Victoria Spa Lodge

Paul and Dreen, the owners of this gorgeous and homey B&B, are aome of the kindest and most welcoming people you could meet. I live in London as a postgraduate student, but my parents came to visit me and we took a trip to Stratford-​upon-​Avon and stayed here. It was one of the highlights of our trip!
The B&B is a stunning Grade II listed house. The house was originally Queen Victoria’s spa she opened when she was still princess. One month later, she was crowned Queen –of course, I only know this because Dreen gladly an intelligently shared it with us. The house is decorated beautifully. All of the rooms are cozy with comfortable beds, clean sheets, fluffy duvets, and plush pillows. As expected, each room has a tea and coffee spot with kettle and added yummy biscuits. The B&B is right on the river and you can walk along it, which is lovely. Although it’s a gorgeous, historical estate, it is high class and up to date with all the amenities, free wifi and TVs.
The breakfast is delicious and high class! They is a wide selection of starters like prunes, yogurt, grapefruit, various fresh fruits, large cereal selection and more. as well all the traditional main breakfast goodies you could want, such as full English, and kippers.
Dreen and Paul gave us many tips about traffic, parking, places to go, things to see, whee to eat-​everything you could want and need! Upon leaving Dreen even told me to write to her and visit after my parents leave because it’s hard being so far away from home (America). It was so kind and loving. Also, we were leaving on the day of Shakespeare’s Birthday celebrations so traffic was horrendous. Dreen offered and drove us through side streets as we followed her car to avoid the traffic!
I can’t say enough great things about this B&B and these people. I promise you will be in for a real treat! :)

A visit to Stratford Upon Avon is most worthy. Traveling with my wife and sons this town just had to be on our itinerary: simply because of the town’s heritage, gardens and Market. Of course for Shakespeare.
We could walk from Victoria Spa Lodge (the heritage of this property dates to The Queen) — it is a charming and comparatively less expensive property and we truly enjoyed the graciousness of the entire staff during our 2 day stay.
One of the highlights of our stay was to include a river tour… we are water lovers. The River Avon is delightful, almost beyond compare.
Morning breakfast is almost ‘family’ style. We truly enjoyed meeting the other guests of the Lodge who hailed from Sweden, Germany, Italy and the US. In a way, we’re sorry that we over-​spent our time at breakfasts which took away from the opportunity to be out in the town and visiting the Gardens. Next time we will certainly devote more than 2 days in the Cotswalds.

This is a charming B&B and we stayed here when visiting Stratford Upon Avon. Apparently Queen Victoria stayed here when she was a princess and her coat-​of-​arms are built into the gables.
It is about a 20min walk from the guest house into Stratford by the Canal.
The rooms were a good size and had two twin beds in each room. Each room had its own bathroom as well. The bathrooms are small, especially the shower stalls, but were fine with plenty of hot water. The rooms were cozy and so nice to come back to after spending the day in bustling Stratford. The décor is dated (very traditional and antique)
The owners make sure to make your stay comfortable and enjoyable. Costs about $ 80 a night and includes breakfast.