| featuring plush furnishings and sitting areas, the refined rooms have free wi-fi and flat-screen tvs, plus tea and coffeemaking facilities. full english breakfast is complimentary. across the road from the seafront and facing the solent strait, this elegant hotel in a victorian stone manor house is a 3-minute walk from ryde hoverport ferry terminal and 3 miles from quarr abbey, a benedictine monastery with a farm. there's a cosy pub, and a warmly decorated restaurant featuring a patio with sea views. parking is available. check-in time: 2:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. some provide sea views and/or 4-poster beds. family rooms sleep up to 3 guests, and room service is offered
Heathrow Airport 2 hr 28
Isle of Wight Steam Railway (12 min)
Outfit preserving railway history via exhibits, train stations & rides on steam-powered locomotives. Mary Rose Museum (45 min)
Museum for 16th-century Tudor warship, & King Henry VIII's favourite, built in 1510 & sunk in 1545. Isle of Wight Zoo (14 min)
Home of ITV's 'Tiger Island', with exotic animals, informative talks and 'meet the animals'. Clarence Pier (17 min)
Seasonal rides and high-ropes aerial challenge course plus year-round arcades and indoor playground. Robin Hill (18 min)
Family rides, tractor train, nature trails, falconry and events, plus a woodland tree house. Southsea Castle (32 min)
Naval and archaeological exhibits plus interactive schools' tours in Henry VIII's moated castle. Carisbrooke Castle (25 min)
Fine medieval castle and museum, where Charles I was imprisoned by Cromwell's Roundheads. Osborne (18 min)
Italian-inspired mansion amid lush gardens and filled with Victoria and Albert's former possessions. HMS Victory (42 min)
Museum within the world's oldest commissioned warship which gained fame at the Battle of Trafalgar. Dinosaur Isle (15 min)
Animatronic dinosaurs and 1000 of the island's best fossils in a pterodactyl-shaped building. Shanklin Chine (22 min)
Leafy, wooded ravine with waterfalls and abundant wildlife, plus arts heritage centre. National Museum of the Royal Navy (47 min)
Royal Naval and maritime history and artefacts, helicopter simulator and a focus on Horatio Nelson. The D-Day Story (30 min)
D-Day story told through archive films, landing craft, weapons and the 83-metre Overlord Embroidery. Spinnaker Tower (39 min)
Landmark tower with an on-site cafe and a glass-floored platform overlooking Portsmouth harbour. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (42 min)
Nelson's HMS Victory plus HMS Warrior and the Mary Rose Museum, with simulators and harbour tours. | 
