Advantages: It's central to all the attractions. It's on the Ring Road Disadvantages: It's on the Ring Road?
...place to stay - the Holiday Inn, St Nicholas Circle.
Leicester is one of those places in the East Midlands that you tend to drive past on the M1 without a second thought or glance. It only achieved city status relatively late in life (1919) although it is one of the oldest towns in the country. Leicester's very fabric is riven with history and the small area around the Holiday Inn is more concentrated than most. The Romans established a settlement ... ...the Shires Shopping Centre. The Holiday Inn sits in the middle of a very busy traffic roundabout which is part of the Inner Ring Road. It is an eight-storey rectangular block with outward facing windows and shares its island with an NCP car park. This rather unprepossessing first view is heightened by the short drive which winds from St Nicholas Circle and ends between these two buildings.
The hotel has 188 guest rooms (of which 104 are double; ...
Newfloridian 29.08.2006
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...a hotel. They chose the Holiday Inn as it is located in the city centre and we have stayed in this chain of hotels before.
The hotel had 188 rooms with double beds and air-conditioning. It is currently undergoing refurbishment so we could smell paint on the floor we were staying on though this was stated online when we booked.
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As we stayed in a Crowne Plaza in Rome for ten nights we had earned quite a lot of points so we exchanged them for a nights stay in this hotel. We were staying on the executive level and only needed to pay for our breakfasts.
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The building is not very appealing (and neither was view from the window in our room), ...
bluejules 09.03.2007
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Advantages: It's like heaven Disadvantages: Can be a bit pricey
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The Leicester Holiday Inn was opened in September 1971 and was the first hotel in the chain of the UK franchise of Holiday Inns also the company is celebrating 50th birthday and are offering chances to win accomodation in the local press. Location:~
The hotel is located in the city centre of Leicester which makes it handy for shops and nightlife as it is approximatley 200 metres across the road to the High ... ...is standard, even the noise from the road surronding the hotel is fairly quiet. The otel I should warn you though is located on it's own roundabout which also houses an NCP car park.
Train Station - 15min Walk 5min Taxi (£3.50)
Bus Station - 10min Walk 5min Taxi (£5.00)
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As you enter the hotel lobby through the humongous revolving glass door, a sense of calm and serenity hits you like a double decker bus, not the usual hustle and bustle, ...
phil2001 19.08.2002 (20.08.2002)
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