Holiday Inn Express Gibraltar is part of the Gold Medal Trip Report.
After stopping to smell the flowers, I made the fifteen-minute walk to the Holiday Inn Express.
Location
There are no taxis in Gibraltar roaming the streets at night. Fortunately, the Holiday Inn Express is within walking distance from the Spanish border (see Border Crossing on Foot: Spain to Gibraltar).
Hotel Itself
The decor is not from the typical Holiday Inn Express.
Staff
I was welcomed by the nice staff and was told I had been upgraded. I was also offered a welcome beverage of my choosing. Critically, the front desk helped arrange a taxi for my trek up the rock (see The Guide to Climbing Gibraltar).
Room
The room was funky.
Bathroom
The bathroom was adequate, though I’m not a fan of Dove soap.
View
The view was unbeatable.
Breakfast
The breakfast was English.
Price
Gibraltar is not cheap. The Holiday Inn Express goes for $200 a night. I used 38,000 IHG points instead (see Bus-Ted: Gold Medal Trip Report Points & Cash Summary).
Overall
This is the best Holiday Inn Express because of the staff, the unique location, and because it will forever be associated with my stay in this unique overseas territory.
Sounds like a reasonable redemption and great property. Too many people automatically toss out a hotel because they don’t “do” that brand or whatever. I’ve stayed in some really shitty Ritz Carltons and some really great Hampton Inns.
I don’t get the baked beans for breakfast thing. But…. British food.
Lol which Ritz was shitty, so I don’t go.
Atlanta/Buckhead is what comes to mind immediately. I think they’ve realized because of the name/location they’ll always have that ATL hoodrich draw for family reunion business and stopped caring.
That looks like standard UK Holiday Inn Express decor; my recent room in London Southwark was similar and my room in Exeter practically identical.
My 4yo daughter LOVED having baked beans for breakfast on top of scrambled eggs.
The eggs were no good. How that’s possible I don’t know.
Thanks for the view photos, nice that one can see the rock from the room. Breakfast is perfect to me, Bacon, eggs and baked beans is the go to perfect breakfast for people of British decent (me). Fond memories having the same every day for breakfast in Malta