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Nights In The Past |
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Nights In The Past is a guide to historic and period hotels and accommodation throughout the UK, France, Italy, and Western Europe, including Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Portugal and Germany. We focus primarily upon those hotels and inns with connections to famous historic figures and events, from the medieval period to World War II. Our aim is to provide information to those seeking historic places to stay be it for weekend breaks, heritage tours, romantic getaways, honeymoons or even business travel. Thank you for visiting. |
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Go Time Travelling... |
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Welcome to Nights In The Past: the internet guide to historic and period hotels throughout the UK and Western Europe - including France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal. |
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Follow in the Footsteps of History’s Most Colourful Figures... |
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At Nights In The Past you’ll find hotels, inns and other places to stay where historic icons have rested and lived, or where famous events have taken place. Plus, we also highlight period hotels in almost every area in the UK and Europe so that there’s always somewhere more romantic to stay than a concrete box. |
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Period and Historic Hotels In London |
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Nights In The Past is very proud to be an approved affiliate of many of the web’s leading and most trusted travel companies, including: |
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For all our affiliations, please click here. |
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So you want to stay somewhere really old? |
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*** Site Update ~ June 2009 *** |
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We sincerely hope to upload our guide to period accommodation close to battlefields within the UK and France in the near future. This will include ‘do-it-yourself’ tours to the Western Front, D-Day landing grounds, medieval battle sites such as Agincourt (Azincourt), and those associated with historic British wars. In the meantime, try the excellent selection of escorted battlefield tours available with Leger Holidays |
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America’s architectural history may be of a more recent nature than that of the ‘old world’, but there are more historic places to stay in the USA than you might think. So here’s Nights In The Past’s unofficial twenty most historic hotels and inns from “sea to shining sea”. More |
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Cottages and Self-Catering... |
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While we try to keep our focus on hotels and inns, those seeking self-catering breaks and holidays in historic surroundings might find what they’re looking for by browsing the selection of specialist providers below: |
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Remarkable Histories. Remarkable Places To Stay.... A Few Of Our Featured Hotels and Inns |
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Why travel to such a historic country and put-up in a soulless building-site box when you can rest in places such as the Palacio Eugenia de Montijo in Toledo, Spain? This renaissance building was once home to the wife of Napoleon III, and possesses remarkable architectural features such as a Roman sewer system and Arab walls from the 14th century. For secure online booking and information, try www.lastminute.com |
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If ‘history holidays’ are on the agenda, then the Lygon Arms in Worcestershire, UK, ensures that the heritage experience doesn’t end at the hotel door. This beautiful building is famed for its links with the English Civil War, and is where both King Charles I and Oliver Cromwell stayed on occasions during that time. The luxury hotel is ideal for those seeking to explore the Cotswolds - one of Britain’s most picturesque areas. For details visit the Lygon Arms’ pages on LateRooms |
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Historic Holidays. Modern Ways Of Getting There. |
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In the Air: Internationally respected, it’s always worth checking for deals at BMI UK |
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On the Sea: Whether you’re travelling from the UK to the continent or the other way around, it’s worth looking for special offers with and Condor Ferries. Alternatively, search from crossings with various lines through FerryCheap |
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Could this be one of the best places for a romantic break or honeymoon in the world? Quite possibly. After all, the Luna Convento overlooks the Neopolitan Riviera in Amalfi, Italy. But what makes it a truly special place to stay is that parts of the building are almost 800 years old and once a convent founded by St. Francis of Assisi. Since opening as a hotel in 1821, the building has played host to the famous and infamous: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Wagner and Benito Mussolini have all stayed here. Find out more with Expedia or www.greatlatedeals.co.uk |
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Devotees of classical music should certainly stay at the Hotel Konig Von Ungarn in Vienna, Austria. After all, it was here that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), and the "Figarohaus" in which Mozart lived between 1784 and 1787 forms part of the hotel`s building complex today. Indeed, the building was also frequented by both Haydn and Beethoven. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor |
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Undoubtedly one of the most important heritage hotels in the country, The Hotel Elephant in Weimar, Germany, dates back to 1542. Restored and re-opened as a luxury hotel in the 1990‘s, it once played host to the likes of Liszt, Bach, Tolstoy, Marx and Nietzsche. And it’s had its share of notorious past visitors too, Adolf Hitler among them. Find out more about this fascinating hotel via Expedia |
