Best Inn, Portsmouth

Advantages: Has a beach and lots to do
Disadvantages: The beach is shingle, not sand

...so that is the best time to visit. There is one room to watch out for if you are of a delicate composition (there is a warning outside) - it is a Victorian-style museum room with lots of glass jars containing random pickled things like snakes and real stuffed animals - it smells of dead stuff. - Charles Dicken's Birthplace - The tiny little house that Charles Dickens was born in. It is authentically decorated and has the couch that Dickens was lying on when he died. - The Royal Marines Museum - Describes the history of the Royal Marines, including their part in the Falklands war. The museum building is quite impressive - it is a converted Victorian Barracks building. 2.9 Shopping Portsmouth has two main shopping areas - Commercial Road and Gunwharf. Commercial Road is a standard city centre shopping area - it has all the standard... Read review

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Advantages: Loads to do, good public transport service, great choice of shops
Disadvantages: Parts of the City are a bit run down

...remains popular with both day visitors and holiday makers alike. The City of Portsmouth is typical of many British cities - busy, dirty, run down in places and vamped up in others. The seaside resort of Southsea however is quite the opposite, it boasts a four mile stretch of beach and gardens and is extremely popular with both locals and tourists during the Summer months. So apart from the best football team on the South Coast what does the City of Portsmouth have to offer visitors? **SHOPPING** Portsmouth City Centre is where you will find the Cascades Shopping Centre. The Cascades is a purpose build undercover shopping centre which is home to many popular High Street Shops, including H & M, Early Learning Centre, Woolworth's, Etam, Marks & Spencer, Goldsmiths, The Works and The Body Shop to name a few. The Cascades is set on two... Read review

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Advantages: Easily reached and really welcoming
Disadvantages: It is part of a chain - so a wee bit bland

..., there was quite a wide area to search for a hotel. I had left booking until July and discovered that my usual cheap choices like Travelodge, Travel Inn and Premier were either full, or charging their highest tariffs. So Fareham's Holiday Inn turned out to be the best value in the general area of Portsmouth. 2 Cost. I paid in advance to get the cheapest rate. That worked out at £60 for a double room, bed and breakfast. Rack rate - if anyone pays it - is £155, I think, and other offers and rates seem to produce a common average of about £90 per night. 3 Booking The hotel can be booked in numerous ways. Go to the Holiday Inn site and you can book through their central reservation desk online. You could use their telephone number and use the central reservations that way. Again, you can book direct with the hotel itself through post, internet... Read review

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