Thistle Hotels in general Reviews

Grand, impressive and commercially alluring, the Thistle Hotels sparkle, on first sight with all the Georgian style of traditional English excellence. One could almost imagine Kevin McCloud striding through the grounds decorating it’s themes with sheer grandness in his usual, colourful prose. Perhaps one could be slightly misled as to the ...  Read the complete review

I recently spent 2 nights at a graduate job assessment centre in the ultra exotic location of Middlesbrough. Our venue for our stay way their local Thistle hotel which, though national, is a chain I had not experienced before. The directions on the website were reasonable and though a short detour meant it took me twice as long as planned to get ...  Read the complete review

Well here I am , back from the hot weather of Tenerife, seems like the UK has a good spell of it too. When I book a holiday, one of the first things afterwards is always how do we get to the airport. We usually use a Taxi service who charge £60 return for about a 50 minute drive. This time though, the owner of the company was trying to dictate ...  Read the complete review

Well I have already done an opinion on Crete in general, the hotel I stayed in on the island, and now to continue the series another hotel opinion. This time the Thistle Hotel at Gatwick airport was the first place of stop for the holiday. General ******* Well it may not be the most stylish place to begin a great ...  Read the complete review

I have stayed at several hotels in the Thistle chain throughout the country and I must say that standards vary depending on where you stay. I found the Thistle in Newcastle to be somewhat dated and because of it's location on a very busy road, very noisy. The Atlantic Tower Thistle in Liverpool however proved modern, clean and had excellent views ...  Read the complete review