The Hilton Canary Wharf is a great accessible hotel in the heart of London’s business district. Thanks to Teresa for sending us this review of her stay there: This hotel may lead a double life but it’s one of the best hotels I’ve ever stayed in! During the week the hotel is full of business travellers, enjoying…
Blythswood Square is a ‘Luxury Spa Hotel in Glasgow City Centre’. It has an accessible restaurant, bar, spa and a few accessible rooms! We haven’t audited Blythswood Square yet but we found out that there are steps at the front of the hotel. This shouldn’t be a problem since if you enter from West George…
Update Jan2013 The Hempel is closed due to the sale of the building ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Hempel is a small hotel tucked away in West london. Designed by Anouska Hempel it is an ‘intimate and elegant hideaway’. For a small hotel they at least have one disabled room with a walk-in shower. There is a restaurant which…
Cloud 23 is ” a unique and memorable venue located at the highest point in Manchester.” It’s at the top of the Hilton in Deansgate with a lift up to the bar from the lobby. It’s newly refurbished and we’re not sure if it’s good styling or maybe a bit too ‘Footballer’s Wives’, as we haven’t…
A couple of months a we reviewed the flamboyant and stylish G Hotel in Galway. We really liked that the hotel’s designer – the famous Milliner Phillip Treacy – had gone all out with the design, making it as bright and bold as possible. However, at the time, we had no idea where exactly the…
The Scarlet is a 37 room Eco-Hotel, on top of the cliffs of Cornwall. The hotel has won lots of awards, including the ‘South West Gold Award for Small Hotel of the Year’ in 2011. They place a lot of emphasis on environmental sustainability. Along with it’s sister hotel, The Bedruthan Steps, The Scarlet won ‘Enjoy…
The Lydmar Hotel is a stylish five-star hotel on the waterfront in Stockholm. Trip Advisor’s 2012 Traveller’s Choice Awards listed the Lydmar as one of the top-25 hotels in Sweden. It has an informal and relaxed feel to it. They emphasise that the try to create this friendly environment rather than an over-stylised and slightly…
The Hotel Arts is a luxury hotel on the Barcelona beachfront, built to coincide with the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. It’s five star hotel in a 44 storey skyscraper of a building which offers spectacular views of the town and the sea. The hotel has terraced gardens right beside Frank Gehry’s ‘golden fish sculpture’ which dominates…
The Hotel Le Berger is a trendy boutique hotel, restaurant and bar located in uptown Brussels. It is an attractive art deco hotel in which each room is different. However, at the moment, despite this none of the rooms have disabled facilities. The narrow halls and stairways are also problematic for access. Word has it that…