Campanile Reims Murigny, Reims

Advantages: The Cathedral, champagne
Disadvantages: A little quiet...if that's a con

...When Mrs P said, "Let's go Christmas shopping!", one day last year, REIMS was not the first place I had in mind. But it seems it was for her. We took advantage of a cheap flight deal with Ryanair to have a short break and maybe do a little Christmas shopping. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express which had a view of the Cathedral and was centrally situated. REIMS is situated in the Champagne-Ardennes region of France. It is around an hours drive east of Paris at the junction of the A4 and A26 motorways. The most famous sight in Reims has to be the 13th century NOTRE-DAME Cathedral, one of the most important historical sites in France. Clovis, King of the Franks was christened by Bishop Saint Remi on this site in 496AD. Since then a further 32 Kings of France, in fact nearly all of them, have had their coronation here... Read review

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Advantages: nice rooms
Disadvantages: nothing major

...After deciding to take a trip to Glasgow for a few days, my husband and I set out to find a good value hotel. After looking at the usual Travelodges and Premier Travel Inns, we came across the Campanile hotel which is like the French version of Travelodge. It was 52 pounds a night and had a secure car park, something which we found very good as parking in Glasgow tends to be quite expensive. Although the price was good we decided to shop around and managed to book 3 nights for 122 pounds on Expedia. The location of the hotel was very good as it was in the newly upgraded and developed area near the SECC and surrounding the hotel was luxury apartments, the new Clyde Arc bridge, the new STV and BBC Scotland studios and the SECC and Glasgow Science Centre. It was 20 minutes walking to the Kelvingrove Art Museum and the Transport... Read review

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Advantages: Clean, Tidy, Friendly Staff
Disadvantages: Rooms could be bigger.

...Campanile as it is part of the same group of companies. We complained to the manager of the Premiere Classe hotel and insisted on being given a room in the Campanile as it was right next door. I'm sorry to say that I am one of those tourists who never really tries too hard to pick up the local language but I studied French for my GCSE's, albeit many years ago, and so was disappointed to learn that the staff at this hotel did not speak English. I guess disappointed is the wrong word but in lieu of a better one, it stays. The lady at the front desk could not speak a word of English but was very very helpful and friendly. My limited French did not really aid the situation but she knew that one of the guests was English and spoke fluent French and so asked him to help. She resolved the problem very quickly and gave us a room for the duration... Read review

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