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  • Canterbury Road
     Ashford, United Kingdom TN24 8QQ
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Ashford-Central Holiday Inn

  • November 10, 2007
  • Rated 4 of 5 by barbara from Atlanta, Georgia
Ashford-Central Holiday Inn

We wanted to see Dover and Canterbury in one weekend. I looked at lodging in both places, but I ended up deciding to stay outside of either city, fairly in between the two, on the road back to London. I found a good, affordable option in the Ashford-Central Holiday Inn near the M20.

A night here puts you in a good position to visit all of South East England, Dover and Canterbury included. Plus, it won't break the bank for a family.

What was the hotel like? This is a chain hotel, and it offers chain hotel quality. After staying in a dismal, more expensive room in a lesser known brand hotel closer to London, I happily embraced the green and white sign that's as familiar to modern holiday makers on a budget as the Golden Arches is to cheap hamburger lovers.

Does this mean our room was pretty generic? You bet'cha. But it was also clean. The staff was competent. The room was plenty big. We weren't charged extra for the single bed that was already made-up for our son when we checked-in. There was also a fold-out sofa bed that could be used for bigger families. Parking was free. Internet was available. We got a paper in the morning. The tiles in the shower didn't scare me. There was a "pillow menu" that my son used to get an extra pillow with feathers from housekeeping. And the whole she-bang was just £69 through the internet for the evening. After fleeing a place where none of these niceties applied, the Holiday Inn's "generic" qualities felt like heaven. A basic three star kinda place.

Food? There is a restaurant on-site, but we didn't try it. Instead we drove into Ashford and took advantage of a large cinema complex that offered evening entertainment and several dining options. This is where the front desk clerk sent us when I asked for a "nice" place for dinner. I can't fault the boy. He was probably no older than 19. We have different definitions for "nice." His suggestions was an American chain pizza joint that caters to family dining. It wasn't exactly posh, but hey. It was good enough.... A Frankie and Benny's. There's also a chain pub directly across the street from the hotel if you want a place that's closer. Breakfast was not included in our rate, so we didn't get it.

How long did it take to get here from Dover? The drive was easy and took about 45 minutes. If you drew lines on a map from Ashford to Canterbury to Dover and back to Ashford, you would see a triangle.

I would stay here again.

From journal A Day in Dover

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