Property Location With a stay at The Albany Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Durban, steps from Old Courthouse Museum and Durban City Hall/Natural Science Museum. This hotel is within close proximity of Farewell Square and Workshop Mall.Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 80 air-conditioned guestrooms. Wireless Internet access surcharge keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Make use of convenient amenities such as wireless Internet access surcharge, babysitting/childcare surcharge, and a hair salon.Dining Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of room service during limited hours. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include a business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and a meeting room. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge available on request, and self parking subject to charges is available onsite.
What's Inside?
7 storey visitor experience, 360 degree views from the Gravity Bar, learn how to craft your own pint of Guinness, Guinness Tasting Rooms, Flagship store, learn about over 250 years of Guinness History.
Coach Parking
Public coach parking on Market Street, Crane Street & Echlin Street.
Language Facilities and Audio Guide
Audio guides available for purchase on site for €1 each. Audio guides not available for tour groups.
Map and Audio Guides available in the following languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Chinese, German and Italian. Maps also available in English (Audio guide not available in English).
Restaurants
Opening times:
Brewer's Dining Hall 12:00 - 17:00 [July - August]. 12:00 - 16:00 [September - June].
1837 Bar & Brasserie 12:30 - 16:00 [Monday - Thursday]. 12:00 - 16:00 [Friday - Sunday July-August] 12:30 - 16:00 [Friday - Sunday, September-June]
Arthur's Bar 12:00 - 19:00 [July-August]. 12:00 - 18:00 [September - June].
Cooperage Café 9:30 - 19:00 [July-August. 9:30 - 18:00 [September-June]
Shopping
Located on the ground floor, The Store offers the largest range of Guinness branded Merchandise and 'Exclusive' Guinness Storehouse range. Tax free shopping for non- European visitors. Open from 9:30 - 18:30 daily, January - June & September - December. 20:30 daily July - August.
Disability Access
Guinness Storehouse is fully wheelchair accessible throughout. lease advise at time of booking of any special requirements.
There are recreations of the past wooden, stone and medieval bridges, all of which include live characters in full regalia of the time. Join in the fun, have a laugh and learn some of London's gruesome history at the same time. Of course we also do our best to add a few surprises along the way; so be sure to be ready for them!
Then travel through the Terror Time Tunnel to emerge in the present and if you're feeling brave you can choose to face your fears and descend into in the former plague pit; the London Tombs where a few more surprises will chill your bones.
It's a thrilling experience using the latest in Hollywood style wizardry and our marvellous real life characters guiding you through the ages on the bridge. Get ready to be entertained and amazed at what you will see.
The London Bridge Experience and London Tombs understands that not everyone understands English, so to enhance the visitor experience the attraction has introduced Multilingual Audio Guides in 6 languages to cater for its growing number of international visitors.
These languages at the moment are:
English
Spanish
French
Polish
German
Italian
Customer satisfaction is at the heart of the Management strategy at this award winning attraction and doesn’t want any of its wealth of history to get missed due to language barriers.
The London Bridge Experience will still be an interactive experience with live actors entertaining its visitor but the audio guides will mean all guests will leave having engaged in the 2000 years of the history at the world’s most famous, and most haunted bridge.
Feel the ground shake as you march in Queen Boudicca’s army, discover the gruesome fate of Tudor traitors, sneak through the dark streets of Victorian London and follow in the footsteps of Jack the Ripper
