Hotels close to Southampton Cruise Port

[poe17]

Can anyone recommend a hotel, close to the Southampton cruise port. 1/2 nights before we sail on the Grand Princess in October to the Canaries, Thankyou

[Princessbunnit]

Hi there,

We have booked a pre-cruise one night stay (bed & breakfast) with 14 days parking included at the Chilcot Manor Hotel (in north Southampton) for £155 in June. We plan to spend a few hours sightseeing in Southampton the day before and have a meal out. The reviews on Tripadvisor were good and will save us stress on cruise day! We also get a complimentary taxi port drop-off and pick-up too. Hope this helps.

[janelouiseb]

Hi

 

I've worked in Southampton over the last couple of years so have had the opportunity to try a lot of the hotels!

If you need a hotel with parking the Holiday Inn at Eastleigh is fine and quite reasonable, the De Vere Grand Harbour is in a great location but expensive (especially the food) for what it is.

If you don't need parking or are happy to use the facilities at the port I would highly recommend the White Star (a pub with rooms) or Ennio's (a restaurant with rooms). Even if you don't stay there they are worth considering for a meal.

 

Jane

[jocap]

If we're coming down by train, we stay at the complex of 3 hotels opposite the station....we don't like the Etap, but it's cheap; we like the Novotel, and there's swimming.

If we drive down, we usually stay at the Holiday Inn, not the one at Eastleigh, but the one on the dock side at Herbert Walker road. We get free parking for 15 nights there, can watch the ships arriving and walk to decent restaurants. We usually wheel our luggage from the hotel to whichever dock we're leaving from, although we can drive and drop off luggage, then return the car, if it's down at Ocean Terminal, but you probably won't be there with Princess.

Novotel also does a stay and park scheme....there's also the new Premier Inn, next to IKEA, but you have to park in a city carpark.

Jo.

[John Bull]

This provisional schedule

http://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/Live_Information/Shipping_Movements_and_Cruise_Ship_Schedule/Cruise_Ship_Schedule/

shows Grand P berthing at Mayflower terminal in October (click on the port maps header for its location). With luggage it’s really not walkable from any hotel, so as long as your hotel is in the city centre it’s a £5 to £7 taxi ride.

 

Etap, Ibis and Novotel are chain hotels which occupy one site, opposite the rail station & very close to the coach station.

Premier Inn West Quay is walkable from the rail station & easily walkable from the coach station.

A little further on but walkable from the coach station are De Vere Grand Harbour & Holiday Inn Herbert Walker Avenue, and opposite Town Quay is boutique Ennios.

Close to the rail station, but uphill, the Southampton Park Hotel is a traditional 3-star which overlooks a park, and beyond that Jury’s Inn which sits incongruously in the middle of a roundabout but gets good reviews from those who survived crossing the road.;)

On the other side of the city centre but still convenient is Premier Inn City Centre (New Road).

At the bottom end of town in the historic district are the Mercure Dolphin Hotel, a coaching inn which has been revitalised by Mercure & gets great reviews, and boutique 5-star White Star Rooms.

All are very short convenient for the city centre shops & amenities.

 

On the outskirts, & not ideal unless you have a car, are Chilworth Manor (does a lot of functions, not always as quiet as the location suggests), the well-respected Hilton, and various budget chain hotels such H/I Express, Premier, Travelodge, in locations which IMHO really aren’t worth considering.

Lots of country hotels around the city, mainly quite expensive.

 

Simple but useful little map showing locations of cruise terminals, transport, hotels, etc by googling (website blocked on Cruise Critic), click on airports, click on Southampton, click on Southampton map.

 

Some hotels offer free cruise parking with a one-night stay, some also offer free transfers.

Details, and more Southampton visitor info on the city’s website

http://www.visit-southampton.co.uk/site/cruise-passenger-and-crew-information

 

We each have our favourites, I’d recommend the Dolphin. JB :)

[poe17]

A big Thankyou for all the help will look into it all, im sure with all this information, we will find a nice hotel close to the port.

[Princessbunnit]

On the outskirts, & not ideal unless you have a car, are Chilworth Manor (does a lot of functions, not always as quiet as the location suggests),

 

 

Oh no! Well hopefully Chilworth Manor won't be too hectic on a Tuesday night. Most of the other options you mention that we liked the look of were not available for our dates :(

[John Bull]

On the outskirts, & not ideal unless you have a car, are Chilworth Manor (does a lot of functions, not always as quiet as the location suggests),

 

 

Oh no! Well hopefully Chilworth Manor won't be too hectic on a Tuesday night. Most of the other options you mention that we liked the look of were not available for our dates :(

 

Weekends & Proms.

Not tuesdays in June :)

 

JB :)

[AroundTheWorlders]

Can anyone recommend a hotel, close to the Southampton cruise port. 1/2 nights before we sail on the Grand Princess in October to the Canaries, Thankyou

 

We'be been to Mercure Dolphin Hotel twice (cruise and stay offer). Car park is at the back. You tell them what time you'd like the taxi next morning. On return to port, taxi has picked us up very promptly to take us back to hotel. We ask for a room on ground floor across the courtyard from reception (no stairs or long corridors). Location also handy for any last minute shopping in high street.

[Princessbunnit]

On the outskirts, & not ideal unless you have a car, are Chilworth Manor (does a lot of functions, not always as quiet as the location suggests),

 

 

Oh no! Well hopefully Chilworth Manor won't be too hectic on a Tuesday night. Most of the other options you mention that we liked the look of were not available for our dates :(

 

 

Reporting back..... stayed at the Chilworth Manor Hotel - great hotel.

 

Our room was spacious, luggage storage offered so we didn't have to pull cases to our room (used overnight bags), the food was good and the taxi service to and from the port couldn't be faulted.

 

Great to wake up, have breakfast and not have to rush or panic about getting to ship on time.

 

Secure parking for our car was appreciated as we drove up in hubby's classic Capri.

 

Would recommend and definitely stay again. But as everything in life, it's horses for courses and everyone has differing tastes, expectations and requirements.

 

Hope this helps :)

[jocap]

Thanks for coming back with the info- much appreciated!:cool:

Jo.