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Embassy Suites by Hilton Fayetteville Fort Liberty

4760 Lake Valley Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28303, United States Access

Embassy Suites by Hilton Fayetteville Fort Liberty

The Embassy Suites Fayetteville/ Fort Bragg is conveniently located off All American Freeway at Skibo Road. The hotel is situated on a campus-like setting in one of the most popular areas of Fayetteville. This modern full service hotel offers exceptional ambiance and friendly service, and is conveniently located only minutes from: • Fort Bragg Military Base / FORSCOM / BRAC RTF / Pope Air Force Base • Fayetteville Regional Airport / FAY • Cross Creek Mall and other Great Shopping • Downtown Fayetteville and the Crown Center Coliseum • Cumberland County Government, Schools, Community Colleges & Universities • Major Corporate Offices: Goodyear, Cape Fear Medical • Numerous Restaurants Our tastefully-appointed hotel features modern conveniences suited to the savvy business traveler, along with a great location and recreational amenities to please leisure guests, offering guests “More Reasons to Stay”. Each suite has been designed with plenty of space to move around, relax, and entertain. Our spacious suites boast in-room guest amenities to including generous work surfaces, the “Heavenly Suite Dreams” bed experience, and complimentary wired and wireless internet access. Our guests also have full use of our many amenities including: • Complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast every morning • Complimentary evening managers reception each evening • Complimentary 24-hour Embassy BusinessLink® Business Center with work stations, high speed internet, as well as print from guest suite capabilities. • Complimentary copy of USA Today, Monday thru Friday • Spacious two-room suites. • Luxurious new furnishings including the Embassy Suites bedding collection ensure a restful nights sleep and comfortable stay. • State-of-the-art amenities including 37-inch and 42-inch flat panel televisions with expanded cable television. • Our atrium lounge offers a place to relax and

The Embassy Suites Hotel Fayetteville/Fort Bragg is conveniently located off All American Freeway at Skibo Road near Fort Bragg Military Base, numerous restaurants, Cross Creek Mall and only minutes to downtown Fayetteville and Fayetteville Regional Airport.

Rooms

Accessibility

Hotel

  • Internet
    FREE WiFi
  • High speed Internet
  • High speed wireless
  • Transportation
    FREE parking
  • On-Site parking
  • Parking
  • Parking lot
  • Train access
  • Front desk
    24-hour reception
  • Baggage hold
  • Concierge desk
  • Early check-in
  • Express check-in
  • Express check-out
  • Front desk
  • Late check-out available
  • Storage space
  • Technical concierge
  • Work away
    Business center
  • Desk with electrical outlet
  • Photocopy center
  • General
    Air conditioning
  • Direct dial telephone
  • Heated guest rooms
  • Interior corridors
  • Non-smoking rooms
  • Private bath or shower
  • Public area air conditioned
  • Hotel service
    ATM/Cash machine
  • Dry cleaning
  • Fire safety compliant
  • Full service housekeeping
  • Hair dryer
  • Housekeeping daily
  • Ironing board
  • Laundry/Valet service
  • Public address system
  • Safe deposit box
  • Security
  • Valet cleaning
  • Valet same day dry cleaning
  • Wakeup service
  • Outlets
    Gift/News stand
  • Sundry/Convenience store
  • Travelling with others
    Children welcome
  • Family plan
  • Pets welcome
  • Accessible
    Accessible facilities
  • Elevators
  • Events
    Evening reception
  • Meeting rooms
  • Green facilities
    Local community involvement

Rooms

  • Communication
    Speaker phone
  • Voice mail
  • Bedding
    Cribs
  • Bathroom
    Bathroom amenities
  • Bathtub
  • Bathtub/shower combination
  • Hairdryer
  • Food & Beverage
    Coffee/Tea maker
  • Microwave
  • Mini-refrigerator
  • Wet bar
  • Entertainment
    All news channel
  • Cable television
  • CNN availaible
  • FREE movies/video
  • Newspaper
  • Business
    Copier
  • Data port
  • Desk
  • Desk with lamp
  • Spare electrical outlet available
  • Telephones with message light
  • General
    Air conditioning controlled in room
  • Alarm clock
  • Fire alarm
  • Iron
  • Non-smoking
  • Safe
  • Self-controlled heating/cooling
  • Smoke detectors

