PeasmoldWW
15 Ιούλιος 2024
I stayed at the Atlantic Grande having arrived on the evening ferry and not wishing to drive on in the dark. Since it was a rather late booking, the room rate was expensive, and even slightly more than I had been quoted, since they added on 15 € for car parking. The hotel is in a beautiful, grand historic building, with spacious interiors but a hint of slightly faded luxury (e.g. grubby carpets). The arrival clerk was reasonably efficient but rather charmless, initially seeming to suspect me of being an intruder rather than a late-arriving customer. I was given a voucher for a free non-alcoholic welcome drink at the bar, a bit of a strange concept. The room and bedding were comfortable, though there was no chair for the desk. The stand-out item was the breakfast, a fabulous buffet to suit all tastes, everything fresh and of high quality, and looking out over the shore, either from inside the breakfast room or out on the terrace. There was even a special vegan section offering plant-based charcuterie and pâtés. The word fabulous is used on some hotel booking sites to mean ‘just about ok’, but I feel it applies literally in this case. On balance, a mixed picture. The hotel is probably best suited to couples in search of a romantic getaway, dreaming nostalgically of the heady delights of yesteryear.
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