Imperial Garden Hotel, Montecatini terme

Advantages: A landmark hotel
Disadvantages: It's a long way from home

...is on a road junction with vehicles 'horning' (yep, that really is the correct local term!) each other all day and all night, changing gear and generally making their presence felt. You may also find that your lovely quiet hotel is next door to a major building site.  The joy of the Imperial is that its eigth acre garden site enables the hotel to be set back slightly from the road. So even though you are slap-bang at the heart of things, it's remarkably quiet.  All the rooms have special noise reduction glazing. 3. History and Tradition  Although it was only built in 1931, 20 years after New Delhi became the capital of India, The Imperial is steeped in history.  The hotel was the venue for the negotiations between the leading Indian independence activists and the British 'rulers'. Just imagine what it would... Read review

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Advantages: The whole experience.
Disadvantages: My stay was completely disadvantage free!

...Regular readers of my reviews will no doubt already know I am a huge fan of Blackpool and that I travel there on a regular basis. Now I am the first to admit that when I visit Blackpool it is more about the place itself than the accommodation and therefore I usually just opt for a very inexpensive B&B but I do on occasions like to treat myself to a luxury break in a hotel and have stayed in the Big Blue hotel that overlooks the Pleasure beach (already reviewed) and also in the Imperial Hotel which is what I am going to tell you a bit about here. I stayed in the Imperial in late 2004 so I do apologise if there have been changes that I fail to mention in this review but I am assured after talking to friends who I recommended the hotel to and are recently back from their stay that it is every bit as good now as I told them it was then... Read review

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Advantages: Friendly cosy and excellent location.
Disadvantages: Building work and only one small lift.

...We have just got back from another excellent long weekend to Belgium. This time we used Ostend as our base and were traveling with a party of 17 adults. The trip cost us £200 pounds each and this included our transport (in a 16 seater coach ~ the extra person was our mate the bus driver), crossing on the Channel Tunnel and three nights B&B in the Imperial Hotel. The Imperial is part of the Best Western chain ~ a large hotel group that has hotels all over the world. ~~~WHERE IS THE IMPERIAL HOTEL? The hotel can be found at 76 Van Iseghenlaan in the centre of Ostend. It is around ten to fifteen minutes walk from the Train and Tram stations and is in an excellent location. It is within sight of the seafront, beach and the main Albert Promenade and is also just opposite the Casino. We picked the hotel primarily because... Read review

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