Recreation

  • Pool
    Indoor pool
  • Pool
  • Wellness
    Jacuzzi
  • Whirlpool
  • Fitness
    24-hour fitness center
  • Cardiovascular exercise
  • Exercise gym
  • Fitness center
  • Weightlifting
  • Sport
    Golf

Food and Drink

  • Meal plan
    Breakfast served in restaurant
  • Buffet breakfast
  • FREE buffet breakfast
  • FREE full american breakfast
  • Special attention
    FREE cocktails
  • FREE coffee in lobby
  • FREE evening reception
  • FREE in-room coffee/tea
  • Lobby coffee service
  • Welcome drink
  • Services
    Room service
  • Green food
    Local and seasonal food
  • Kitchen facilities
    Barbeque grills
  • Kitchenette
  • Outlets type
    Cocktail lounge
  • Lounges/Bars

Breakfast

  • FREE buffet breakfast
  • FREE full american breakfast
  • Buffet breakfast
  • Breakfast served in restaurant

House policy

  • Check-in Time: 15:00
  • Check-out Time: 11:00

Cancel policy
See rate rules for cancellation requirements.

Travel with others

Children policy
Must be 21 years of age to rent a room.

Pets are allowed upon request
$75(1-4n),$125(5+n)2petsMax,dog/cat only

Language spoken

  • English

Concierge tips

If you’re winding down for the day or gearing up for the night, have a more relaxing evening at our complimentary Evening Reception. The complimentary Evening Reception held nightly features free snacks and beverages for guests. Choose from a variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages while enjoying light appetizers and great conversation with family or coworkers. It’s more than perfect for adults and kids alike.

Welcome capacity

  • Number of Meeting Rooms: 19
  • Number of Sleeping Rooms: 165
  • Largest Meeting Room Size: 7839 sq. ft.

Parking

  • FREE parking
  • On-Site parking
  • Parking
  • Parking lot

Amenities

  • Max seating capacity

Environment

Property's Green Action

Environmental challenges have an impact on the wellbeing of people and ecosystems around the world. We strive to operate as efficiently as possible across our entire value chain. For a low carbon future, we reduce and monitor energy and water use. As part of our commitment to reducing our waste to landfill, we created a comprehensive waste strategy and we collaborate with WWF to reduce food waste in our operations and supply chain. Responsible sourcing makes a difference: we source goods and services locally as possible.


  •  Local and seasonal food
  •  Local community involvement

Certifications

ISO 14001

ISO 14001 is an internationally accepted standard that outlines how to put an effective environmental management system in place. It is designed to help businesses remain commercially successful without overlooking environmental responsibilities, such as:

• Improve their environmental performance constantly
• Comply with local and national regulations and other requirements subscribed
• Prevent water, air and ground pollution hazards
• Control and optimise water and energy consumption
• Promote waste recycling and recovery
• Raise environmental awareness among employees and train them to adopt good practices in their activity
• Use eco-label housekeeping products
• Use sustainable forestry certified paper

ISO 50001

ISO 50001 is based on the management system model of continual improvement also used for other well-known standards such as ISO 9001 or ISO 14001. This makes it easier for organizations to integrate energy management into their overall efforts to improve quality and environmental management.

ISO 50001 provides a framework of requirements for organizations to:
- Develop a policy for more efficient use of energy
- Fix targets and objectives to meet the policy
- Use data to better understand and make decisions about energy use
- Measure the results
- Review how well the policy works, and
- Continually improve energy management.

Most helpful reviews - Google and TiCATi reviews 9 32 reviews

Franklin Brown Jr
6 years ago – Google

7

My experience there was awesome first time being there new hotel did not spend the night but had an event in one of the ballrooms very pleasant food was good service was great atmosphere was awesome. I will recommend booking for any occasion.

Evrlastn Rose
6 years ago – Google

10

Very neat and beautiful set up. Staff was well dressed and well spoken. No saggy pants. The conference room was super spacious, beautiful and very well set up. Lights and ceilings had amazing designs n color. Parking lot is huge but spaces against the building were a bit snug.

