HOW TO HAVE A GREAT “CHRISTMAS BREAK”

IN SOUTHAMPTON CITY, HAMPSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM:

STAY AT THE Leonardo Royal Hotel

Southampton Grand Harbour ,

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CHRISTMAS | HOLIDAYS | WINTER | FESTIVE |

LIFESTYLE | TRAVEL | RELAX & UNWIND | DINING

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LEONARDO ROYAL HOTEL SOUTHAMPTON GRAND HARBOUR HOTEL 

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The Leonardo Royal Hotel Southampton Grand Harbour

is in a very ideal location for a lot of reasons.

From here you can easily explore Southampton City Centre

and explore its Museums and historic sites.

The West Quay Shopping Centre is quite conveniently across the car park 

and you can shop & dine whenever you want.

You can off course have the complimentary breakfast with your hotel booking

but for lunch and Dinner, you are spoilt for choice in West Quay.

 We have sampled the German Bratwurst (Sausages)

in the Christmas Market located “ABOVE BAR STREET”,

but quite honestly, it wasn’t up to standard for the £7 we paid for each sausage bun. 

If you have a bit more time, you can explore New Forest during the day – not night time.

New Forest is a Day Outing destination unlike Southampton that offers you a rich Nightlife.

In New Forest, you can drive around and come across ponies and wild pigs

(so they say, though we’ve never come across one despite our several visits to the place). 

There are Day Tours around if you shop online

where you can ride a pony and take a guided tour around the area.

For this you will need Half Day or 8 hours, not sure. 

Southampton is also a good base for visiting Isle of Wight

as you can Hop on Red Funnel Ferries (or others)

or might even try the Famous “HOVERCRAFT”.

Not sure though whether Hovercraft calls at Southampton OR portsmouth. 

And the grandest reason why Southampton is quite the place-

you can board your cruise ship from here.

Just a few minutes walk- yes walk not drive-

from the LEONARDO ROYAL HOTEL SOUTHAMPTON GRAND HARBOUR,

are the several FERRY TERMINALS and OCEAN CRUISE TERMINALS.

In Fact, at the time of writing the HOTEL has a CRUISE PACKAGE. 

Southampton will not disappoint.

It will inspire you to even start looking for your next CRUISE DEALS

as everywhere you look,

you are somehow reminded that COMMERCE in the city

is fueled by a RICH MARITIME HERITAGE. 

Go On, EXPLORE!

Life is too short to be sulking in this WINTRY WEATHER.