A Sweet Slice Of Vacation Ease and comfort In Norway

When you believe about an airport hotel, what comes to thoughts? For me, it means bland and dull. Nothing to definitely publish about.

But I just experienced a good knowledge in Norway at the extremely stylish Clarion Hotel Bergen Airport, and this lodge team should really unquestionably be on your radar display. (I just learned it as I wanted a hotel in Bergen at the stop of my European Viking cruise, hardly ever possessing been to Norway ahead of.) The Clarion Hotel group was just obtained by Strawberry Resort Team on June 20. The Strawberry Group was formerly regarded as Nordic Selection lodges. If you’re traveling to Scandinavia, you may want to verify it out.

The Clarion Lodge Bergen Airport presents 200 double rooms that are really charming. Our space, a Junior Suite (Place 223), was as complete of snazz and pizzazz as it was comfy – the décor was beautiful. There’s a desk with coffeemaker (we received a converter and adapter from guest providers, for our personal computer), a present day purple velvet couch, leather chair, a silver-trunk desk, and silver accents. We in particular appreciated the oh-so-cozy king-sized mattress with mattress pad (designed by Jensen of Norway) that was so feathery we desired to buy it (as a lot of friends do). The duvets, made by Hoeie, are also out there for acquire. There is also a quite awesome health club — two little rooms where you can get the work carried out. Nonetheless, it was unquestionably sweltering on the working day I employed it – anyone experienced opened the doors overlooking the tarmac to interesting it off, and they had turned on a small lover – but it was truly as well warm for a workout. (I did it anyway.)

Breakfast is incorporated in your area amount, and the cold food stuff is served as early as 4AM in situation you have an early departure. A incredibly wonderful comprehensive breakfast starts off at 6AM. It capabilities the oh-so-Nordik “Kaviar” fish-egg unfold that comes in a tube, as properly as all sorts of cheeses and meats, chia puddings, yogurt, gourmand breads, eggs, and significantly a lot more.

There is also a great restaurant on website – Kitchen & Desk by renowned Meals Community chef Marcus Samuelsson, but as of August the venue will adjusted to a name and strategy termed “Social.”

Supper was a mixed bag. The foods was terrific – chili almonds, parmesan croquettes, veggie burger on a pretzel bun, and substantially extra – but the support was really, extremely slow all evening very long. The worst element was when one of the servers failed to clean up the desk ahead of having our dessert get. Our heat chocolate cake was presently on the dirty desk when the clueless server took out a spray bottle of cleanser and started out spraying. Not good. We sent back the dessert. In fairness, we spoke to the cafe manager who experienced an fantastic perspective and apologized profusely, saying that the cafe was brief-staffed that evening. We had been pleased with her ideal reaction. I absolutely fully grasp that all people – and everyone – can have an off day.

The hotel is a four-moment stroll to the airport, and has rooms that are specially configured for wheelchair end users and persons with lowered mobility. There’s also a value warranty – if you locate a better price tag at a Strawberry resort on an additional reserving web site, they will match the price and refund you the distinction. The summer sale has rooms commencing at 89 Euro.

Make confident to try out the Kaviar spread!

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