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The 3-star Albion
Hotel is conveniently located close to the central market square (Grote
Markt) of Ypres (Ieper) and just a few minutes walk to the Menin Gate.
The Albion hotel is also just a few yards from the famous ramparts that
encircle the eastern side of the city - as shown below.
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The
area around the Albion Hotel 1917!
The
Headquarters of the 3rd Australian Division at the Ramparts,
at Ypres, the day before the relief of the Division by the
Canadians. It was from here that the operations of the
Division at Broodseinde and Passchendaele Ridges were
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The Albion has a
quiet, unhurried, ambiance coupled with a genuine 'Belgium' feel about
the hotel. This is hardly surprising as the hotel is not part of
some larger chain, but in fact owned and managed by Chris and Luc who take a pride
in ensuring that their guests are made to feel most welcome.
Why not include a personal conducted tour?
We can easily
arrange for an independent English-speaking guide to collect you at your
hotel and take you (or join you in your vehicle) on a one or two-day
tour of either the Somme or Ypres battlefields This will be a truly
personal service and as such you will not be joining a group comprising
other persons. This option costs a lot more when compared with joining a
fixed-itinerary ‘public’ tour, but is by far and away the best way to
see the battlefield, especially bearing in mind this may be your one
occasion to make the visit you are have in mind. A personal tour is
also better suited for the quiet exploration and reflection of past
events, without the possible distraction of others making up your group
- and the need for the tour leader to stick to a fixed time schedule!
The tour we
will arrange can easily focus on areas of specific interest to you, such
as battlefields where soldiers from any particular country or regiment
fought and died (especially helpful for those seeking to explore
battlefields where Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians etc saw
action). This service is included in the total cost you will pay, thus
making your battlefield visit a seamless experience with everything
arranged by us in advance.
Click above for town map
to see the
location of the Albion hotel
Overall:
These are the comments listed by
TripAdvisor as at March
2006
Jan 24, 2006: A TripAdvisor Member, Kent
England:
"We have stayed at The Albion Hotel three times now and on every
occasion we have been warmly greeted and helped with whatever we
needed to ask about. The rooms are pleasant and warm and the buffet
breakfast gave a good choice. The hotel is well located being
just a few minutes walk from the main square."
Jan 16, 2006: A TripAdvisor Member,
London:
"There is no better place to stay if you wish to
visit the moving war graves and trenches near Ypres than the
Albion Hotel. Warm efficient welcome, very nice room (could do
with a couple of paintings on the walls) and excellent
breakfast. They recommended the Restaurant Ecurie to eat and we
had a meal that a top London restaurant would have been happy to
serve. We hope to stay again."
Nov 13, 2005:
A TripAdvisor Member, London:
"We had an extremely pleasant two nights stay at the Albion. It
is perfectly situated for all experiences of the magnificent
town & we were given plenty of help to plan our visit to the
Battlefields.
The breakfast was excellent, a perfect start to the day.
We strongly recommend this hotel."
Oct
18, 2005: A TripAdvisor Member, Mladost 2, bl
254, Sofia, Bulgaria:
Colleagues of mine and I stayed at the Albion hotel for first time two
years ago. We were impressed by warm welcome and had very nice time
there. Since then every time when we visited Ieper we prefer to stay in
Albion hotel. The hotel is very good choice and I think it is the best
choice in Ieper.
Of course I can describe all facilities, which the hotel offers using
the superlative words, but I would like to notice only one thing that
impress me very much. The owner, Cristiane has managed to create a
fantastic style and cosiness with her love to flowers. The fresh
beautiful flowers are everywhere and I would name Albion hotel the hotel
of the flowers. Thank you Cristiane.
I would like whole-heartedly to recommend to my colleagues and every one
who visit Ieper to stay in Albion hotel
Oct
15, 2005: A TripAdvisor Member, Louvain,
Belgium:
stayed with three of
my old classmates from Louvain school of nursing at this hotel
during our annual reunion. Ypres was this year's choice and after
consulting websites of several hotels in the area the choice was
easyly made. The location is great, on a quiet street but in walking
distance of the War museum, the Menin gate. The hotel rooms with
bathrooms en suite are not only charming and decorated in good taste
but spacious and very clean. A room for disabled guest is available
with attention given to the special needs for a wheelchair bound
traveller and this not only in the hotel room but also in the en
suite very large special equipped bathroom with shower.
These reviews are
the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor members and not of
TripAdvisor LLC.
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