The Grand Hotel Brighton

... was the best time of their lives and I have to agree! Finally- we arrived in Brighton! Stayed for a few days at the Grand Hotel Brighton-famous for the bombing of PM Margret Thatcher- (locals like to refer to her as Maggie).   They restored it and ...

... be most economical.   Our last hotel is on Botany Bay, the other major Sydney harbour, and as soon as Julie saw the beach (Brighton Beach) she came back to life, changed into her bikini, and was off.  Meanwhile, I was happy just to have a ...

... 24,975 (Trip = 14,605) KM END = 26,325 (Trip = 15,855) Route: Rendsburg > Charleroi (BE) > Lille (FR) > Calais > Brighton (UK) Again its raining relentlessly, but for the first time the thought of being at home comes to mind and lifts me. ...

... Bath for Sussex seafront as "THE Place" to spend their summer, the two Grands were build - one in Brighton, another in Eastbourne. Grand by name, grand by nature it features magnificent Victorian architecture and epitomises everything typically British. ...

... them up twice I gave up and remembered to wear boxers underneath) and a dirty T-shirt. It seems when you take the boy out of Brighton, you sometimes get the brighton out of the boy. As evidence of my disheveled state, on the way to my hotel I got ...

... against a smooth rock cliff with fish and a blue sea painted on it.   We had a hot chocolate at the Hotel Brighton, with a high peaked roof of indeterminate design, either German or Victorian, painted bright orange, and with a lovely terrace ...

... ; As too was the case of The Old Winter Palace Hotel, a wonderful throw back to colonial architecture and a spitting image of the Grand Hotel in Brighton. From here it was just a short walk past the tank on the street corner and back to my hotel. One of ...

... 't the name just sound so glamorous and playful, "Montevideo"! In reality, it's more a faded sort of grandeur, a bit Brighton's Grand Hotel: slightly flaking and in need of a refurb, but still radiating history and charm.     Pousada al Sur ...

... the ceremony abandoning your guests for 3 hours whilst you get snapped in front of The Pavilion, The Pier, The Grand Hotel and (as retail locations aren't missed off the list) Churchill Square shopping centre! We ...

... , it seems that the promenade is the most exciting place anyway. We've parked back at the hotel and walked to the pier. Just like in Brighton, the seafront is occupied by holiday apartments, hotels and guest houses, which Amy, at first, mistaken ...

... Princess Hotel was AWESOME - 10th floor upgrade with some very spacious rooms - twice the size of the 'studio' flat we existed in in Brighton!! Most exciting was the console that controlled the AC, lights, tv and music! I know I'm sad! 5th Jan Jet lag ...

... Line, walking down Madison avenue, Broadway, 5th Avenue, 42nd Street.  But there's still loads left I left out, including Brighton Beach, Brooklyn and Williamsburg, United Nations, Staten, Coney and Ellis islands, Statue of Liberty, all the museums, ...

... I presume henna and hen's night is the same thing although this is nothing like the disorderly hen's seen staggering around Brighton every weekend. It is apparently tradition for the hen to be painted in intricate henna designs the night before the ...

... to the airport together as we were on the same flight. And at Customs in Christchurch I got talking to a girl called Jo from Brighton, and now the four of us are meeting up for dinner and drinks tonight. It's amazing how quickly you can befriend people ...

... blue uniforms - caught ya! Arequipa was a semi-paradise for us, having almost more vegetarian restaurants than Brighton. They serve a great variety of traditional and international dishes with different types and flavours of soya meat substituting real ...

... It is always difficult to describe a city that you are only visiting for a short time, as I am aware that a visitor to Brighton could have a totally different perspective of it than me, as living somewhere allows you to filter out the crap parts, and ...

... !! Just a short tram outside the CBD is St Kilda.  Apparently this is a very cool place to go; kinda like Brighton, it’s a seaside town with lots of expensive houses, cool bars and cafes.  Unfortunately when we went the place was deserted ...