Name: Hotel Brosundet
Address: Apotekergt 5, Ålesund, Norway, Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, NO
Price range: US$150–US$1,449 per night
Rating: 9.1

What guests think

At Hotel Brosundet, travelers highlight the central waterfront location, striking historic design with a cozy fireplace, and memorable wellness touches like a sauna, gym, outdoor baths, and chances to dip in the canal.

Rooms vary: some are spacious with comfy beds and harbor views, while others feel small or oddly laid out, with sloped ceilings, limited lighting, thin walls, or street and bar noise, and a few report heat or ventilation issues. Service is widely praised for helpful, personable staff, though a few guests met indifferent or rude interactions and occasional administrative hiccups. Dining earns strong reviews for breakfast and on-site restaurants, though reservations can be needed and prices or coffee quality disappointed a few. Expect a stylish, central stay with plenty of atmosphere.

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Facilities

Sauna, gym, outdoor baths, and the canal swim are frequently praised, along with the impressive lobby fireplace and inviting common areas. Downsides include off-site or pricey parking and a rare instance of the sauna not being warm early.

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Alison

15 Jul 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Beautiful boutique hotel ridge in the centre. Swim in the harbour followed by the outside bath was an incredibly unique experience. Breakfast outstanding, can’t wait to return one day.

10

Mark

25 Jul 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

The hotel is beautiful and the staff is helpful and accommodating. The fireplace in the lobby is a perfect spot to gather.

10

Jane

29 Jun 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Great hotel in the middle of all things alesund. We used the sauna twice in the three days we stayed. Loved meeting other travelers there and in front of the massive fireplace. Our room overlooked the canal

10

Scott

30 Jul 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Lobby was unique, sauna & gym area was neat, clean. Staff was very friendly. Breakfast was very good, great variety. Would definitely stay there again

10

Annw

16 Dec 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Beautiful location, fantastic fire place and great breakfast. Also, the staff are super-friendly.

8

Kim

4 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Beautiful fireplace and great breakfast. The spa/fitness area is very nice with a sauna & outdoor bathtub. Rooms are good size with comfy bed. Bathrooms are outdated

10

Jennifer

12 Sept 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

This was one of the best hotel experiences I've ever had. The hotel has an incredible aesthetic. The fireplace in the lobby is awesome and the place smells good because of it. The staff is super friendly and helpful. There is a sauna and cold plunge in the ocean that is super cool.... you can also book outdoor bathtubs. Once of the best experiences I had travelling to Norway.

10

Sheldon

22 May 2023

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A true gem ! Wonderful property, great breakfast and super comfortable large room, great gym and sauna and yoga room, we loved it here and were sad to leave . We happened to be here for Norway’s national day (May 17) and the parade was walking distance from the hotel. We love this place .

10

Ashley

2 Aug 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Beautiful property with a sauna with a view and a dock for swimming in the canal!

10

Annette Kristin

20 Feb 2023

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Stayed 1 night

Litt trangt i spisesal, små tallerkener,litt harde stoler. Mange sitteområder. Koslig peis, interiør som er behaglig for øyet. Vakker utsikt.

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Cleanliness

Common areas and many rooms are described as clean and well maintained. A few reports note issues such as a smelly bathroom or an unclean toilet on arrival.

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Halldis

29 Jun 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Vi hadde et flott opphold i Vestlandssommer, dvs vær av alle slag. Vi fikk nydelig utsiktsrom i den gamle (grønne)delen, med kjempesjarmerende bjelker. Veldig fint, rent bad. Knallgod frokost, suverent hyggelig personalet resepsjonen og vi elsket å sitte en kveldsstund foran den peisen.

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LAURA

15 Jul 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Beautiful, well maintained hotel with excellent staff. Great location and delicious breakfast. I would definitely stay here again!

