| There are quite a few hotels in and around the city | | | | guests when staying in The Winchester Hotel is the |
| of Winchester, offering different standards of | | | | large, free car park - a very rare luxury for a hotel in |
| accommodation at different room rates to suite all | | | | the center of any English city. |
| tastes and budgets. Winchester in a very popular and | | | | If you're looking for something that exudes charm |
| world famous city with many thousands of tourists | | | | then the Winchester Royal Hotel could be the place |
| coming to visit the city each year. Therefore, it is | | | | to stay. Parts of the building go back to 1530 and it |
| advisable to book your hotel room in Winchester well | | | | has been a hotel for a century and a half. There are |
| in advance, especially during Summer and holidays. | | | | 75 bedrooms and the hotel has a 3 star AA rating. |
| No tourist can come to Winchester without going to | | | | The restaurant is superb. It's called the Conservatory |
| visit the Cathedral. The Winchester Cathedral is | | | | and serves quality a La Carte and Table d' Hote |
| probably the most beautiful of England's cathedrals. It | | | | menus at lunch & dinner. The restaurant was |
| has played an important part in English history and its | | | | awarded a nationally recognised AA Rosette award |
| setting, surrounded by parks, is sublime. The | | | | for quality food. Rooms start at a very reasonable |
| Macdonald Wessex Hotel overlooks the cathedral, | | | | rate but if you can afford it you might want to book |
| making this hotel very special. The hotel itself was | | | | a room in the West wing; all these rooms overlook |
| built in the 1960s and is of no architectural interest | | | | the beautiful walled garden. |
| but its situation overlooking the cathedral makes up | | | | Lainston House Hotel is almost certainly Winchester's |
| for this. The Wessex Hotel in Winchester is 4 star, | | | | best hotel. The hotel is situated on the outskirts of |
| has 94 bedrooms, all en-suite with private bath and | | | | the city. It is an elegant William and Mary house that |
| shower. They also come with satellite television, mini | | | | was built in the 17th century and is set in 63 acres of |
| bars, hair dryers, trouser press, iron and ironing board | | | | Hampshire's downland countryside. It has a 4 star AA |
| and tea and coffee making facilities. There are direct | | | | rating. All guest rooms have been furnished to reflect |
| dial telephones with modem points for easy access | | | | the period charm of the house. Guests can enjoy |
| to the Internet and email services. All in all, the | | | | afternoon tea or a pre-dinner cocktail in the Drawing |
| Macdonald Wessex Hotel lacks charm but the | | | | Room and Cedar Bar, both of which have enchanting |
| standard of accommodation and facilities provide are | | | | views along Lainston's spectacular avenue of Limes. |
| very good and the location of the hotel is the best in | | | | The hotel really does offer the very best of elegant |
| Winchester. | | | | charm from bygone years - for those who can |
| Another modern hotel in close to the center is The | | | | afford it. |
| Winchester Hotel. The rooms are cheaper than those | | | | The hotels discussed above are just some of the |
| of the Wessex Hotel. The Winchester Hotel has a 3 | | | | wonderful hotels that are on offer to tourists |
| star rating and comprises 71 rooms. You get all the | | | | wanting to spend a few days in the beautiful |
| facilities you would expect of a 3 star hotel but, in | | | | cathedral city of Winchester. There are others, suiting |
| addition, the hotel has a comfortable air-extraction | | | | all budgets and tastes. There are also many fine |
| gymnasium with fixed and free weights where | | | | hotels within easy driving of Winchester. Hotels |
| qualified instructors are on hand. There is also an | | | | situated in Salisbury, Southampton and the New |
| indoor heated pool with spa, sauna and steam room | | | | Forest are only half an hour away. |
| as well as a solarium. One major plus offered to | | | | |