Tripadvisor has produced its ‘top 25′ hotels in the UK, based on the opinions expressed by travellers staying.
1. Rudding Park, Harrogate, Yorkshire
2. The Manor Coach House, Worcester
3. Boskerris Hotel, St Ives
4. Can-y-Bae, Llandudno
5. Charterhouse Hotel, Torquay
6. Silverdale, Seaford, East Sussex
7. Castlebank Hotel, Conwy County, Wales
8. Avalon Beach Hotel, Bournemouth
9. Dunkery Beacon Hotel, Exmoor
10. Trelaske Hotel, Looe, Cornwall
11. The Old Rectory Hotel, Martinhoe, Devon
12. Apsley House Hotel, Bath
13. The Waverley, Whitby, North Yorkshire
14. The Clarance Hotel, Portsmouth
15. Tremarne Hotel, Mevagissey
16. Yeoldon, Bideford, Devon
17. Gwesty, Aberystwyth
18. Hotel Una, Brighton
19. Hunters Quay Hotel, Dunoon
20. Bowling Green Hotel, Plymouth
21. Staybridge Suites, Newcastle upon Tyne
22. Cedar Manor House Hotel, Windermere, Cumbria
23. Broom House, Whitby, North Yorkshire
24. The Waterhead Hotel, Ambleside, Cumbria
25. Primrose Valley Hotel, St Ives
I must confess I’m highly sceptical about Tripadvisor. It’s very easy for hoteliers and PR companies hiding behind multiple different IP addresses to write fake reviews (be they positive or negative). And I don’t think you have to look all that carefully through the site to see fairly strong evidence of it possibly going on. It does also seem strange that not a single hotel in London makes the list and yet London has more 5 star hotels than any other part of the UK, although I do appreciate that those hotels will also be judged on the value for money that they offer which might in some cases be their downfall. Is this just an easy bit of publicity for Tripadvisor or do you believe there’s some merit to their list?
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It does also seem strange that not a single hotel in London makes the list and yet London has more 5 star hotels than any other part of the UK, although I do appreciate that those hotels will also be judged on the value for money that they offer which might in some cases be their downfall.