Nikolas Cassidy
6 years ago – Google

7

This is a good hotel to stay at for a night or two if you are searching for one. The lobby has a simple yet elegant at this Embassy Suite, employees are polite, the complimentary internet isn't the greatest, but gets the job done if you're an internet person. The rooms were cozy and the beds were comfy while the bathrooms were spotless and fancy especially for the shower. If you plan at staying at a hotel for a night or two, this hotel should be a go to for its fantastic quality and it's simple yet elegant theme.

Coastal Candor
6 years ago – Google

9

This was a two night stay with one adult and two teens in a one king suite. I found it to be a lovely hotel, very clean, with polite and accommodating staff. The bed and pillows were comfortable, and the room was very quiet. It has a great bar and restaurant and dinner foods were delicious. A full breakfast is included with the stay and was lacking in nothing. You can get a Starbucks frappe on site! It is located across from the mall and directly across from a nice theater. One of the best hotels stays I've had and for the money top notch! If staying in the Fayetteville area I'd look no further.

Shi Shi Equality
6 years ago – Google

6

(I mistakenly wrote this for the Conference Center next door.)

Great location. And an awesome brand. This hotel is beautiful on the inside. The grounds were clean and most of the staff was helpful and friendly. The evening staff was less trained than the more season morning staff. The gentleman turned me away expressing after "looking" their were NO rooms available. After being sent to their sister location next door (12am) to find a comparable price and more availability. (The same room next door was $10 bucks more Springhill 2 weeks grand opening) After booking a room at the Embassy in the parking lot and inconvenient hour later. That was over booked Melissa found us a room that was exactly what i was looking for initially. We missed the breakfast thinking it ended at 11am. It was 10:30am. Too early. Very disappounted.

Juli Jeffares
6 years ago – Google

9

The place is beautiful. Very open and modern day. I was there for work so I didn't have to ask the ladies at the front desk anyting but when I walked in they greeted me and had a big smile very pleasant experience

Chad Frierson
6 years ago – Google

8

This hotel is very new and pretty nice. The design of the rooms are pretty clever with the eco friendly program they have. There are a couple of restaurants downstairs that looked pretty decent. I would definitely stay here again if I came back.

Derrin Warren
6 years ago – Google

9

Conveniently located just off Skibo Road, the hotel is gorgeous. Lots of friendly staff and a very fast elevator that we never had to wait for. I will definitely be back.

Passion Tolson
6 years ago – Google

7

Staff is amazing! Rooms are nice and clean! The only reason it's getting 4 stars is because the showers are all rainfall and don't have good water pressure. But Nichelle at the bar is super great and makes you feel welcome!

Ty'Shaun G Gomes Jr
6 years ago – Google

9

I've enjoy the marvelous hotel and the swimming area for the kids. It's hard to say which hotel can top this one. It's worth taking a look at when visiting Fayetteville NC

Con Dinh
6 years ago – Google

9

The hotel is new. The room is nice and clean. The staff is very courteous. Parking is plentiful. The pool is a little small but sufficient.

olyn Lamb Alston
6 years ago – Google

9

Everything was Exquisite! We were always greeted with friendly smiles and gracious attitudes. The accommodations were exceptional! A special thanks to beautiful sweet "Brigette" ♥with our check in, and dear dear "Michael P", the best "Host" in the world! Exceptional visit! ~♥~

Steve Picone
6 years ago – Google

7

Well priced, nice room, good free breakfast and 2 free drinks at the bar during happy hour, free wifi. Good experience overall. No Bible in the room, though, so only 4 stars instead of 5

Sharon Watts
6 years ago – Google

10

Excellent hotel to stay for awhile. Extremely clean, with great customer service, great food & all the other extras included! One of my favorite hotels!!

Jake Falzo
6 years ago – Google

9

Was wonderful. Walked in and it was clean neat and they had wonderful staff. Would love to come back

Jamison Moore
6 years ago – Google

8

It's an Embassy Suites. They're all the same. Bar is fine. Room is fine, even if every fixture was crooked and the lights flickered. Internet is terrible. Staff are all very nice. but in the end, it's an Embassy Suites. Great parking, though!

Teresa Dillard
6 years ago – Google

9

Fantastic absolutely fantastic customer service! :-) this is a very nice place to stay clean and comfortable conveniently located as well what a beautiful environment outside as well

Joseph Mulroy
6 years ago – Google

10

A Hilton Diamond member & this Embassy ranks up there as the nicest Embassy in the country. Asthtically evetything is clean w/ modern decor. The indoor pool is very nice. Hotel gym twice that of other Embassy's. Large bar area. Plus, a quick food/coffee bar that even stays open late. Extremely pleased with my stay.

