The Big Sleep Hotel (Cardiff)

The Big Sleep Hotel is a city centre hotel in Cardiff, South Wales. They also have hotels in Cheltenham and Eastbourne. My daughter and I stayed here for two nights in August 2008, and thoroughly enjoyed our visit. * Booking * I booked by phone, after finding an offer on their website - one night for £50, two nights for £98 or three for £144. We choose the two night option. Booking was easy enough, although I had a bit of trouble getting a confirmation of my booking, but this was sorted eventually. * Arrival * We left Cardiff Central Station and followed a map printed from the hotels' website. The Big Sleep was easy to spot ...  Read the complete review

Where: Bute Terrace, Cardiff, CF10 2FE The reason i decided to book a room at the Big Sleep Hotel in Cardiff was that my boyfriend and i had tickets to see the Sterophonics in the CIA and this hotel was located opposite the building. I'd heard this hotel to be innovative and very trendy whilst being very cheap. So i booked. Booking: I Booked online at http://www.thebigsleephotel.com. The booking form was very easy to use and it took no time to book myself in. Arrival: We drove to the hotel which is quite difficult to find if you do not know the area very well. cardiff is notoriously difficult to dive around due to its ...  Read the complete review

I first came across this hotel in a travel magazine that advertised the hotel as “The UK’s first design hotel for budget travellers”. The Big Sleep, in Cardiff City centre is a former British Gas office building that has been converted into hotel rooms, with an emphasis on retrospective styling. As you first enter the hotel stairwell, you are greeted by an enormous framed photograph of the actor John Malkovich – I later discovered that The Big Sleep is actually owned by the Hollywood star. LOCATION The Big Sleep can be found on Bute Terrace, a fairly busy road in the centre of Cardiff, which is shared with a number of other large hotels including ...  Read the complete review