Advantages: Wodnerful Staff, Clean, Classy, Good Location - Everything Disadvantages: I have not a bad word to say about them!
After a very unfortunate start to our city break to Amsterdam my friend and I arrived at this hotel. I want to tell you all the shortened version of what actually happened...
Our Tour Operator booked us into the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Den Haag instead of the hotel in Schiphol [where the airport is]. Not wanting to miss out on the sights of Amsterdam, and not wanting to travel 60km each way between the sights and the hotel we made our way to Amsterdam. After about 300EUR in transport, conmen taxi drivers, and "Sorry we're full, good luck!" from ever hotelier we were directed to the GardenHotel by their sister hotel Jan Luyken.
We arrived to see a hotel in a quiet area next to a canal with ducks and boats...absolutely gorgeous area! Lovely houses, lots of plants and trees and of course the ducks and geese! The hotel had a red ...
Advantages: Cute toy, popular with the kids. Secure battery unit. Disadvantages: Pricey
In The Night Garden is a popular CBeebies TV series aimed at younger children and starring some adorable characters, stories and songs. There's a strange magical pull from the show and you find yourself watching it curiously for the first few times then suddenly enjoying it and looking forward to it's next showing, both my kids adore the show and naturally fell in love with the subsequent range of themed toys.
Talking Upsey Daisy-
Upsey Daisy is the main female character from the show and is Iggle Piggles best friend. She is a cute character that loves dancing, flowers and kisses, her brightly coloured hair is even more expressive then her vocals and moves around whenever she's excited/happy/sad etc?Whenever Upsey Daisy dances she inflates her flower petal tutu style skirt. Like Iggle Piggle, Upsey Daisy doesn't talk, instead she is ...
Advantages: This was a very good hotel in it's day Disadvantages: Burnt down in 1999
Review of The Garden House Hotel, Folkestone, Kent, England
You will note that my title for this review states that the Garden House Hotel WAS a good hotel.
So why is the word WAS in capitals?
Well, Ciao is a little out dated as this hotel actually burnt down in 1999!
The Hotel
I was born and brought up in Folkestone, Kent and remember this hotel as one of the grand old Victorian buildings that used to dominate my home town before the property developers moved in and turned us into a concrete jungle. Folkestone is a seaside town on the South East coast of England. It is around 70 miles from London and around 16 miles from the city of Canterbury. The cross Channel port of Dover is approximately 7 miles along the coast. Folkestone was a very popular holiday destination from the time of Queen Victoria.
The Garden House ...
