| Laico Atlantic Hotel is on the beach in the capital,
where the ocean merges with the river, at the island of
Banjul. |
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| Hotel Room Facilities & Services: |
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 204
rooms & suites
Standard Room: (Seaview or pool view)
Twin or double
beds plus additional
sofa bed
Sleeps up to 3 people
Interconnecting rooms available for families
En-suite bathroom / shower,
shaver plug, hairdryer
Complimentary toiletries
Air-conditioned
Wardrobe & drawers
Bureau desk & chair
Digital safe
Minibar
Satellite TV
Wifi Zone
Direct dial telephone
Private balcony or porch
Voltage 220/240, UK 3 pin plugs
Smoke detectors
Same-day laundry service
24 hour room service
Note:
All the rooms at the Laico Atlantic Hotel are on a bed &
breakfast, half-board or full-board basis.
24 hour room service, daily maid room cleaning,
baby cot
when booking.
Some facilities and services are not running during the
low season (from May to October). The
management
operates a cash free policy so all payments to be settled
at the main foyer desk. |
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| General Facilities & Services: |
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3 restaurants
5 bars
Swimming pool with snack bar
Children's separate pool, playground with activity schedule
during the winter season
Internet cafe
Variety of gift shops & boutiques
Baby sitting service
Ice cream parlour
Business Centre
Conference hall / reception service - 450 people
Currency Exchange
Porter
Night Club / Disco
Health clinic: doctor-on-call, nurse 8:00 to 16:00
Gym and massage parlour
Hair salon
African evening entertainment
Sports amenities include a
squash court, basket ball court, snooker, fishing, Jet skis,
Croquet & tennis courts.
Birdwatching on-site activities
24 hour reception desk |
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Review: (Laico Atlantic Hotel
& Resort)
The Laico Atlantic Hotel and Resort was Banjul resort's
first in time and class. It is sited on the beach
on an old colonial thoroughfare originally called
Regent Place.
The current, very delightful edifice was designed
by the
Mexican Louis von Waberer, built by Balfour Beatty,
opened in 1979 and operated until 1994 by the British
promoters, Caledonian
Hotel
Management.
From 1999 it has was managed by the international
chain, Corinthia Group (CHI Hotels & Resorts)
until August 2009 when it changed ownership to the
LAICO Resorts. In the early part 2000 the
Maltese based chain made large investments
in extensive upgrading. Starting with a colossal arch;
repainted facade in pleasant cream and maroon and
in the excellent
Apollo Fitness Centre.
As you enter the front gate there is a luxuriant,
spacious and welcoming front area. To your left is
a lush 'Rose Garden' filled with mostly bamboo, young
palms and trees. To your right is an illuminated garden
(with its unsecured George lll cannon). The drive-through
veranda leads onto a curved central courtyard where
you will find an extensive reception desk by any standard,
the
business centre equipped with photocopier, fax and
internet terminal.
The reception lounge bends left past the boutique,
hairdresser's and the Leisure Centre. To your right
is the sophisticated Dunda ('High Life')
à la carte
Restaurant and the Bendula ('Meeting Place')
Bar.
Arching on round these, the lounge bar and boutiques.
This row then opens into the Katcha Dula
Bar
and Bantaba Restaurant which is adjoined by an entertainment
area. Their long, curved, louvered covered walls lead
on to the garden, sunchairs and locally produced thatched
parasols around the bean shaped swimming pool. A number
of dining services encircle the pool.
Towards the ocean is an open-air cafe set under the
tamarisks and rhuns, and there is also a beach barbecue.
The 204 rooms and suites make up the 3 wings of the
hotel's star shaped storey buildings each serviced
by a spiral staircase. Accommodation furnishings are
in cool shades with mid-brown, wooden fitted wardrobes,
drawers and a dressing table, double, twin or single
beds and a balcony protruding from the bedrooms.
Due to the accommodation's Banjul location in the
quiet city there is little in the way of night life.
However, taxis parked nearby can, in just 25 minutes
or so, take you to the much livelier Senegambia hotel
area in the Kololi resort.
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