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Advantages: nice hotel, good restaurant Disadvantages: ok room, loud wedding party
My other half and I stayed here last year for a weekend away. We booked it over the phone and stayed for 2 nights at £110 for a double room with dinner.
The info arrived quickly in the post and we were impressed from the picures. We saw the hotel wasn't too far from the train station so decided to train & walk it (exercise - phew!).
Getting There
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Unfortunately, the hotel is at the top of a long hill - about 1 mile from station - argh!!! The walk was quite nice through the shops in the centre and Bath is very nice, however that hill is a killer - on the way down you can't stop!!!
The hotel is on a bend in the road and stands tall and proud - looks very nice as you approach it. It has 45 rooms and 4 floors, with a dinning room, sauna, jacuzzi, gym and swimming pool.
The Room
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The reception ...
Advantages: Quiet location Disadvantages: No nightlife outside hotel
Having decided on The Gambia for our winter sun holiday, we chose the Corinthia Atlantic Hotel in Banjul for its location away from the more crowded beach resorts along the Atlantic coast in spite of some rather negative reviews we had read. First impression was one of drab brown, beige and dark corridors and a similarly dated room with cigarette burned curtains sagging from missing curtain hooks, brown bedspreads and brown floor tiles. Everywhere was dark from too small energy saving light bulbs. The bathroom was rather dated, and evidently the Gambians are not great at tiling and grouting.
However, having said that, the overall atmosphere at the hotel was friendly and easygoing, it was spotlessly clean, and after a day we never noticed any of it again. The staff was so extremely friendly and smiling and did everything possible to ...
Advantages: Location, price, friendliness of local people Disadvantages: Distance to resort centre, lack of swimming opportunities in the sea
friends from the Palm Beach Hotel, and got to experience the proper Gambian way of life by being invited for tea with some of the hotel staff back in their houses.
I would happily return to this hotel and this country and would be comfident of another great holiday. ...
