Practicalities
It's a good ten-minute walk east from Great Yarmouth's train station to the central Market Place - cross the river by the footbridge and you'll find yourself on North Quay, from where The Conge leads straight there. Buses terminate one block from the sea on Wellesley Road and about 600 yards to the northeast of Market Place. There are two tourist offices : one in the town hall, on South Quay (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; tel 01493/846345, ), and a seasonal office on Marine Parade (June-Sept Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm, Sun 10am-5pm; April, May & Oct daily 10am-1pm & 2-5pm; tel 01493/842195). There's also a useful Broads Information Centre in the North West Tower, at the foot of North Quay (July-Sept daily 10am-3.45pm; tel 01493/332095). B&Bs line every street, with price a fair indication of quality, but if you don't have much luck, call in at the tourist office, which operates an accommodation booking service. Among many options, the Willow Guest House , 26 Trafalgar Rd (tel 01493/332355; under GBP40), offers sea views from some of its nine bedrooms, while Senglea Lodge , 7 Euston Rd (tel 01493/859632; under GBP40), is a cosy, well-maintained terraced house with seven pleasant bedrooms a short walk from Marine Parade. For a hotel , try the Royal , 4 Marine Parade (tel 01493/844215; GBP50-60), arguably Yarmouth's grandest - and where Dickens stayed. Yarmouth's youth hostel , with self-catering facilities but no cafe, is in a large Victorian house near the bus station at 2 Sandown Rd (tel 01493/843991, ). Far and away the best restaurant in town is the reasonably priced Seafood Restaurant , 85 North Quay (tel 01493/856009; closed Sun), which does a superb fish soup and Mediterranean-influenced seafood dishes.
Your Tip for Great Yarmouth
Help other backpackers! Write your own guides and backpacking tips to Great Yarmouth - they will appear instantly on this page - Please only write a tip/guide to Great Yarmouth - visit the main Great Yarmouth forum to ask a question!
Please do not post links to your site here (they won't work) - please use the Great Yarmouth webguide section below! Thanks.
|