10

Scott

30 Jul 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Lobby was unique, sauna & gym area was neat, clean. Staff was very friendly. Breakfast was very good, great variety. Would definitely stay there again

10

Carl

25 May 2023

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Stayed 6 nights

Beautiful property, kept very clean, wonder breakfasts.

8

Reinier

23 Aug 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

While I liked the design/building of the hotel, I found my room was very cramped, and also the toilet bowl was not clean inside when I came, so I cleaned it myself and also had to open the window as it didn’t smell really fresh in the room. You may observe slight city noise at night. Breakfast very good, location convenient if you want to visit Alesund.

10

Tom

12 Feb 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Beautiful, tidy, great breakfast.

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Judy

5 Oct 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Beautiful hotel…from the check in, concierge, lobby and seating areas, breakfast, housekeeping, sauna, fitness center, small but beautiful room with comfy beds, all amazing! Close to boats, bus station, mall. Beautiful neighborhood. We were very happy with our three night stay!

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Jan Arild

30 Jul 2023

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Stayed 2 nights

Hotellet er flott oppusset og gjennomført stil. Skuffende lite rom, i forhold til pris

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Faroe

7 Aug 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Loved the wood beams and real fireplace. Very clean and nicer than I thought. Right in the city and next to great restaurants.

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Andrea

28 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Kloakklukt på rommet. Trangt mellom seng og toalett

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Rooms

Rooms range from spacious canal-view options with comfy beds to small or cramped spaces with sloped ceilings or limited windows; some report thin walls, street or bar noise, insufficient lighting, heat/no AC, and occasional outdated bathrooms or missing/dated TVs.

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Daniel

24 Jun 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

30.00 USD to park your rental car per day. Room is extremely small (cannot stand up over half of the bed due to sloped ceiling)) with a little tiny window that is supposed to be a sea view. Breakfast was excellent but dinner menu was not much.

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Philippe

28 Aug 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Belle chambre mais très bruyante à cause du bar de l’hôtel

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Arjun

17 Sept 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

This is a charming building, well located, lovely view from sea facing rooms, but this property fails at the basic hotel function of providing a comfortable place to sleep - no in room temperature control, small rooms that become extremely hot and stuffy overnight. Mood lighting in the rooms is woefully insufficient to offer anything other than Vibes. May be a function of building age, but walls are thin and you can hear everything happening in the hallway and lobby. Very indifferent staff, even by Nordic standards. Advised by bartender at the cocktail bar that they are currently unable to offer a cocktail menu. Charged me for prepaid reservation, insisted they didn’t, took an hour of my time and producing bank statements to rectify, which is not time well spent on holiday. Small quibble but requiring a phone number or email to verify for wifi is ridiculous and emblematic of their lack of actual consideration of what it’s like to be a traveler (i need wifi to check my email to verify the code to get on the wifi…?!). All in all, nothing really disastrous but the pervasive feeling the hotel left me with was irritation.

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Jose Pablo

19 Sept 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Best location, beautiful design and very friendly and helpful staff. The rooms are spacious and well appointed.

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Kim

4 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Beautiful fireplace and great breakfast. The spa/fitness area is very nice with a sauna & outdoor bathtub. Rooms are good size with comfy bed. Bathrooms are outdated

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Ng Lay

20 Sept 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

All is good except more lighting would have been more ideal.

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Daniel

27 Oct 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

The Hotel Brosundet appears to be a quaint waterfront hotel in Alesund. We were "upgraded" to a junior suite in the "other building," not the main hotel building. To reach our room, we had to take an elevator downstairs, walk down a set of steps, walk back up a set of steps, then take an elevator to the 4th floor of the "other building." Why in the world can't you provide access directly into the next-door building where our room was located?? The room itself was totally unsatisfactory - the floor was sloped heavily so that our roller-suitcases rolled to the opposite wall if left alone in the middle of the room. The bathroom/vanity area is just a glassed-off cubicle, and the shower has huge gaps around wooden beams which allows sprayed water from the shower to reach outside to the room. We would never stay at Hotel Brosundet again - we will search for a hotel with even floors and normal bathroom and amenities if we ever return to Alesund.

