Just 500 metres from the city centre, the Hotel Albion is situated in the former English ... more
quarter of Ajaccio near the Casone, the Napoleon Memorial.The hotel offers comfortable, air-conditioned rooms with satellite TV, direct telephone, free Wi-Fi inter...
Information:
Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: great location, cheap, nice rooms, excellent food Disadvantages: no parking, quite dated
Introduction to the hotel:
The Royal AlbionHotel was built in 1826 and is situated in a fantastic location opposite Brighton pier. It is a three star hotel and has 186 guest rooms offering views of Brighton beach or the town centre.
My experience of the hotel:
I spent one night in the hotel in January of this year and for a three star hotel I was quite impressed. I and my girlfriend booked a double room for £55 and it was a spacious room with a four poster bed, couch, satellite television, fridge, tea and coffee making facilities and a lovely modern bathroom with a Jacuzzi bath. When we checked in the hotel staff asked us if we would like to upgrade to a room with a Jacuzzi batch for £10, we said no, but were a bit intrigued to find one anyways - they had obviously given our room away and were trying to get the extra £10 out ...
Advantages: Bar area and location Disadvantages: Needs updating, overpriced and parking
I stayed at this hotel for two nights during the summer.
I found it shabby and outdated. The cost was very high over £100 a night for a twin room.
The parking is awful with an expensive car park 10 to 15 minutes down the road.
The room was not totally double glazed and as a result you could hear everything going on outside in the early hours of the morning.
When I complained the staff where friendly enough and smiled (they didn't speak much English!)but would not come up with any alternatives or refund any of my money.
The bar area was fine and the bar food was good.
I was surprised by the help yourself breakfast, I thought as it is an expensive hotel that we would be waited on but I was wrong.
The room service menu was so basic as to be a joke. They had not real choice and were not prepared to do anything special for the customer ...
Having stayed at the Royal Albion Brighton for two nights at £288 I agree it would have been similar staying at a local hostel and far cheaper.
The room was discusting, shabby, dusty and dirty and also smelled of sick and far long over due for a redeck with wall paper pealing off in various places, the bed cover was only fit for a dog basket.
I paid the extra for a sea view room and balcony which was very good, though double glazing should be a must as it was right over the busy highway and walkway for the seafront.
The furniture is very dated so dont go by the glossy photo in the add as this was probably taken 20 years ago.
The walls are waifer thin as you can here every thing tha goes on, I mean everything!
Most of the staff are foreign though that not a problem however try asking for finer details such as were a cash point ...
