Date of Visit: 21/01/2012
What’s on Offer: Four star Hotel, restaurant, swimming pool, grounds and rooms overlooking the river. Sandford on Thames, nr Oxford, Oxfordshire.
What we found: An absolute surprise that such a reasonably priced hotel had such lovely rooms (overlooking the river), such perfectly managed grounds and such fabulous and attentive staff! We hadn’t realised how close Oxford was, we walked leisurely along the river, from the back of the hotel to a pub on the edge of the city in about an hour. Even in the cold rain of January it was a nice walk for any ability. Only let-downs were the perfectly nice, but not particularly inspirational evening meal and the takeover of the hotel by a rugby team on the second morning! The pool was tiny and could easily be taken-over by kids – but fine for an early morning or late evening dip.
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