Grand Metropole Hotel Blackpool, Blackpool

Advantages: friendly .excellent facilities.
Disadvantages: Would benefit from a revamp

...S & K from Telford in Shropshire. Just came back from the Norbreck Hotel . originaly planned to go elsewhere but the whole town was full of pigeon fanciers and Most hotels decided to double the rate for the whole weekend (the Claremount and the Metropole ) to name only two of the moneygabbing hotels . After booking in which was quick and friendly ,we found our room on the 1st floor ,An executive Jaccuzi room which was still half the price of the Metropole.ok the silicone on the bath looked shabby/ and room smelled lightly of cigarettes but otherwise very clean and spacious and the staff put in an air purifier for us which was fantastic. The food was very good ,but a little like Butlins (chichen in tarragon was fantastic .Entertainment was better than most Blackpool hotels . The guests were very friendly .and noticed... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Plus ca change
Disadvantages: Plus c'est les memes shows

.... It has some genteel suburbs, sedate retirement resorts along the coast and inland. It even has some large and expensive hotels that put on airs. But in its heartland, Blackpool is relentlessly brash and banal. The "Golden" Mile is tarnished gilt at best, even brass, shameless in its offering of basse cuisine and unoriginal sin. Don't think of it as tasteless, think of it as tastefree, and you will be on the same wavelength as hosts and visitors alike. Similarly, where I said shameless above I should have said shamefree. Blackpool is free from self-consciousness of any kind, and it is precisely because it has this liberated quality that the tawdriness is part of Blackpool's charm or, at least, of its allure. I know seaside towns; they run through my life like the pink sugar lettering in a stick of rock. Apart from Blackpool, I have... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Quiet location,competitive rates,clean & homely
Disadvantages: Distance from Blackpool centre,hospitality (see below, my verdict)

...I visited Blackpool with my husband and our two children during the Easter holidays, we stayed for three days and two nights in a three star hotel in the North pier area of Blackpool. We won our stay on an Ebay auction but the hotel can also obviously be booked in a more traditional manner (by phone,post or email). *CONTACT DETAILS* The proprieters are: Andrew and Roxanne Sandiford The address is: Arundel Hotel 102 Queens Prom Blackpool Lancashire FY2 9NS Telephone: 01253 351838 Fax: 01253 595952 Website and Email: www.arundelhotel.com enquiries@arundelhotel.com *THE HOTEL* The hotel building is victorian (as are most in Blackpool), it has twelve... Read review

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