| check-in time: 2:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. the hotel also features period pieces, memorabilia and art as part of a living museum'. some also feature balconies, while upgraded rooms have either separate living areas or 4-poster beds. dating from 1914, this vintage hotel is a 3-minute walk from the seafront and a 16-minute walk from the winter gardens. breakfast is included, and a classic british menu and cream teas are also served in the chic dining room, bar/lounge and sea-view terrace. the traditional rooms (accessed via a 1927 trellis-gated lift) all have sea views, plus free wifi, tvs, and tea and coffeemaking facilities. there's also a snooker room and a 1920s ballroom
Heathrow Airport 1 hr 56
Broadstairs (10 min) Botany Bay (4 min.)
public beach with views of cliffs and chalk stacks plus fossil hunting rock pools and nearby cafe. Margate Beach (6 min.)
beach Viking Bay (13 min.)
beach Darwin Court (4 min) Main Sands (5 min.)
beach Warwick Road (8 min) Wingham Wildlife Park (28 min.)
zoo park with feeding sessions talks and conservation projects plus up-close animal encounters. Deal Castle (35 min.)
16th-century artillery castle with huge circular bastions for cannons linked by network of passages. Joss Bay (8 min.)
200-meter sandy cove featuring a surf school beach loungers a cafe & white chalk cliffs. Viking Bay (12 min.)
charles dickens used to holiday on this small sandy bay with a promenade & cabins. Powell-Cotton Museum (16 min.)
15th-century estate with museum of victorian natural history exhibits and regency house and gardens. Ramsgate Tunnels (18 min.)
guided tours of the subterranean tunnel system used to shelter 60 000 people during wwii air raids. The Scenic Railway (6 min.)
roller coaster and amusement park Turner Contemporary (4 min.)
dramatic spaces displaying art by jmw turner and contemporary artists in eye-catching gallery. Sweyn Road (10 min) Pegwell Bay (18 min.)
picturesque bay offering a nature reserve the ruins of a hoverport & a replica scandinavian boat. | 
