The epitome of a seafront venue, The Crab is part of the white-fronted Park Central Hotel, but…
Park Central Hotel
“Contemporary hotel with sea views and a popular restaurant” - AA Inspector
BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET
Our Inspector's view
Located opposite Bournemouth International Centre, this modern, contemporary hotel is in a good location and has sea views; bedrooms are comfortable and attractively furnished. The menu features creative modern ideas based on intuitive combinations of well-sourced raw materials including, of course, a great deal of seafood. A pre-theatre menu is also available, but be sure to book as this can prove very popular.
Facilities – at a glance
Afternoon tea
Family rooms
Indoor parking
Lift
Outdoor parking
Features
- En-suite rooms: 48
- Family rooms: 6
- Bedrooms Ground: 7
- Free TV
- Broadband available
- WiFi available
- Children welcome
- Laundry facilities
- Ironing facilities
- Cots provided
- High chairs
- Children's portions or menu
- New Year entertainment programme
- Lift available
- Night porter available
- Outdoor parking spaces: 5
- Indoor parking spaces: 24
- Accessible bedrooms: 2
- Walk-in showers
- Single room, minimum price: £54
- Double room, minimum price: £69
- Open all year
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About the area
Discover Dorset
Dorset means rugged varied coastlines and high chalk downlands. Squeezed in among the cliffs and set amid some of Britain’s most beautiful scenery is a chain of picturesque villages and seaside towns. Along the coast you’ll find the Lulworth Ranges, which run from Kimmeridge Bay in the east to Lulworth Cove in the west. Together with a stretch of East Devon, this is Britain’s Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, noted for its layers of shale and numerous fossils embedded in the rock. Among the best-known natural landmarks on this stretch of the Dorset coast is Durdle Door, a rocky arch that has been shaped and sculpted to perfection by the elements. The whole area has the unmistakable stamp of prehistory.
Away from Dorset’s magical coastline lies a landscape with a very different character and atmosphere, but one that is no less appealing. Here, winding, hedge-lined country lanes lead beneath lush, green hilltops to snug, sleepy villages hidden from view and the wider world. The people of Dorset are justifiably proud of the achievements of Thomas Hardy, its most famous son, and much of the county is immortalised in his writing.
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