Ms. Nessa
6 years ago – Google

9

Very nice location. I had a premium suite. I love all of the snacks and beverages that were provided. The breakfast was delicious! Whenever I'm in the area, I will book a stay here. The managers reception policy was strange, but won't discourage my wanting to return.

Edward Korotasz
6 years ago – Google

10

I went to the Embassy Suites to get a quote for a wedding reception. Micah, the event coordinator, had ample information, details, was very helpful in answering specific questions, showed me the ballroom, and the surrounding areas, and offered insights as to how the rental would go. The Embassy Suites are relatively new to the Fayetteville area, and they spared no expense. The hotel and event rooms are beautiful, spacious, and well priced. I highly recommend if you have an event to check out the Embassy Suites in Fayetteville.

MrDchud362
6 years ago – Google

5

May be better than 3 stars. Was working the times I've been here. Appears clean and staff professional. Can have some serious drama from time to time. Need a plain clothes security guy just walking around.

N H
6 years ago – Google

10

Great bar, front desk, and wait staff. Rooms are incredible. We live in town and often times wife and I book a night to run away from the kiddos.

Chris Day
6 years ago – Google

9

I thoroughly enjoyed my stay at this property. From check-in to checkout they created an environment that flows and makes every part of your stay simple and enjoyable. The rooms are spotless, the attention to detail such as using your room key to power off all the lights by simply pulling it out of a socket is genius. Additional features: The ceiling in my room was 11ft. Rain style shower head, 2 entry bathroom, larger than normal Tv's, the list goes on and on. If I had to post a con the only thing that I can think of is the lighting in the bathroom could be a little dim for a woman. 5 Stars. Highly recommend this location!

Gus Shahin
6 years ago – Google

9

Love the hotel, great manager evening & breakfast delicious. The indoor pool could been more warmer & Jacuzzi cooler. We had a nice stay

Joshua Cherkinsky
6 years ago – Google

10

Electronic checkin and key. Go directly to your room without seeing the front desk. Great service, comfortable beds. Happy hour and breakfast are always wonderful at the Embassy Suites. If you have business in Fayetteville, you should look to stay here first. I am usually a Marriott guy, but I will always try to stay at this hotel when traveling to Fayetteville.

Paul Whatley
6 years ago – Google

9

By far the nicest Embassy Suites I've ever stayed in. On top of being new /clean. The service is definitely 5 star!

Roy Cotton
6 years ago – Google

10

Bar is a nice little place to hang out at. Not crowded at all and you don't have to yell to talk to the person sitting across from you

Jenny Snow
6 years ago – Google

10

Beautiful hotel! Great service, comfortable beds. Breakfast was delicious! Thoroughly enjoyed everything about this place.

austin vennetti
7 years ago – Google

10

Awesome hotel! Very new, modern, and upscale. The best hotel in Fayetteville. Although I really dislike coming to this town, this hotel makes it just a little bit better. Highly recommended.

Desire Steel
7 years ago – Google

9

I am so glad we chose here for New years day. Everything was terrific ! The rooms were very nice and quiet; the king size bed fit my little girl, toddler and myself. Wonderful Chef, we enjoyed the food as well as the heated Jacuzzi and pool. This Suite is also in a very ideal location. It was very convenient to be literally 3 minutes away from dozens of shopping, restaurants and entertainment. We actually ended the night by going right across the street to IMAX Cinema to enjoy a 3D movie.

David Sukhram
7 years ago – Google

9

We go out of our way off 95 to stay there. Wonderful staff, clean and safe. We just in last week and asked for paper plates and some plastic-ware. They got us real plates from the kitchen and even upgraded our room as loyal customers.

Joe Cornett
7 years ago – Google

4

I stayed for one night here with my family. Its a beautiful hotel and overall I would have loved my stay here except the sheets on the bed were dirty. We checked in about 1:30 PM and they said they had our room ready. We go in and checked the sheets for bed bugs (as you should always do at any hotel) when we noticed a large stain/grossness on one of the sheets (not comforter). We headed down to the pool and I stopped by the front desk to ask them to change the sheets due to a large stain. She took my room number down and sent someone up. When we got back to the rooms their were sheets on the counter folded but the same sheets on the bed. We then left to visit family and told them at the front desk that they just put the sheets in the room and didn't put them on the bed. She said she would have some one put them on.

