Earlier this week I enjoyed a leisure day at The Grand Hotel Spa in Eastbourne with my friend Annie. I had some spa vouchers to
use and it seemed a good idea to gift Annie half as her Christmas present. I
choose the Grand Hotel as it isn't far from our homes and as it
is a 5 star hotel I expected the spa to be pretty luxurious and it certainly
looked good in the photos on the website.
We arrived to the hotel about half an hour
before I had booked our treatment times and our first struggle was finding some
free parking. The streets round the hotel generally have free on-street parking
but it was super busy. You can park in the grounds of the Grand but that's £25
a day and you pay to park on the seafront as well. Luckily just as I was about
to give in and pay we found a space close by and headed in to the hotel. We
were greeted by a lovely jolly doorman who gave us instructions were to go. Let the fun commence!
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The first impression of the hotel is fabulous,
it's not called the Grand for nothing but as we headed in the lift to the
basement the view gets consistently more grotty. Old carpet, plain cream walls
and not a touch of glamour in the corridors or reception areas. Thankfully the
staff were in total contrast to the look of the area and they were great.
Really friendly, super professional and nothing was too much trouble for them.