Fiona’s away at The Pitch in Bristol this week so we’ve asked BBS contributor Lucy to provide us with her own version of the Wednesday Wrap. The day I found out I had to do this week’s Wednesday Wrap, I was clueless as to what I should write. Then I witnessed an awful and bizarre…
Crazy Bear hotel in Beconsfield is in a listed building but they have done their best to make it accessible and incredibly stylish. They have renovated the entire hotel to “provide dramatic architecture and uncompromised luxury” and they achieved it! This Crazy Bear hotel opened in 2008 and since then it has received “spectacular international reviews including Condé Nast’s…
Dakota in Edinburgh is the sister hotel to the previously reviewed Dakota hotel in Glasgow. This hotel “offers excellent service, luxurious interiors, innovative style and an award-winning bar & grill.” It’s 10 minutes outside Edinburgh sitting alone like a Japanese electronics factory. Like the Glasgow Dakota hotel there are accessible bedrooms on every floor with wider…
Last week was my annual holiday with my family and friends, 11 of us stayed in the luxury villa, Can-Morna, in San Carles, Ibiza and originally it was not adapted for wheelchair use although it was all on one level. The owners however couldn’t have been more accommodating and even adapted the wet room by…
La Suite West is a 5 star boutique hotel in a fabulous London location, right next to Hyde Park. The hotel is “the minimalist and latest creation of famed British designer Anouska Hempel.” We haven’t been here yet but we found out about their disabled access and facilities and it sounds great! The hotel’s entrance is flat and the bar and…
Weds Wrap is replaced this week with the BBS Awards for venues that excel in style, accessibility & disabled facilities. The team have been ‘flash mobbing’ around London awarding 2.5 and 3 BBS Tick certificates to those venues we’ve audited over the year. We’ve also posted a number of awards to venues out of town,…
There are two Dakota hotels in Scotland, one in Edinburgh and the other in Glasgow, they are unique boutique hotels which provide a bit of luxury at an affordable price. The hotel in Glasgow has an accessible bedroom on each floor and all have a wet room with a seat in it and hand rails. There are…
We recently reviewed some of the stylish and accessible spa’s in the UK and we thought we’d do some more research on your behalf: Four Season Hotel, Hampshire This Spa offers Sodshi Therapies which “successfully harnessed the benefits of plant essences and other natural ingredients to formulate luxurious, effective, 100% natural skincare products.” Although most of the…
Lambert Arms is in Wallington, Oxford and was originally a coaching inn which has been “refurbished to an exceptional standard.” They seem to be big on food and they “believe it is possible to provide outstanding food in stylish yet informal surroundings at sensible prices” – sounds appealing!! We haven’t been here but they seem to have really good…