If its policy to not change the sheets at a Suites then they could of told me now. I don't stay at many Suites and am not sure if its because most visitors stay for long periods of time. When we came back from visiting and dinner with friends it was now late and we had to get the kids bathed. The sheets were where we left them on the counter. My wife just had shoulder surgery and I was busy with the kids so changing the sheets on our relativity expensive room was not something I was happy about.

breakfast was mediocre but what do you expect from a free buffet.

L. Brown
7 years ago – Google

9

Pool snob here ... and I would give this hotel pool 5 stars as far as indoor pools are concerned. My kids swam away all their backseat road rage and I even managed to stretch out a bit on the chaise lounge. Rooms are spacious, modern and clean. Hotel staff is top notch ... they actully seem to like working here! Hotel location is near many chain restaurants (from CrapDonalds and up) but not really within short walking distance. Overall, enjoyable stay and definitely recommended especially if you're traveling with kids.

Nick Russo
7 years ago – Google

10

This hotel was amazing to me and my family. Very accommodating and very friendly. I have never had a better stay at any hotel ever. Thank all of you so much for the great stay and great experience.

Jenn Wolf
7 years ago – Google

9

Gorgeous hotel with nice location near many restaurants and across from an IMAX theater. We stayed in a standard king size room. It came with a mini fridge, microwave, and the shower had an awesome rain-like showerhead. Fitness room is a good size and well equipped. Restaurant menu has nice variety but we only ordered drinks at the bar, which was very enjoyable. I was even afforded a late 2pm check-out as a Hilton Honors Gold member. Overall, zero complaints and will seek this hotel out again when staying in Fayetteville.

Jennifer Gates
7 years ago – Google

9

I was there for a retirement ceremony, it was a luncheon. The food and wait staff was very professional, prompt and efficient. The food was vey good the facilities were spotless. The service throughout the establishment was amazing. If i Ebert need to have an event i will go here to have the event based off of the overall service i was witness to.

Angela Pate
7 years ago – Google

10

Always look to stay with Embassy Suites whenever we travel. Cannot go wrong with them. Excellent customer service. Spacious rooms. Always a pool and hot tub.

Juli Brandon
7 years ago – Google

9

We had a great experience here! We checked in at 2 AM! Customer service was top notch by Luis & Melissa! They were fast and friendly! We got complimentary bottled water and a later check out time. I would definitely tell others about Embassy Suites in Fayetteville, NC. Clean comfortable room with a goregous shower and thick towels. I can't forget to mention Meghan. She booked our reservation when I phoned the front desk while we were on our way there. I highly recommend this hotel!!!

Wade Heisen
7 years ago – Google

9

Clean room, nice large rain shower. Breakfast and evening reception are still the best experiences of this sort in any hotel chain. Staff is very polite, even offered bottles of water at check-in then grabbed cold ones instead of some hotels that give you warm bottles.

John Mauro
7 years ago – Google

10

This is the best hotel I've ever stayed at and I'm nine. Really good food big exterior nice seating it smells like cake on the second floor. I really love the pool section. It's located in the best spot right across a theater and there is a mall food places it's awesome. I really appreciate the hard work. I also really have nothing negative to say.

Brice Amos
7 years ago – Google

10

Very nice hotel with great service from the staff. In my experience, that's hard to come by. Rooms are impeccably clean and offer everything you would need for your convenience. Even though the staff was extremely busy, they still gave each and everybody a smile and the info we wanted. I sure hope they get paid more than the previous hotels ive stayed (and reviewed) by Hilton.

Himanshu Desai
7 years ago – Google

10

Well appointed rooms that are roomy and comfortable. Spacious public areas with many conveniences; bar, restaurant, coffee shop and 24 hour snacks. Staff was pleasant and efficient. Although b the nachos at the bar were inedible. Would stay here again if in the area.

Matt Person
7 years ago – Google

5

I've stayed here before the hotel internet was bad for using my corporate VPN I ended up switching to my mifi. The rooms were pretty nice and breakfast options are good. One of the better places in Fayetteville.

