Hallmark Hotel Bournemouth

My girlfriend and I were very fortunate recently to have been treated, by my Mum, to a short break in Bournemouth. She had booked us a hotel in the town with nice facilities, in case the British summer weather should let us down... The hotel my Mum booked was the Hallmark Hotel Bournemouth, formerly known as the Durley Hall Hotel. Having not heard of Hallmark Hotels before I immediately checked out the website and found that it is a small chain of hotels with four sites located in Manchester, Derby, Carlisle and of course Bournemouth. The hotels are described on the Hallmark website (www.hallmarkhotels.co.uk) as being "boutique-style hotels in the UK ...  Read the complete review

Bournemouth has now become my boyfriend's second home due to a recent promotion and the Durley Hall is where he takes additional residence. As his girlie I do get to accompany him on the odd trip to Bournemouth when my job permits so as he is there as we speak I decided to write review on the hotel itself. ***Location*** Durley Hall is located on Durley Chine Road on the West Cliff in Bournemouth. The hotel is in a great location and well within walking distance to many of the amenities. Each time that I stay down there I end up walking from the hotel to the town centre, it takes about 10 minutes and is a pretty pleasant walk. The beach is ...  Read the complete review