Accessed via marble steps, this subterranean former bank vault has a clubbable atmosphere with…
Bristol Harbour Hotel & Spa
“A former bank is transformed into the height of opulence” - AA Inspector
BRISTOL, BRISTOL
Our Inspector's view
This modern and stylish hotel fuses two iconic former bank properties in the very heart of Bristol. Bedrooms and bathrooms are very comfortably furnished and equipped, and come in a range of shapes and sizes including one being the converted office of the bank manager. The adjoining Jetty restaurant is open throughout the day and has an emphasis on seafood, while evening cocktails can be taken in the contemporary Gold Bar. The grand former banking hall is now the main space for large events and meetings, and the bank vaults have been transformed into the hotel spa complete with the original, huge safe doors.
Facilities – at a glance
Afternoon tea
Civil weddings
Family rooms
Gym
Indoor pool
Features
- En-suite rooms: 42
- Family rooms: 3
- Bedrooms Ground: 1
- Free TV
- Broadband available
- WiFi available
- Children welcome
- Laundry facilities
- Ironing facilities
- Cots provided
- High chairs
- Children's portions or menu
- Indoor Pool
- Gym available
- Spa Available
- Christmas entertainment programme
- New Year entertainment programme
- Lift available
- Night porter available
- Fully air conditioned
- Walk-in showers
- Open all year
- Holds a civil ceremony licence
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About the area
Discover Bristol
The Anglo-Saxon settlement at Bristol grew up around the bridge and harbour on the River Avon. With access to the sea, it increased in importance. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, whose London—Bristol railway line terminated in his gothic-style station of Temple Meads, had long been involved with Bristol. He had remodelled the docks in 1830, and six years later designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge over the 250-foot (76m) deep Avon Gorge.
During the bombing raids of World War II many churches and historic houses were lost. Fortunately, the finest parish church in England, St Mary Redcliffe, with its 292-foot (89m) spire, survived, although traffic now swirls all around it. Bristol Cathedral was founded as an Augustinian abbey in the 1140s and became a cathedral in1542. The Norman chapter house is particularly fine. There is almost too much to see in Bristol: other gems include Wills Tower, John Wood’s Corn Exchange, the Coopers’ Hall by William Halfpenny, the Grotto at Goldney House in Clifton, the long south façade of Ashton Court, and the Christmas Steps (off the beginning of Park Road).
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