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Henning

15 Oct 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Det beste hotellet i Ålesund. Moderne, rent, god service, flere gode mattilbud, fantastisk cocktailbar ++. Eneste misnøyen min er at rommet ikke hadde tv, tross at dette sto i beskrivelsen.

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Andrew

28 Jul 2025

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Stayed 7 nights

Great staff. Always pleasant and willing to help. Very personable. My room with a view of the harbor was exceptional. Loved watching all the activity.

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Iselin

15 Jun 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Fint hotell, bra beliggenhet. Litt støy fra gata om natten. Små rom og seng.

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Service

Service is often described as friendly, helpful, and proactive, including assistance with reservations and early takeaway breakfasts. A few guests, however, experienced rude or indifferent interactions.

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GRACE

28 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

This was a great hotel - excellent location and fabulous staff! We got in about 530 and the restaurant we wanted to go to for dinner showed no availability online. Christine at the front desk called them and they were able to accommodate us, and dinner was fabulous! We were leaving at 445am to catch a flight and they prepared sandwiches for us since we did not have time for breakfast. The location is ideal, close to everything and also a very pretty part of the city.

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Allison

10 Sept 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

The hotel was lovely. You can sauna and jump right into the fjord. Excellent food options in the hotel. Service was cold

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Scott

30 Jul 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Lobby was unique, sauna & gym area was neat, clean. Staff was very friendly. Breakfast was very good, great variety. Would definitely stay there again

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Eileen

15 Sept 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Staff was terrific

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John

6 Jun 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

First rate property with upscale touches. Attentive staff.

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Kelly

1 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The main areas of the hotel are beautiful. The rooms are not like the photos online, beware. Small, limited windows, and uncomfortable beds. Other than the front desk service workers were grumpy and unwelcoming. Super noisy at night from the people on the docks.

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Ariel

20 Jun 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

The staff were exceptional in their genuine interest in making your stay special. In particular, the concierge lady who helped us with a tour reservation gone wrong.

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J.

16 Sept 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

The woman who checked us in was rude. The parking was off site and was blocks away. Quite a long walk in the rain.

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Dennis

13 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Reelay at front desk saved the day and was amazing overall!

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Robert

9 Jul 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Staff was great! Front desk ladies were so helpful and pleasant. Everyone was friendly plan dinners early to get a reservation.

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Location

Central, waterfront setting that is walkable to sights, boats, and restaurants, with many rooms overlooking the canal. Some guests noted late-night street noise, and a few rooms lack views.

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Stefan

30 Oct 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Bra rum, fina sällskaps ytor, bra restauranger och fint läge med fin utsikt.

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Tyson

15 Jun 2025

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Stayed 7 nights

Excellent location in the city and great hotel

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Kimberly

16 Sept 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

The property is located just off the fjord inlet about a block away. You have no view. The staff was ok, less than happy and the noise outside was intolerable until 4 am. I learned that according to the night clerk drinking hours are until 3 and folks loiter around getting food until 4 or 5. They are loud, yelling and what not. You could not close the window or else you would be very hot. No AC which is typical of hotels in Norway. Advice, get a room on the inside with no view.

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Jim

14 Sept 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Beautiful location

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Judy

5 Oct 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Beautiful hotel…from the check in, concierge, lobby and seating areas, breakfast, housekeeping, sauna, fitness center, small but beautiful room with comfy beds, all amazing! Close to boats, bus station, mall. Beautiful neighborhood. We were very happy with our three night stay!

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OLIVIER

9 Jun 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Hôtel magnifique et bien localisé.

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Stephanie

26 May 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

We enjoyed our stay. The hotel felt very comfortable and centrally located in town. Breakfast was delicious.

