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The Island of Wight or IOW, really is a spectacular location to visit. Dazzling landscapes blend with natural beauty all around with a quiet, tranquil atmosphere. Many people holiday here and once visited, return to the Island year after year. Some people even end up buying somewhere to live on the Island of Wight! It offers lush green landscapes, tropical in many parts, and wonderful sandy beaches. There are also rocky and pebble beaches dotted around the Island of Wight to provide many a great day out for children. For those who live in busy cities, we have a great contrast here, with quiet peaceful walks and trails. There is a tremendous variation of accommodation offered here on the Island of Wight; Hotels, Guest Houses, Campsites, Cottages and a good start for great Bed & Breakfast accommodation is here at the Lake.
There are a great many style of holidays you can opt for on the Isle of
Wight or IOW. Popular are the short breaks that include the car ferry. Known
as Isle of Wight breaks,
this will include a passage on the car ferry in the arrangements made by
the Hotel, guest house or bed & breakfast establishment. You can of
course, take a Isle of Wight
break without transport, but for most visitors, an essential part of
an Isle of Wight break
would be to include a car in your break. There is a vast selection of activities
to take part in, golf, riding, sailing, really too many to list, but nearly
everything is available to do or see. . The majority of Isle
of Wight breaks however, are just to come and enjoy the sheer beauty
of the Island and enjoy its peace and tranquillity.
A good start for an Isle
of Wight break is at the Lake
at www.Bonchurchbreaks.co.uk
The car ferry breaks
that we do can be taken from Portsmouth, Lymington or Southampton. Ferry
crossings can be booked by the Lake
at the time of reservation.
All the information that is needed is an approximate time of travel both
ways.
A good start for an Isle
of Wight car ferry break is at the
Lake
Ventnor on the IOW – This lovely old town is built on a one- in-
four incline. Originally a Victorian health spa, it has a great crescent
shaped waterfront with half a dozen eating places. The Botanic Gardens are
a must – 22 acres! Bonchurch
is on the east side of Ventnor and about 15-20 minute walk in to town.
A great place to stay to explore and visit Ventnor is to stay at the
Lake
An Isle of Wight Hotel is one
of the best places to stay in. An important part of your holiday or break
is choosing the right Isle of Wight
Hotel to suit you. Depending sometimes on the weather, you may want
to spend a little time indoors. This particular Isle
of Wight Hotel offers a variety of comfortable lounges that you can
spend time in and also have advantage of wi-fi access on your laptop or
use a hotel computer free.
Although this Isle of Wight Hotel
is now Bed and Breakfast accommodation
it has all the facilities you would expect from a small Hotel, a garden,
several lounges including a bar. It has nice comfortable rooms that are
all ‘ensuite’, and all with large 32” LCD TVs.
A good start to choosing an Hotel would be www.lakehotel.co.uk
Accommodation Isle of Wight -
This broad term cover a great variation of making sure you find the right
Isle of Wight accommodation. Staying
at the Lake, the pick of
Isle of Wight accommodation will
be the right one. Our rooms have great outlooks over the garden and towards
St. Boniface down. Great rates are also a big part of finding Accommodation
Isle of Wight, and you will not be disappointed by ours. Our quality
Isle of Wight accommodation is
graded by the A/A and VisitBritain organizations to ensure you receive a
fair quality grading.
A good start to see Accommodation Isle
of Wight would be the Lake
This is a very American/Canadian term for accommodation,
hotels, bed and breakfast, b&b or just a general term for all. Exactly
the same meaning, but a term in the UKthat is never used, it would always
be accommodation. Another term never used in the UKfor a holiday or holidays
, is vacation or vacations.
A good start to finding Lodgings Isle
of Wight or Vacation Isle of Wight
would be at the Lake.
Holidays! Holidays! Holidays! An Isle
of Wight Holiday can give you just the right place for you to enjoy
the Island. A good breakfast to set you up for the day is an important part
– and ours is good. A comfortable clean room is also a major part
of a good Holiday Isle of Wight,
and ours are – click on our room page to see.
We are all looking for a good Holiday and Holiday
Isle of Wight is a good start.
Bonchurch on the Isle of Wight is a gem. Almost unchanged for centuries, this sleepy seaside village Bonchurch.com with its famous duckpond attracts visitors throughout the year. We have a very old Norman church and also a larger one, very popular for weddings. A Pub, Post office and Garage make sure this village is very much alive, although it might look different at 8 o’clock at night in the Winter! Bonchurch is one of the nicer places to stay on the Isle of Wight. Just half a mile from Ventnor, Bonchurch offers some good accommodation and a good start to look for some is at www.bonchurch.com
An Isle of Wight Weekend
Break can be just the sort of tonic to recharge the batteries.
On your own, with friends or family, an Isle
of Wight Weekend Break can be just the thing,. And of course, we can
include the car ferry to make it even easier for you to travel. For a good
start for your Isle of Wight
Weekend Break try the Lake
on its ferry break page.
Bed and Breakfast Isle of Wight, B&b’s, guest houses, bed & breakfasts, these terms can conjure up all sorts of images. Hopefully the Landlady in her flowery pinny ordering you to bed at 8.30 is long gone! Bed & breakfast or b&b is now the way to go. A tremendous variation of eating places on the Island and in and around Bonchurch and Ventnor dictate that the visitors have now got a great choice of eateries to indulge themselves, whether taking a break on the Island or on their main Holiday. Our breakfast at the Lake is buffet style offering both a great choice of hot and cold food. For a good start to finding the best Bed and breakfast Isle of Wight - try us.
There is a lot of confusion over the difference between a four star hotel and four star guest accommodation. The Lake is not an Hotel, it just offers bed & breakfast. In the old days, it would be called a Bed & breakfast Hotel, but now we are called guest accommodation and our star rating is based on this term. For a clearer idea of the difference in Hotels and Guest Accommodation try the Lake.
There is sometimes confusion in the spelling of the Isle of Wight. Isle
of White is the most popular mistake, other variations are Isle of Whyte,
Whight and even Wright! There are a good many more variations. European
visitors normally refer to ‘The Island of Wight’ and sometimes
even the Isle part is mis-spelt Ilse. One very popular abbreviation is IOW.
This IOW can be found whenever a short reference is needed and a lot of
Islanders use this IOW when they use it as part of as address.
The Island was originally called Vectis by the Romans, and some old maps
do spell the Island with White or Whyte
Any way, whatever way you spell it, a good start to staying on the Wight?
White? Whyte? is to stay here on the IOW at the
Lake.
Listed in the YFS business directory in the Hotels Ventnor category
