Castle Mona Hotel, Douglas

Advantages: It has 18 wheeler in the arcade!
Disadvantages: It has secret communes of people hidden away...

...I'm laughing as I'm writing this, because I simply cannot believe what we've just experienced! We booked with National Holidays and were given The Norbreck Castle as a dwelling place! I got onto the net and couldn't believe my luck when I was presented with beautiful pictures of a fantastic castle with amazing facilities! We travelled down on the coach looking forward to our stay at this amazing castle! The coach arrived and my jaw quite simply hit the floor. It looks like an eastern european prison. The driver on the coach then announced, "Oh, and by the way folks, you can't check into your rooms untill 3pm!" Which was great, considering it was 10am. We entered the hotel and were greeted with a wonderful 1970s reception with lovely wooden revolving doors which felt as if they were about to fall off. Everything from the reception... Read review

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Advantages: Late bar and all you can eat food
Disadvantages: Too far to the town

...My friends and I decided to have a weekend away because it was one of their birthdays. We booked for a two-night weekend break at the Norbreck Castle Hotel in Blackpool through National Coach Holidays on 19 November 2004. The brochure described the break as being ‘All inclusive’ and we looked forward to fact that we would be able to drink copious amounts of alcohol for free (and why not!). We paid £89.00 for two night’s dinner, bed and breakfast with drinks also included from 7.30pm – 10.30pm in one of the three bars in the hotel. When we arrived at 1.30pm we were met in the lobby with a poster telling us that we were unable to check in until 3.30pm, this was our first mishap. The décor in the lobby was okay and the hotel on the surface seemed rather nice. We made our way to the bar (as you do), to kill a couple of hours... Read review

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Advantages: A nice town with lots of food and drink!
Disadvantages: Not a lot of history actually in the town.

...of Roman forts and Celtic Crannogs in the loch. The importance of the location mainly comes from the fertile land and the prospect of good farming land was the main draw. In recent times CD has become known as the region’s Food Town. Drawing on the agricultural past and the advent of railways (in the mid to late 19th Century), which bought in a ready supply of fresh ingredients from other areas, the town now has a respected food and drink industry. There are top class restaurants, food producers and retailers, selling and promoting the food of Scotland via a plethora of cafes, restaurants, shops and hotels. The tourism in the town has built up as a result, as has also has a positive economic effect on the farming industry as a whole, due to increased outlets for their goods. ~~~WHAT DID WE DO IN CASTLE DOUGLAS? I would recommend staying... Read review

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