Set in a peaceful location at the foot of Mount Etna and surrounded by a tranquil, green ... more
park, Hotel Garden features an outdoor swimming pool and free Wi-Fi. Located in San Giovanni La Punta, the Garden Hotel is around 5 km from the centre of Catania a...
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THE HOTEL IS SURROUNDED BY A BEAUTIFUL GREENGARDEN WITH AN EXOTIC TOUCH AND IT IS ... more
EQUIPPEDWITH A SPLENDID SWIMMING POOL MADE IN A TROPICALLANDSCAPE.DINING GARDEN HOTEL IS EQUIPPED WITH A BREAKFASTHALL AND WITH TWO RESTAURANT ROOMS.THE RESTAURANT LA VE...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
THE HOTEL IS SURROUNDED BY A BEAUTIFUL GREENGARDEN WITH AN EXOTIC TOUCH AND IT IS ... more
EQUIPPEDWITH A SPLENDID SWIMMING POOL MADE IN A TROPICALLANDSCAPE.DINING GARDEN HOTEL IS EQUIPPED WITH A BREAKFASTHALL AND WITH TWO RESTAURANT ROOMS.THE RESTAURANT LA VE...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
An imposing modern hotel, with views of Mount Etna. The hotel is surrounded by a beautiful ... more
garden with an exotic touch and is equipped with a splendid swimming pool, made in a tropical landscape. The guestrooms are decorated with a mix of antique and contemporary styles in warm colours.
Advantages: Very comfortable beds Disadvantages: Location, Poor room service
I wondered where the taxi was taking me on my way from the airport to the hotel. The area seemed to get worse as we went on and I was really surprised when I saw the hotel. The entrance on the website looks very impressive, the reality is very different( see photo).
The location of the hotel wasn?t what I expected, and it seemed to be very run down and seedy, definitely not a tourist area. There were large open rubbish bins in the street, sometimes overflowing and surrounded by rubbish. Filthy pavements, when you could walk on them and they weren?t being used for parked cars. There were a few supermarkets, a bakery and a take away pizza place, but hardly any cafes nearby. There was traffic noise during the morning and evening rush hours.
There was a 10-15 minute walk to what I would term the normal tourist areas with shops, cafes ...
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: 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 ...
