Express by Holiday Inn
Portsmouth, Hampshire

The hotel is in a superb location, making it ideal for business or leisure breaks. It comprises 130 en-suite bedrooms and two meeting rooms, all with comfort cooling. All rooms contain TVs with satellite channels and movies, power showers, tea/coffee making facilities, direct telephone and a computer point and broadband wireless throughout. The bar and lounge area situated on the first floor, offers drinks and relaxation in the evening, as well as a complimentary continental breakfast in the morning. On site undercover parking is available, and there is easy access to trains, buses and ferries. Gunwharf Quays itself has a vast number of attractions, including designer clothing outlets, restaurants, bars, cinema and bowling. The hotel is located in Gunwharf Quays, with convenient access to all of Portsmouth's many attractions, like the Historic Dockyard, the old town of Portsmouth with its cobbled streets and the waterfront filled with traditional pubs and restaurants. Check in time is 2.00pm, and the hotel can not guarantee requests for early check in times. If an early check in is required the guest must contact the hotel direct.

Portsmouth is a city of about 189,000 people located in the county of Hampshire on the southern coast of England. The administrative unit itself forms part of the wider Portsmouth conurbation, with an estimated population of 442,252 residents within its boundaries, making it the 11th largest urban area in England. A significant naval port for centuries, it is home to the world's oldest dry dock still in use and to many famous ships. Although there have been settlements in the area since before Roman times, mostly being offshoots of Portchester, Portsmouth is commonly regarded as having been founded in 1180 by John of Gisors (Jean de Gisors). Most early records of Portsmouth are thought to have been destroyed by Norman invaders following the Norman Conquest. The earliest detailed references to Portsmouth can be found in the Southwick Cartularies. However the Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names gives the name "Portesmuthan" as late 9th century, meaning "mouth of the harbour called Port" (from Latin portus).