点评:Amberley castle is a beautiful venue with a lot of history and beaufiful village nearby. Given the reviews and having 'the traveller's award 2024' theoretically a place not to miss. (Although a lot of reviews are rather old.) However... We visited the castle as a family (2 adults, 2 children) in Autumn 2024. We did a tour in the south of England and visited other hotels (also from Brownsword group), so were be able to compare several venues. The castle has a lot of charm, but both the castle walls as the garden are 'under construction' at the moment. As as result not everything is accessible. No problem, if it this would have been communicated prior to the stay, but we ended in an unpleasant suprise. The room, especially the beds for the children, were very disappointing. The children complaint about backache due to 'camping style' beds. The castle and the main house compensated the stay with a lot of castle style charm (fireplaces, arms etc). However, in the main rooms (eg lobby) some sort of renovation is necessary as well. During our stay preparations were made for a wedding the next day, which led to a focus of the personal elsewhere (in our welcoming letter we were adressed wrongly as being part of the wedding party). The staff tried to help out where possible, no complaints there. But given the price, the stay was overall disappointing and overpriced. As this was the exception of our holiday we tried to give feedback on our stay. All other hotels had the politeness to respond, except this hotel. Hospitality comes in many different forms, please do better in the future. (consult the collegues of Gidleigh Park *****?)
翻译:安伯利城堡是一个美丽的地方,附近有很多历史遗迹和美丽的村庄。从评论和“2024 年旅行者奖”来看,理论上这是一个不容错过的地方。(尽管很多评论都比较旧了。)但是……我们一家人(2 名成人,2 名儿童)于 2024 年秋季参观了这座城堡。我们在英格兰南部进行了一次旅行,并参观了其他酒店(也来自 Brownsword 集团),因此能够比较几个地方。这座城堡很有魅力,但城堡的墙壁和花园目前都在“建设中”。因此,并非所有地方都可以进入。没问题,如果是这样的话,应该在入住前就沟通过,但我们最终却得到了一个不愉快的惊喜。房间,尤其是儿童床,非常令人失望。孩子们抱怨“露营式”床让他们背痛。城堡和主屋以许多城堡式的魅力(壁炉、武器等)弥补了住宿的不足。但是,主房间(例如大堂)也需要进行某种翻新。我们入住期间,酒店正在为第二天的婚礼做准备,这导致我们把注意力集中在其他地方(在我们的欢迎信中,酒店错误地称我们为婚礼派对的一部分)。工作人员尽力提供帮助,没有什么可抱怨的。但考虑到价格,这次住宿总体上令人失望,而且价格过高。由于这是我们假期的例外,所以我们尝试对我们的住宿提供反馈。除了这家酒店,所有其他酒店都礼貌地做出了回应。热情好客有多种形式,请以后做得更好。(咨询 Gidleigh Park ***** 的同事?)