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Kilmacolm Port Glasgow Wemyss Where to Stay_Layout 1 05/07/2012 16:56 Page 1 Kilmacolm Hillside Cottage 3* Star Self Catering Kilmacolm PA13 4TH T: 01505 872077 E: [email protected] SELF CATERING 1 cottage, sleeps 4-5 Weekly rates from £250. Minimum letting period 3 days. Open all year Port Glasgow Finlaystone Barns 4* Self Catering Langbank Renfrewshire PA14 6TJ T: 01505 540505 E: [email protected] W: www.finlaystonecottages.co.uk SELF CATERING 2 self catering Barns, Finlaystone East and West. Each barn sleeps 2/3 people. Price: from £220 per week Gourock Greenock Port Glasgow Wemyss Bay Wemyss Bay Holiday Park 4* Star Holiday Park Inverkip Parkdean Holidays Wemyss Bay PA18 6BA Wemyss Kilmacolm Bay T: 01475 520812 F: 01475 521137 HOLIDAY PARK Minimum let 3 nights. Weekly rates from £199 to £919. Gourock Short Breaks from £120 to £607. Letting period 3 days. Open all year Greenock Inverkip Wemyss Bay Port Glasgow Kilmacolm The information within this booklet was produced using third party agencies and is accurate to the best of our belief. However, Discover Inverclyde can give no guarantees about its accuracy; in addition establishments, prices and other information may change from time to time outwith our knowledge. Discover Inverclyde makes no specific recommendations regarding any of the establishments listed. Where to Stay_Layout 1 05/07/2012 16:56 Page 2 Inverkip Gourock Express by Holiday Inn 3* Star Metro Hotel Greenock Hotel Cartsburn (off Main Road) Belle Vue B&B 4* Star B&B Berghaus Bed & Breakfast 3* Star Gold B&B Greenock PA15 4RT 13 Beatock Place, 15 Turnberry Avenue T: 01475 786666 Inverkip PA16 0DZ Gourock PA19 1JA F: 01475 786777 T: 01475 520975 T: 01475 634 550 HOTEL 71 bedrooms including double, twin & family rooms. All en-suite M: 07899092492 W: www.BerghausBandB.co.uk with power shower. Room rate per night £55.00 including continental W: www.inverkipbandb.co.uk E: [email protected] breakfast. Weekend rates available. Open All year. E: [email protected] B&B 3 rooms: one family room with private bathroom, (sleeps three) £40 Greenock Premier Inn – The Point Budget Hotel B&B 2 rooms - 1 double (ensuite), 1 family with double bed, single bed & single, £65 double £70 - £80 (3) , one double and one twin room (en cot (own luxury bathroom). Wi fi & TV. From £30 pppn includes full suite).Prices from £45 single, £75 twin/double for two people including 1-3 James Watt Way, Scottish breakfast breakfast. Single night supplement of £5 per room. Greenock PA15 2AD. Foresters House 3* Star Gold B&B Castle Levan B&B 3* Star B&B T: 01475 730911 Station Road, F: 01475 730890 Stirling Drive Inverkip PA16 0AY W: www.premierinn.com Gourock PA19 1AH T: 01475 521433 HOTEL 40 room hotel with ensuite rooms, limited riverview rooms F: 01475 521433 T: 01475 659154 available. Average room rate £55 subject to fluctuation. £29 available W: www.castle-levan.com subject to terms and conditions. Free car parking, Restaurant/bar adjacent W: www.forestershouse.com to hotel. E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Heather B & B 3* Star B&B B&B 6 rooms - 1 double, 4 twin and 2 single. All ensuite bath/shower. B&B B&B castle accommodation, 2 rooms - 1 double (4 poster bed and a sofa per person from £25-£48 single, £25-£30 double/twin. Wi Fi, TV Open all bed for children or a 3rd adult) with ensuite facilities (price from £60pp/pn 24 Denholm Street, and 1 double (can be changed into a twin) with ensuite facilities (price from year Greenock PA16 8RJ £50pp/pn). Single supplement of 50%. Open all year Glenbrae House 3* Star Self Catering T: 01475 724002 Cloch Caravan Park Awaiting Grading 3 Crawford Lane, E: [email protected] Inverkip, PA16 0BW Cloch Road B&B 2 twin rooms. All ensuite bath/shower B&B per person from £20-£35 T: 01475 529713 Gourock double/ twin. Situated in a quiet residential area - on street parking. Open all year. W: www.glenbraehouse.com T: 01475 632675 Self Catering Semi-detached house 1 double and 1 family room sleeps 4 - 5 W: www.clochcaravans.co.uk Tontine Hotel 3* Star Hotel Minimum stay 2 nights Rates: 2 days week days £100 2 day weekends 6 Ardgowan Square, £120 Weekly rates from £200 depending on season. TV Greenock Greenock PA16 8NG Inverkip Hotel 3* Star Inn Denholm Bed & Breakfast 2* Star B&B T: 01475 723316 Main Street, F: 01475 866006 Inverkip PA16 0AS 22 Denholm Street, E: [email protected] Greenock PA16 8RJ T: 01475 521478 HOTEL 52 rooms – 23 double/single, 17 twin/single, 10 premier F: 01475 522065 T: +44 (1475) 781319 double/single, 1 suite and 1 family. All ensuite bath/shower. Rate includes W: www.inverkip.co.uk T: +44 (7966) 220887 breakfast. Single room £65-£85, double/twin£75-£95. Open all year. E: [email protected] M: 44 (7947947206) HOTEL 5 rooms - 2 double, 2 twin, 1 family All ensuite bath/shower E: [email protected] B&B per room - single £59, double/twin £79 and family £89. Open all year B & B. 2 twin rooms. All ensuite bath/shower B&B per person from £25 - £45 double/ twin. All year..
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