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Article #71: Places to Stay in Winchester

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Winchester is a beautiful cathedral city price to suit everyone.
in the heart of southern England. Each As might be expected, Winchester offers
year many tourists come to the city. Most excellent hotel accommodation. In the
just come for the day, but if you're centre of Winchester you can stay at The
planning on staying longer then you'll Winchester Royal hotel. It is a 75
want to know about the various places to bedroom establishment, oozing old-world
stay in Winchester. charm and dates back to 1530. Also, in
Despite being a very genteel place, with the centre of town you can lodge at The
many carefully tended parks, ancient Winchester Hotel. This is a modern
buildings and pubs and restaurants, establishment that is very popular with
Winchester possesses many attractions the Business and Leisure traveller. The
that are of interest for all, be they Macdonald Wessex Hotel was built in 1964,
young, old, single or families. Likewise, and is situated in the heart of
Winchester offers a broad range of Winchester City Centre. The hotel runs
accommodation that caters for all budgets alongside the famous Winchester Cathedral
and tastes. and is within easy walking distance of
Many young people and backpackers come the city centre shops. For those who can
each year to Winchester and some stay for afford it, Lainston House Hotel is a
more than a day or two. Cost is usually a lovely place to stay whilst visiting
factor for such tourists and despite Winchester. The hotel is an elegant
appearances, accommodation can be found William and Mary house built in the
in or near Winchester itself. There used seventeenth century. It is situated in
to be a hostel in Winchester, run by the Sparsholt on the outskirts of Winchester
YHA. It was housed in a restored and and is set in 63 acres of downland park.
working watermill in the city centre. The Marwell Hotel is opposite Marwell
Sadly, the hostel part of the mill is now Zoological Park and is styled as a
closed. The nearest YHA can now be found colonial safari lodge. It has 68 rooms.
at Burley 23 miles, Salisbury 24 miles The hotel is just 6 kms from Winchester.
and Portsmouth 25 miles away. There is an For those who plan on staying longer than
excellent bus network connecting a few days in Winchester, a self-catering
Winchester to all these towns - all of holiday staying in a country cottage
which are within one hour's travel by might be the ideal choice. Hampshire is a
bus. quintessential English county and its
Another good cheap option is camping. cottages reflect this, with their
Morn Hill Caravan Club Site can be found thatched roofs, mellow brick walls, and
on the outskirts of the town, so you can rose adorned windows.
walk to the city centre from the site, or There are many places to stay in
take a short bus journey. If you have Winchester, offering accommodation to
your own transport, then you might suit all travelers. During summer and
consider one of the many campsites around other busy times of the year it is best
Hampshire. There are many campsites in to book ahead as Winchester can be very
the New Forest. The Forest is one of busy. Wherever you decide to stay in
England's last remaining ancient Winchester you're sure to be enthralled
woodlands and makes a great base to by the beauty of the city.
explore Winchester and the county. Robin O'Brien lives and works in
On a slightly higher budget you could Winchester and is founder of Winchester
stay in one of Winchester's bed and Tourist Information. You can find out
breakfasts or guest houses. They are more on places to stay in Winchester and
numerous and can be found in the city book online and learn about places to
centre, suburbs or just out of town at a visit in Winchester.






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