Macdonald Alveston Manor Hotel & Spa

Beautiful property. Room and spa facilities excellent along with a delicious breakfast

Excellent Hotel, near the center of Stratford

It's a lovely historic timber-framed Tudor building, the perfect base for our two day visit to Stratford. There are lots of Tudor features throughout the hotel and some excellent historic caricatures and cartoons on the walls of the corridors. (Such a refreshing and interesting alternative to the dull and incomprehensible 'art' that despoils the walls of many of the hotels we have stayed in). The reception staff were pleasant, professional and very welcoming. Our room was reasonably spacious with a huge very comfortable bed and the Tudor theme was again tastefully evident in the room furnishings. There was a facility in the corridor for refilling our water bottles, offering both still & sparkling water free of charge (a very nice touch). The bathroom had a nice powerful shower with a plentiful supply of nicely scented shower gel and shampoo provided. The housekeeping staff were really on the ball too, everything was tidy spotless! The location could not be more perfect! it was a gentle ten-minute walk over the bridge and along the picturesque bank of the River Avon for our visit to the Swan theatre. Walking back to the hotel this way hand-in-hand with my lovely wife, after the theatre each evening, was very gracious and romantic. The hotel breakfast was very good, with reasonable choice and good service in pleasant surroundings. Post-breakfast sessions in the pool, steam room, and sauna, set us up perfectly for a wonderful day of exploring Stratford-upon-Avon and its many historic charms, followed by another spa session in the late afternoon to soak away the aches and pains of the day and refresh us for our visit to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. A final visit to the pool. sauna and steam room, after breakfast on the morning we were leaving, was the perfect way to relax before the long drive home. We have stayed at some very nice spa hotels around Stratford in the past, but Alveston Manor will now be our hotel of choice for all future visits!

Lovely attentive waiter (tall. chap, glasses, most smiley) and nothing was too much trouble. He is a credit to your company. Lovely bed and crisp white linen and I liked the large armchair in the room. A very comfortable night's sleep. Excellent cod lunch too- exceptional. A wide variety of breakfasts choice too.

Breakfast was very good, hot buffet was indeed hot (which is unusual) and service very efficient, hot drinks served to table, tea in a teapot so well done on breakfast! Friendly bar Hotel overall a little 'tired', time for a revamp maybe