Chris Lewis
7 years ago – Google

8

This seems like a safe oasis in Fayetteville. The manager's reception is unlike other Embassy Suits where you are limited to just 2 drinks instead of all you can drink. Rooms are great and the overall cleanliness was great.

Jaime Emlin
7 years ago – Google

10

Excellent hotel. Great location. New and very clean. Excellent full breakfast. Good Bar. Excellent food. Only negative for us was the HH points were not added to our account at check in or check out. Other than this, our stay at this hotel was marvelous.

Howard Ross
7 years ago – Google

9

Best place to stay in Fayetteville considering the area! Great, clean, spacious rooms with a pleasant staff. I would not stay anywhere else when visiting. Convincent location; close to shopping, food, and Bragg gates.

Terry Perez
7 years ago – Google

10

We stayed here for our honeymoon and we had the suite with the corner jet tub. Absolutely loved the tub, bed was super comfortable, and hotel was super clean. The staff was very friendly. We had a problem with our door handle but they fixed the problem quickly

T.J. Allen
7 years ago – Google

10

A great experience staying here. Made to order omelets were great. Managers reception was a great place to unwind. Have stayed here many times.

Swimmerwinner Swim win
7 years ago – Google

7

The hotel was upper class it had a indoor pool a gym and a bar. Every morning comes with free breakfast. Bedrooms are very clean the only problem I had was Saturday morning the water was not hot at all and are shower had not pressure. We called the front desk and said that there water heater broke and was getting fixed that afternoon. It was some what inconvenience because we were there with it of other churches for a youth conference. Thank goodness that we had the afternoon do a break so we all got in the shower but when the water was back to normal the staff went room to room telling everyone what had happened and a letter from that manager apologizing to everyone wth a bag filled with a king size candy and cookies with two water bottles. I rate four star because everything seemed to be good except for that water.

badassrockermomof5 LLL
7 years ago – Google

10

The hotel located in Fayetteville North Carolina is a large and beautiful hotel. It always smells good in the hotel no matter where you go. They have so much available in the hotel to do things and for food and drinks that you don't have to go anywhere. Across the street is a big IMAX theater. And it's located at a perfect location to access all of the local activities. I highly recommend this hotel to anyone traveling with or without kids. And the saltwater swimming pool is the most awesome things if you do have kids with you. I will be visiting this hotel again on my next trip to North Carolina.

Major Gunhoe
7 years ago – Google

8

Attended an event in their conference center. The sound and lighting were good and appropriate for the size of the room and I had no issues seeing or hearing any part of the event. The staff was polite, courteous, and prompt. Drinks were a bit steep ($6 for bottle of beer) but was a nice event.

Chris Lowe
7 years ago – Google

8

Very nice rooms. Hotel is well taken care of. Could use some better music. The music sounded like something you would listen to as you go to sleep. Bar could have a better bet selection. Overall I'm satisfied with my stay.

Hollie Carter
8 years ago – Google

9

This hotel is very clean and spacious. They have a great lobby with multiple things for you to do when staying. I would love to stay again.

Elisa Mares
8 years ago – Google

9

Beautiful hotel with lots of amenities. The pool is smaller than the average hotel but vey nice. The gym it's a good size and there is a laundry facility. The staff was very helpful. I was with a group of 40 and we were all very happy with the accommodations.

Jessica Jackson
8 years ago – Google

9

My significant other and I stayed overnight for a mini-getaway. Service was excellent. The hotel was very clean and beautiful. We stayed on the premium floor and received 2 complimentary drink vouchers each for the bar. Will definitely be returning.

P. C. Washington
8 years ago – Google

10

Wonderful staff ! My suite was very clean and comfortable and I love the separate sleeping area which allows me to work and entertain in onevatea without have my privacy invaded. I will definitely be staying here more often. The wait staff and housekeepers absolutely are AMAZING! This is definitely my new home away from home.

Lisa Bullock
9 years ago – Google

7

I stayed here a week ago. Awesome place to stay and would probably stay again, but look out for the hidden incidental fees. I called front desk to see about the fees and was told I would be reimbursed, have yet to see it. Room was left in the way it was when I went in. Other than that great place. Very clean.

Henry H
9 years ago – Google

9

Excellent hotel. Absolutely the best I have stayed at! Flyimg spoon meals are a bit expensive though....