If visiting Stratford-upon-Avon again, I might avoid staying there and look instead for a hotel in a neighboring town, perhaps Warwick.Full-Service San Francisco Airport Hotel Amenities

Didn't ruin our day, but it was a bit annoying. It didn't come with any coffee or tea so we had to use the kettle in our room to make our own beverages. It consisted of an apple, a ham & cheese sandwich with mayonnaise, and a muffin per person. Not wanting to eat in the car, we went and got it from the desk and set up to eat in our room. Finally at 6:30 we called the front desk and were told we were supposed to pick it up ourselves. Well, next morning there we were all packed up, sitting with our luggage, looking at the clock and down the corridor to see when it was going to come. Then the young woman at the desk said they could give us a breakfast box and asked what time. We were told breakfast didn't start until 8 AM, and we needed to leave early (6:30 AM) so we weren't going to book for breakfast. It's an easy walk to the tourist info office where the hop-on, hop-off bus tours originate. It was a whole different experience from the small-town Cotswolds charm I remember from being there 50 years ago with my parents.Īll right, back to Best Western Grosvenor Hotel: It has its own car park (free for hotel guests) and is located on the Warwick road which leads straight out of town to the main motorway.

And the prevailing attitude among everyone we encountered was kind of like, 'We know tourists all come here because we have Shakespeare and no other town does, so we don't have to go out of our way to be friendly.' Not that they were unfriendly you could just feel a sort of tourism fatigue (and this was in the springtime, before the main tourist season). You'll pay a lot for a decent place to stay. Stratford-upon-Avon is expensive, granted. The room itself was very, very nice, though.

Not so good, our room was at the end of many long corridors with multiple twists & turns. In its favor, it's an old building well restored, with several very attractive public sitting room-library areas to get in out of the tourist hubbub. Mixed feelings about Best Western Grosvenor Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon.

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