Choose from a Selection of the Best Cambridge Hotels
The Cambridge hotel industry has flourished as this ancient town is home to Britain's second oldest and one of its most prestigious universities and as such has attracted a huge number of national and international students and visitors. A typical hotel in Cambridge gives quality and comfort to those visiting on holidays and business trips alike.
The city has been the home of many esteemed scientists over the centuries, some of the most famous being; William Harvey who discover blood circulation, Sir Isaac Newton and his theory of gravitation and Charles Darwin with his evolutionary theory. Others include Earnest Rutherford who split the atom and Crick and Watson who discovered the structure of DNA in 1953.
The ancient city centre is beautifully preserved with its pedestrian friendly medieval streets, college courts, gardens and bridges. But it is the magnificent and diverse architectural styles, both old and new that sets Cambridge apart and has Cambridge accommodation visitors gasping in wonderment and awe.
Although this is a university town, it has many accommodation options, to cater for the influx of visitors throughout the year. The city's Cambridge hotel options offers a combination of history with elegance, picturesque views and a warm, friendly atmosphere. Bedroom windows overlook majestic historical buildings or the famous Parkers Piece where cricket games are played and fairs & markets held.
Any establishment situated in the city centre offers easy access to shopping precincts, guided tours of the many University Colleges, lazy picnics on the banks of the River Cam as well as providing luxury accommodation and modern appliances to suit the most discerning guest.
Rooms are spacious offering a choice of 4-poster beds or double beds, family rooms or single rooms, ensuring that tourists, families and students are all well catered for. Additionally, guests will find; tea and coffee making facilities, alarm, hairdryer, wireless internet, television with remote control and a modem point. En suites or private bathrooms are spacious and luxuriously equipped and many supply extravagant toiletries. Some offer a door card entry locking system for extra peace of mind and easy access as well as on-site parking. Additionally, luxury hotels also include little touches such as a bathrobe and a complimentary basket of fresh fruit and mineral water in stylish penthouse rooms with balconies.
If fine dining is required, many of the featured hotels will include a restaurant, some of which pride themselves on their traditional full-English breakfast served with local, fresh produce. Guest dining rooms and in-house restaurants serving food of the finest quality enable guests to relax and unwind after a busy day of sightseeing without having to go out in search of a dining venue. However, top class restaurants, cafes, pubs and nightclubs abound throughout this student town offering a vibrancy and atmosphere second to none, that will ensure each visitor to the city will find quality to suit even the most discerning palate and will not be disappointed.
Not only does each hotel offer convenient access to the shopping malls with all the regular brands but also to markets, fairs and festivals. This is one of the highlights for guests, particularly in the summer months, even those for whom shopping is not a passion. The famous Midsummer Fair is one of the oldest fairs in the UK and at one point was possibly the largest medieval fair in Europe. The Cambridge Folk Festival which attracts followers from all over Britain is one of the most popular festivals of folk music in the UK and the Film Festival is considered to be one of the nation’s best.
The Strawberry Fair held in June on the Midsummer Common provides free music, market stalls and a children’s fair and of course, no student town would be complete without the ubiquitous Beer Festival which runs for a week in May, every year, and offers nearly 200 different beers. Cambridge is surrounded by good quality farm land and has always been the local trading place for the surrounding countryside. The thriving daily market sells local fruit and vegetables as well as other goods and there is a Farmers Market on Sundays. Here hotel guests can buy delectable titbits to enjoy while punting down the River Cam, picnicking on its banks while watching students train for the famous annual Boat race against Oxford or to be savoured in the tranquil parks in the city.
The corporate visitor to the city is also provided for and will have no problem finding accommodation with all the modern high tech facilities needed for business purposes. These include; flipchart, fax and photocopy services, stylish function or board rooms and can accommodated a lavish product launch for 350 delegates. And while attending to business matters, there is no reason why guests should not keep up their fitness regimes as many hotels offer fully equipped fitness centres and have a swimming pool and health club. The luxury spa complex is a fine place to relax and unwind and to turn a weekend getaway into a stylish affair.
The city is a delight to visit in any season and visitors to this city are going to need to book a few extra nights as there are so many things to do and see. It is a city with many pubs, restaurants, cafes, shopping areas, historic market places, museums, art galleries, theatres, live music and poetry evenings. A stay in a Cambridge hotel, with the traditional warmth and friendly service, fine dining and luxury accommodation for which they are so well known, offers an opportunity to relax in an atmosphere seeped in history or to explore picturesque landscapes, guaranteeing visitors a remarkable and unforgettable experience.
