Best Western Connaught Hotel
Hotel
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Be beside the seaside in one of Bournemouth’s finest hotels. Best Western The Connaught Hotel and Spa, is perhaps the most attentive AA three-star and rosette hotel in Bournemouth and is the only hotel with a Silver Shield awarded by Green Tourism for Business.
Beautifully appointed and located on the West Cliff in an acre of its own grounds and with free private parking for 66 cars, the hotel is less than five minutes’ walk to the town centre, the BIC, Pavilion Theatre and Bournemouth Pier.
This non-smoking hotel has 56 beautifully decorated en-suite bedrooms, all with newly refurbished, en-suite bathrooms, flat screen TVs and complimentary WiFi internet access.
Enjoy a pre-dinner drink in either the Lounge bar with an open fireplace or the Conservatory bar and experience top class food in the hotel restaurant, Blakes, a fashionable Bournemouth restaurant - awarded an AA rosette.
The hotel has excellent leisure facilities to include an 18m swimming pool, spa pool, eucalyptus infused steam room and a very modern sauna with very subtle lighting for total relaxation. In addition there are two gymnasiums and a superb massage and beauty unit.
Excellent conference venue and function facilities are available for up to two hundred guests and the hotel is fully licensed for civil weddings.
"Highly Commended" awards were granted by Bournemouth Tourism in 2009 in the "Best Large Hotel in Bournemouth" and "Best Restaurant in Bournemouth" categories.
Awards
- Green Awards
Green Tourism Business Scheme (Silver) 2011
- AA Awards
AA - 2 Rosettes 2011
Gradings
- 3 AA Stars Hotel
West Cliff
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH2 5PH
Tel: +44 (0)1202 298020
Fax: +44 (0)1202 298028
Facilities
Venue Facilities
- Wedding Venue
Provider Preferences
- In town/city centre
- Non smoking establishment
- Seafront
Accessibility
- Facilities for the Disabled
Children & Infants
- Accept children (Minimum age) - 0
- Accept children all ages
- Cot
- Highchair
Parking & Transport
- Car parking
- On site parking
Leisure Facilities
- Access to golf course
- Gym - 2 Gymnasiums - a CV gym and a resistnace gym.
- Health/Fitness/ Beauty Facilities
- Indoor pool - 18m swimming pool and adjoining spa pool
- Sauna
- Spa bath
- Spa Treatments
- Wet Room Available
Catering
- Additional meal details - Vegan, low fat diets, and ceoliacs catered for - please let hotel know your needs
- Bar
- Cater for vegetarians
- Local Produce English Breakfast
- Room service
- Serve breakfast
- Serve evening meal
- Serve lunch - Bar snacks - traditional roast on Sunday.
Payment Methods
- All major credit cards accepted
- Delta accepted
- Maestro accepted
- MasterCard accepted
- Solo accepted
- Sterling Travellers Cheques accepted
- Visa accepted
Room / Unit Features
- Colour television in all bedrooms
- Electric shaver point
- Four poster beds available
- Free View TV
- Hairdryer in all bedrooms
- Modem point in all bedrooms
- Non smoking rooms available - The entire hotel is non-smoking
- Radio in all bedrooms
- Tea & coffee making facilities in all bedrooms
- Telephone in all bedrooms
Establishment Features
- 24 hr return laundry service
- Accept coach parties - By prior arrangement only
- Air-conditioning throughout
- Available for wedding receptions - Connaught suite available.
- Beach within 2km
- Broadband Internet Access
- Business facilities (eg. Fax/ modem)
- Central heating throughout
- Conference facilities
- Event venue
- Garden/patio for guests' use
- Hot Tub/Spa Bath
- Ironing facilities
- Licenced for alcohol
- Licenced for civil marriages
- Lift
- Near coastal path
- Night porter
- Open all year
- Public telephone
- Real log/coal fires
- Regular evening entertainment
- Separate guests' lounge
- Staff fluent in foreign languages ** (List of languages are separately given) - French, Portuguese, Spanish, Hungarian, Bulgarian
- Welcome single sex groups, eg stag/hen parties
- Wireless Broadband Internet Access
Specialist Features
- Aim to attract conferences and business meetings
- Christmas/New Year Programme
- Honeymoon Breaks
- Marketed as green/environmentally friendly
- Mobile Phone Reception
- Special provisions for lone female travellers - Secure check-in offered.
Languages spoken
- French spoken
- Italian spoken
- Polish spoken
- Portuguese spoken
- Spanish spoken
- Staff Fluent in Languages - French
Travel & Trade
- Commission/net rates apply
- Group discounts available
Road Directions
From A338
Follow signs for West Cliff and BIC. West Hill links Poole Road and West Cliff Road on west side of town.
Public Transport Directions
From Bournemouth station - 1.5 miles
Taxi.
Pricing
- Number of Rooms / Units
- 101
| Room / Unit Type | Room / Unit Tariff* |
|---|---|
| Double en suite | from £44.00 to £79.00 per person (breakfast included) |
| Family en suite | from £96.80 to £205.40 per room (breakfast included) |
| Single en suite | from £44.00 to £79.00 per person (breakfast included) |
| Single en suite | £70.00 per room (breakfast included) |
| Standard Double en suite | £130.00 per room (breakfast included) |
| Standard Twin en suite | £130.00 per room (breakfast included) |
| Suite with en suite bathroom | from £104.00 to £211.00 per room (breakfast included) |
| Superior Double en suite | £150.00 per room (breakfast included) |
| Superior Twin en suite | £150.00 per room (breakfast included) |
| Twin en suite bathroom | from £44.00 to £79.00 per person (breakfast included) |
*As a guide, prices are per room per night for hotels, guest houses, B&Bs and serviced apartments and per week for self-catering accommodation.
Note: Prices are a guide only and may change on a daily basis.
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