Mercure Lille Métropole, Marcq-en-Baroeul

Advantages: Clean, modern, good breakfast, mainly helpful staff and reasonable location
Disadvantages: One member of staff rude.

...Hotel: Mercure Budapest Metropol Address: 58 Rakoczi, Budapest,1074, Hungary Telephone: 00 36 (0) 1 462 8100 Travelling with a group at a popular time such as New Year can often make finding hotels difficult. This year I was single so needed a single room, and this was proving to be difficult as many places did not offer single rooms and if they did they were more of the two star variety (and not good 2 stars according to some reviews) so had to bite the bullet and get a room that was only a fraction less than the price of my friends' doubles. Apart from that the only criteria was that the hotel be centrally located and clean. The hotel Budapest Metropol certainly fitted the above criteria and we booked the rooms through www.superbreak.com as they were offering four nights for the price of three on a bed & breakfast basis... Read review

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Advantages: Near London by train, cosmopolitan feel, excellent transport connections, eating out, plenty to see
Disadvantages: Dog poo

...still only know where a handful of buses go despite an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Underground. WHERE WE STAYED Our hotel was called Mercure Lille Centre Le Royal (I think the word Opéra and Accor also featured in there somewhere ? these ever-lengthening names tend to happen when hotel chains devour each other). It was a pleasant enough 4-star hotel costing us £69 for a double room and breakfast. Rooms were traditionally European in proportion, with ?assez d?éspace pour brandir un chat?, as the French NEVER say! Whilst modernised to the expected standards, it still retained old-fashioned stairwells with stained glass windows. Breakfast was a cosmopolitan affair ranging from scrambled eggs to smelly cheeses, with toast, croissants and pain au chocolat thrown in for good measure. We hit the morning rush, which caused a brief hiatus... Read review

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Advantages: Clean and generally friendly hotel, very reasonable prices
Disadvantages: Rooms need ventilation

...Are you seated comfortably? This is a long review of my stay at Blackpool?s Grand Metropole. WHAT AND WHERE? The Grand Metropole Hotel, Blackpool boasts that it is the only hotel in Blackpool located between the sea and Blackpool promenade which is certainly the truth. From the hotel there are fabulous views of the Irish Sea. The hotel is fairly close to both the North Pier and Blackpool Tower and is within walking distance from many of Blackpool's attractions. There are numerous bars, restaurants and nightspots within a few minutes walking distance of the hotel, some even less than a minute away. BOOKING PROCESS/RECEPTION We booked in for 3 nights in late June 2009. The booking process was easy enough by telephone and although I asked for a confirmation email to be sent and was advised they would do send one; no... Read review

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