I just spent a couple of days in Plymouth Christmas shopping - staying at The Avalon - really surprised at the high standard of accommodation. The rooms are lovely and spotlessly clean all with colour tv, complimentary tea and coffee and free internet access - wow!!!!

Decent little guest house at reasonable price. Good breakfast provided. One minor inconvenience is with the towel situation, only 1 provided per person and this was not replaced by default, when the room was cleaned, for 2nd night. With no way to dry towels mine was still wet from shower the night before so had to ask for another the next evening.

If you are on a budget this place is OK, but would recommend you try the Grosvenor Hotel for a couple of quid extra.

Everything we needed, good clean accomodation, nice breakfast and what a location !!! Historic Plymouth Hoe and Barbican right on your doorstep, and I mean doorstep.

The guesthouse is located on Citadel road, and no surprise that there is a Citadel at the top of the road (used to defend Plymouth over the years).

Over the weekend there was a bus pull competition for charity and a celebration for the falklands on Plymouth Hoe, pity it rained but there was nothing Louise and Joe (the owners) could do about that.

Joe mentioned there is quite a lot that happens on the Hoe during the summer, power boat racing and firework displays were just two that he remebered because they were now regular annual events.

There is even a pub next to the guesthouse for an evening meal and drink.

The web site does not quite let you see how close you are to Plymouth town centre, just a 2 min walk.

The only thing the children did not like was there was no beach, but there is an open air swimming pool on the Hoe (5 mins walk from the house) and if you do not mind a 40minute drive, then you can go to Bigbury Bay, which has a huge beach.

The town centre has plenty of restaurants to suit all budgets just around the corner from the guesthouse.

The Avalon was recommended to us by someoene in 2006. We were not disappointed.
As a base for seeing the sights in Plymouth it is perfectly situated, being close to the Barbican, the town centre and the river Tamar.
It was clean, efficient ,friendly and competitively priced. Nothing was too much trouble for the staff there.
Well done and thank you, we will be recommending you in future.

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morethanhappy, london