Best Western Blue Tower Hotel, Amsterdam

Hotel for the tolerant

Advantages: cheap, good location
Disadvantages: don't ask for an upgrade

The Best Western Eden Hotel is, unusually for Amsterdam, situated in an idyllic location next to one of the canals that decimate the city. It is within walking distance of many of the squares, flower markets and a short tram ride away from the city centre. There are plenty of places to eat and drink close by and we (me + wife) spent a couple of nights trying out the bars back in 2004. Hence, be prepared for sketchy memory and vague references to things half-remembered. To save time, my opinion of this place is mixed and juggles a balance of cheap and weird. The Outside ********** As mentioned, the hotel sits on a canal - quite a wide bit of canal where a couple of smaller ones join. There is quite an expanse of water in front of it, vaguely industrial in a quaint sort of way. The outside of the hotel looks pretty regal ...

dhillcrest 12.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Best Western Eden Hotel, Amsterdam

Best Western, The Links Hotel, Montrose

Advantages: beautiful hotel, given a room with a terrace
Disadvantages: Out of season there isnt a huge amount to do

~~~~First Impressions~~~~ When driving up to the hotel you are immediately struck by how lovely this Edwardian building is. The building has been extended to include more bedrooms and a business/conference centre. And we were more then pleased when we seen it. From the driveway, we could see lovely rooms with balconies and we could see into the restaurant and a conservatory style coffee area. Facing the hotel was a park which had a playground and pitch within it, a pleasant enough view. There was plenty of parking in the car park and parking was free during our stay. The hotel reception was small but beautiful, very in-keeping with the Edwardian building it was housed in. We could see into the bar, which faces the reception, and at the end of the hall there was a set of stairs leading up to the rooms. At the top of the first ...

sharkel 12.02.2007 (15.04.2007) · Read full review
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Review of Best Western The Links Hotel, Montrose

Big, Blue and Beautiful.

Advantages: Comfortable, well located and very clean.
Disadvantages: Didnt find any!

If you are one of the people who read my review on Blackpool pleasure beach you will know that I am a regular traveller to Blackpool. If you haven?t read my Blackpool pleasure beach review then why not? (Only kidding). Normally when I visit Blackpool I tend to just look for a cheap bed and breakfast or a hotel with some sort of special offer on, as Blackpool to me is about what you do when you are there rather than where you stay. On this particular occasion however I was visiting Blackpool with my other half?s mum and dad who were paying and wanted to stay somewhere nice. After a long time looking we came to a joint decision on The Big Blue Hotel, a relatively new hotel built at the entrance to Blackpool?s pleasure beach and offering very nice rooms at an expensive but not over the top price it seemed ideal and was. ★★The ...

thebigc1690 19.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Best Western The Big Blue Hotel, Blackpool