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Accommodation for Visitors in Birmingham

Birmingham might seem an unlikely cityGBP a night rising to 400 GBP for the
for anyone to visit. However, being thePrincipal Suite.
home of the International ConventionThe area around Broad street is where
Centre (ICC), the National Indoor Arenamost of the hotels that provide four and
(NIA) and a Symphony Hall ofthree star accommodation are located.
international acclaim are just threeTravelodge and Novotel are two of the
things that attract visitors to themore familiar hotel names here.
city. Accordingly Birmingham has plentyTravelodge charges a 66 GBP flat rate
of rooms available in a range ofper night, discounts are possible if
accommodation from Five Star Hotels tobooking in advance. The advertised price
Guest Houses and rooms in self-cateringfor one night in the Novotel is 155 GBP
apartments. Guest Houses and small Bed &a night, but again by booking in advance
Breakfast places can be found in allthis can be reduced by 50%.
suburbs of the city, but it's along theAt the city end of Broad Street is the
Hagley Road (A458) that you'll find theCopthorne Hotel. Located on one of the
highest concentration of smaller andbusier inner ring roads at Paradise
cheaper hotels. The area around the ICCCircus, the Copthorne is ideally located
and NIA, on Broad Street in particular,for all aspects of visiting the city, be
is where a good selection and range ofit business or pleasure. A double room
city centre hotels can be found.is in the price range 85 GBP to 115 GBP
If you want a classy hotel in the verya night on a week-day, in this four star
centre of Birmingham then the Burlingtonhotel that is part of the famous
Hotel is the one to book into. It isnational chain. Close to Broad Street is
located almost at the junction of Newthe Mailbox Mall, The mailbox contains
Street and Corporation Street, insidemany designer shops and some of the best
the Burlington Arcade. It is anrestaurants in the city. Here there are
independent four star hotel that,two hotels - the classy and chic
despite having 112 rooms, has aboutique hotel Malmaison which has
distinctly boutique hotel feel to it. Andouble rooms starting at 140 GBP and
Executive suite costs about 260 GBP asuites at 320 GBP a night. A Ramada
night, but you can get a standard doubleHotel is also located inside the
room for 135 GBP. Prices at week-endsMailbox. A room here for the night is
are about half of the week-day prices,typically 100 GBP.
which reflects the demand made for thisMoving out of the city centre the price
hotel by business people.of a room for the night drops
Connected to the ICC by its ownconsiderably. For example the Days Inn
footbridge the Hyatt Hotel on BridgeHotel, which is on Hillock Road some 3
Street, just off Broad Street, iskm from the city centre, where room
instantly recognisable by the huge glassprices drop to 50 GBP a night for this
tower in which it was built. One nightthree star hotel. If you want to have a
in a double room here on a weekdaylarge selection of hotels to choose from
starts at 120 GBP and rises to 424 GBPin one place, head for the Hagley Road
for a Deluxe King sized room. There areto the west of the city centre, which
also the Executive Suites and on theheads out of Birmingham from the end of
24th floor, the exclusive 140 squareBroad Street. Along about 2 miles of
metre Presidential Suite which is forthis one road are more hotels than many
hire by personal application.smaller cities have in total. The
The recently opened Radisson SAS HotelQuality Hotel is part of that national
on Holloway Circus is not as central aschain of hotels and has 167 rooms.
some other hotels but is ideally locatedLocated at the city end of the Hagley
for the Alexander and HippodromeRoad a double room costs 80 GBP for one
Theatres. It has 211 rooms with threenight.
themes to them; Chic, Fashion and Fresh.A bit further down the road is the two
Suites are also available for hire here.star Norfolk Hotel; you can get a double
A typical weekday price for a doubleroom here for 40 GBP a night, including
room is 135 GBP rising to nearly 300 GBPbreakfast. Whilst it might not be the
for a suite. Like the Hyatt, themost impressive hotel in the city all
Presidential Suite is for hire bythe 163 rooms have en suite and provide
personal application only.more than adequate accommodation along
In Brindley Place, just off Broad Streetwith a friendly and caring level of
and across the canal from the ICC andservice. The Apollo Hotel is also a two
NIA, is Birmingham's Jurys Inn. This hasstar one and similar to the Norfolk.
nearly 450 air-conditioned rooms, nearlyPrices start at 65 GBP a night for a
all of which are standard double rooms,double room, but there are offers and
with a typical week-day price beingdeals that can halve the price.
around 130 GBP.For anyone needing longer term temporary
Hotel Duvin, on Church Street which isaccommodation in Birmingham renting an
located for the city's main commerceapartment might be worth considering.
area around Colmore Row, is anotherApartments are available away from the
recently opened hotel. This is thecity centre at locations such as the
largest hotel owned by the du Vin chainHagley Road or right inside the city
and is located in what was once thecentre at Brindley Place or the Mailbox.
city's Eye Hospital. It is styled onTypical apartment prices are, per week,
being a boutique hotel and has 66 rooms400 GBP for one bedroom rising to 700
and several suites. Prices start at 140GBP or more for a two bed roomed one.



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