Florence House Hotel

Florence House is a boutique hotel set back from Portsmouth's historic Southsea seafront in a lovingly-restored former house, complete with a beautiful open fireplace in the lounge. The bedrooms and bathrooms have been individually and tastefully designed, offering stylish and comfortable surroundings. The service is all about class, be it a romantic salmon and champagne breakfast in bed or a picnic hamper for a special day out.

Portsmouth is a living museum of Britain's maritime history and the city's dockyard - the oldest working dry dock in the world - houses some of the most spectacular specimens. Climb aboard HMS Victory, the flagship of Horatio Nelson upon which the famous admiral sailed into battle off Cape Trafalgar and met his end. See Mary Rose, Henry VIII's favourite warship. Portsmouth is also ideally situated within easy reach of Southampton, Bournemouth and Brighton, as well as ferries to the Isle of Wight, France and Spain.