Pleasant family hotel in art-déco style, uniquely situated in the city centre on 50 meters ... more
from the beach, the casino and the market square. We offer you a very cosy atmosphere. Lift and bar. Comfortable rooms with bathroom (bath), television and telep...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: Very centrally placed Disadvantages: Noisy side street!!!
I've just returned from a 7 day holiday with WA Shearings (see my other reviews for opinions on Shearings) staying at the HotelOstend. We stayed for 6 nights on a half board basis (July 30th- Aug 5th).
The hotel has a website: http://www.hotelostend.be/
For anyone travelling independently, you can check and book reservations online. The website also has a photo- guided tour of the hotel.
The hotel is quite centrally placed. It's pretty much over the road from the beach (about 50m away.....but down a side street so you can't see the sea!) near to the marina. I'd say it was a medium sized hotel offering 122 en-suite rooms (some family rooms too) with a fairly large restaurant, a small bar (called the Safari bar and decorated in rather fetching tiger and zebra print!) It also has a children's room next to the bar which has a bouncy ...
Advantages: Good base for exploring, good selection of shops, bars and restaurants. Disadvantages: Not as pretty as some other places. Building work is a problem at the moment.
facilities?but this isn?t a hotel review so I?ll not go into too much detail. It does have a 24 hour reception though which is very useful if you want to take advantage of the late night bar opening!!
~~~BARS.
There are two really good bars in Ostende for those wanting an extensive beer list ~ these are mentioned in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide to Belgium & Holland. These are the Café Botteltje on Louistraat and 't Ostens Bierhuus that is right across the road! Our favourite was 't Ostens Bierhuus, run by an English bloke called Tim. Beer prices are more expensive than we are used to in English pubs, but bearing in mind the strength of some of the beers (brews of 8% and above are pretty average features) you certainly get what you pay for! There are quite a few other bars around the place ~ there are even a few English style pubs (our ...
Advantages: English is widely spoken;Nice beaches;Clean; Disadvantages: Some items are expensive. Wide use of the Euro
convenient with the rail station- if you want to go to Bruges ,Bruxelles,or Liege- and the tram stops where you can conveniently catch the tram to take you along the pleasant coast line-all nicely integratd at the terminal. Oh how I wish that was the case in Dover where both the Eastern and Western Docks are a considerable distance away from the Dover rail station whilst the Stagecoach bus services only go to the Western Docks.
Accommodations in Ostend- or Oostende in the local lingo- are very reasonably priced-I stayed in a two star hotel for only around 17 pounds and even if you want to move to a 3 star ...
ashford 24.01.2001 (25.01.2001)
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