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Accommodation
HOTELS:
CATAGORISED USING THE STAR SYSTEM, 5-1.
IN THE LARGER CITIES THE INTERNATIONAL CHAIN HOTELS
ARE REPRESENTED. IN MOST TOWNS HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
CAN BE FOUND.
BED AND BREAKFAST
THIS TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION IS FOUND THROUGHOUT ENGLAND,
SCOTLAND AND WALES. MORE NUMEROUS IN PLACES OF INTEREST
FOR EXAMPLE IN COASTAL AREAS AND THE REGIONS WHERE OUT
DOOR ACTIVITIES ARE POPULAR.
YOUTH HOSTELS
BASIC ACCOMMODATION IN HOSTELS OR BUNK HOUSES. NON
MEMBERS ARE ADMITTED BUT PRIORITY MAY BE GIVEN TO
MEMBERS. FOUND USUALLY IN PLACES WHERE OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES PREVAIL. SOME HOSTELS PROVIDE COOKING
FACILITIES AND RECREATIONAL COURSES COMBINED WITH
THE ACCOMMODATION FACILITY.
THERE ARE MORE THAN 240 YOUTH HOSTELS IN ENGLAND & WALES
CAMPING:
CAMP SITES ARE FOUND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY MORE USUALLY
IN OUT OF TOWN LOCATIONS. THEY MAY BE VERY BASIC WITH
NO AMENITIES TO THOSE WITH SWIMMING POOL AND OTHER
ACTIVITIES. CARAVAN AND CHALETS MAY BE RENTED ON SOME
SITES FOR OVERNIGHT STAYS AND LONGER. PRICES VARY BUT
ARE USUALLY DISPLAYED AT THE ENTRANCE TO SITES.
SITES ARE NORMALLY OPEN FROM EASTER TO THE END OF
SEPTEMBER. CAMPING IS RESTRICTED STRICTLY TO SITES
IN THE NATIONAL PARKS.
INNS AND PUBS:
THIS TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION CAN BE FOUND ANY WHERE
FROM THE CITY CENTRE TO THE SMALLEST VILLAGE. ROOM
TARIFFS USUALLY INCLUDE BREAKFAST. OTHER MEALS MAY
BE AVAILABLE. MANY INNS AND PUBS RESEMBLE SMALL
HOTELS.
SELF-CATERING:
COTTAGES CAN BE RENTED IN MANY AREAS. FOR INFORMATION
CONTACT LOCAL TOURIST BOARDS.
CASTLES AND STATELY HOMES:
STAYING AT A CASTLE OR ANCESTRAL HOME FEEL LIKE YOU ARE
VISITING A DIFFERENT TIME, NOT JUST A DIFFERENT COUNTRY.
THESE ARE VERY LUXURIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS WELL EQUIPPED
WITH ALL THE LATEST AMENITIES & FURNISHED WITH ANTIQUES.
MANY OF THESE VENERABLE HOMES ARE CELEBRATED FOR THEIR
GOURMET REGIONAL CUISINE.
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