Although the Marina area of Brighton is a 25-minute walk from the city centre, it's along the promen

On the hotel’s website the general manager makes two bold statements: the Seattle is all about “great hospitality wrapped up in a little piece of Brighton” and that the staff are a “big part of what makes the Seattle experience so unique”. They’re brave statements because all too often staff-visitor relations are where hotels let themselves down. However, not so at the Seattle: my family and I discovered that everyone paris short term apartment rentals wore a genuine smile, couldn’t do enough for you and were knowledgeable about the city; this meant our stay was a truly enjoyable experience.
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Although the Marina area of Brighton is a 25-minute walk from the city centre, it’s along the promenade so you can look out to sea all the way. But if you’re put off by the idea of walking that distance, there is a regular bus service (no. 7) which stops just outside the hotel (we paid £10 for a family day ticket which afforded us transport on any route within Brighton and Hove). Alternatively, between paris short term apartment rentals April and September, you can jump on the Volks Railway, a narrow-gauge line dating back to 1883, which runs from the west side of the Marina along the sea front; the journey takes ten minutes.
The Marina area is self-contained with a range of shops, including a large Asda, within a stone’s throw of the hotel. There is a host of restaurants covering virtually every kind of cuisine. But don’t discard the hotel’s restaurant because not only do the floor-to-ceiling windows afford diners views of the sea, the menus, which are regularly changed, take advantage of seasonal produce. When the weather paris short term apartment rentals is kind, alfresco dining can take place on the ship-shaped terrace. The same restaurant paris short term apartment rentals is used at breakfast, but make sure you’ve included it in your booking otherwise paris short term apartment rentals there is a charge.
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My only grumbles were little, niggly things like not enough tea bags and biscuits being left in our room. Although there were four of us staying, biscuits and cups for two were left and we had to keep obtaining more from the cleaning staff; the same applied to toiletries in the bathroom where we quickly ran out and had to turn to our own supplies.