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Andrew

28 Jul 2025

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Stayed 7 nights

Great staff. Always pleasant and willing to help. Very personable. My room with a view of the harbor was exceptional. Loved watching all the activity.

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Iselin

15 Jun 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Fint hotell, bra beliggenhet. Litt støy fra gata om natten. Små rom og seng.

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Steven

9 Jun 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

Very pleasant hotel in a convenient location

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Dining

Breakfast is frequently praised for quality and variety, and many enjoyed the on-site restaurants and bar, with several standout meals. Drawbacks include difficulty securing dinner reservations, occasional overdone eggs or higher prices, and one report of no cocktail menu.

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David

19 Aug 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Lovely communal spaces. Food and drink a bit over priced. Breakfast ok. Egg dishes overdone and nothing different or special ie. To order omelets etc. But all adequate.

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Tyler

27 Oct 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Wonderful hotel and staff, the two restaurants were very good and we loved the place. The concierge helped us get round trip tix on the daily Hurtigruten/Havila fjord cruise (part of their Norwegian coastal journey has them come into Alesund in the AM and then go down the fjord and back to Alesund that evening).

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Deborah

20 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Best meal we had in all of Norway! A truly perfect hotel. Attentive staff and a charming setting.

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Atle

18 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Bra hotel, med god mat.

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Arjun

17 Sept 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

This is a charming building, well located, lovely view from sea facing rooms, but this property fails at the basic hotel function of providing a comfortable place to sleep - no in room temperature control, small rooms that become extremely hot and stuffy overnight. Mood lighting in the rooms is woefully insufficient to offer anything other than Vibes. May be a function of building age, but walls are thin and you can hear everything happening in the hallway and lobby. Very indifferent staff, even by Nordic standards. Advised by bartender at the cocktail bar that they are currently unable to offer a cocktail menu. Charged me for prepaid reservation, insisted they didn’t, took an hour of my time and producing bank statements to rectify, which is not time well spent on holiday. Small quibble but requiring a phone number or email to verify for wifi is ridiculous and emblematic of their lack of actual consideration of what it’s like to be a traveler (i need wifi to check my email to verify the code to get on the wifi…?!). All in all, nothing really disastrous but the pervasive feeling the hotel left me with was irritation.

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Scott

30 Jul 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Lobby was unique, sauna & gym area was neat, clean. Staff was very friendly. Breakfast was very good, great variety. Would definitely stay there again

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Donna

11 Sept 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Best food in the city and the room was so comfortable with beautiful amenities.

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Annw

16 Dec 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Beautiful location, fantastic fire place and great breakfast. Also, the staff are super-friendly.

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Carla

14 Jun 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The staff was very helpful and friendly. We only ate at one of the restaurants but it was one of our favorite meals ! Fresh and delicious mussels with great French fries ! A huge delicious chicken Caesar salad. The bar had amazing cocktails. We knew from walking into the lobby with the biggest fireplace I’ve ever seen we were in for a treat ! The bed was comfortable . We could walk everywhere so the location is perfect too. We hope to return one day!

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Robert

9 Jul 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Staff was great! Front desk ladies were so helpful and pleasant. Everyone was friendly plan dinners early to get a reservation.

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Month	Average price
September	US$223
October	US$184
November	US$235

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7 $255	8 $322	9 $384	10 $325	11 $265	12 $210
13 $150	14 $229	15 $798	16 $316	17 $309	18 $277	19 $258
20 $199	21 $330	22 $274	23 $290	24 $275	25 $208	26 $220
27 $186	28 $206	29 $194	30 $197

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 $162	2 $161	3 $176
4 $162	5 $161	6 $166	7 $166	8 $184	9 $196	10 $193
11 $161	12 $161	13 $169	14 $201	15 $163	16 $172	17 $1,449
18 $161	19 $157	20 $174	21 $180	22 $166	23 $150	24 $181
25 $161	26 $161	27 $168	28 $161	29 $159	30 $157	31 $166

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