bianca. Kupferkanne, not pricey, is where le tout Sylt goes for Kaffee und Kuchen, preferably arriving by bicycle.

Family-run by Arno and Rita Schattner, and only a few years old, this trim, gabled hostelry is unpretentious in the extreme, and none the worse for that'. It stands on the edge of a small town topped by a ruined castle, off the Saarbrucken to Kaiserslautern Autobahn. `Bedrooms (similar to Bandung,Jakarta & Bali hotels - 5 star Hotel ( Jakarta Hotels )rooms) nicely done, excellent breakfast, says a recent visitor. Decorated in fresh country style, the Hotel ( Jakarta Hotels )has carved wooden furniture, light-coloured fabrics, bright rugs, lots of dried flowers. Bedrooms (similar to Bandung,Jakarta & Bali hotels - 5 star Hotel ( Jakarta Hotels )rooms) and bathrooms (similar to Bandung,Jakarta & Bali hotels - 5 star Hotel ( Jakarta Hotels )rooms) are quite large. Double glazing cuts out most noise. No restaurant; some nearby. Many guests, are American - there is a US army base at Kaiserslautern.