Grand Hotel

Excellent location, comfortable large rooms, good air conditioning, quiet, friendly staff, fair price! Excellent breakfast. I did not try the restaurant for evening meals because I preferred outdoor dining which they do not have, but it has a good reputation.

The location was spot on - right in the centre of the old town and very near the main square. The breakfast was great with plenty of choice and enough to eat to set you up for the day. Our room was quite large for a 'cheapy' and the hotel was very stylish in the traditional manner with polite, helpful and friendly staff. Restaurants around the area were very good - you eat in one then find another you wished you had tried. Eating out was good value for money and in the bars, a wine and a beer was nearer the £4 mark (nearly £3 cheaper than our local pub!!) The WOW bus tours are a bargain and the best way to suss out the town to see where you want to visit and something we tend to do on day one. The WOW buses are smaller and better than the double decker ones. All buses take you around a bigger area than the golf buggy type vehicles - these can be quite costly and do not cover the large area they maintain they do. The bus ticket lasts all day, the buggy tour is usually an hour or two max - they do look fun though. And watch out for the cyclists and the scooters, they are everywhere and some just have no sense of speed. Why do so many Poles come to the UK - their country is wonderful

The air con in our room was a bit noisy and our room was near all the external generators etc that run the hotel systems, so bit noisy through the night as well. Had to request teabags for the room on two days of our short visit - the housekeeper kept forgetting. But a quick phone call corrected that.