It was up against idyllic tropical hideaways and exclusive villas, but a modest-looking hotel in Chester has been voted the best in the world.
Seven-bedroom Edgar House was judged the number one small hotel worldwide by members of internet review site TripAdvisor in its annual travellers’ choice awards.
The boutique bolthole, which is perched on the city’s ancient walls overlooking the River Dee, opened less than three years ago in a grand Georgian house, but has already won a string of accolades.
Of more than 400 reviews posted on the popular – but controversial – reviews site, all but three have rated it ‘excellent’. (The remainder settled for ‘very good’.)
Having had a £400,000 makeover, it boasts individually designed rooms, free-standing baths, a mini-cinema serving popcorn and ice cream and an honesty bar inside a phone box. Rooms start from £169 per night – but it does not cater for children under 14 and is described as ‘designed for adults’.
Happy guests include former 007 Sir Roger Moore, who visited last year with his wife Kristina and later thanked the owners on Twitter for his ‘very pleasant stay’.
Hotel guide Alastair Sawday’s describes Edgar House as a ‘super cool bolthole with a position that’s hard to beat, Chester’s equivalent of the royal box’.
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