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Thon Hotel Arendal

3.0 of 5
Friergangen 1, Arendal 4802, Norway
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Thon Hotel Arendal
Ranked #2 of 4 hotels in Arendal
3.5 of 5 stars 24 Reviews
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Nesbyen
1 review
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 April 2012

Location in the city center. It can be some traffic noise. Good breakfast and very good beds. Very small bathroom. Parking across the street (149 NOK per day). No electrical sockets nearby the desk. Friendly staff and quick check in/out. More

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Trondheim, Norway
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7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 October 2011

My stay was on a friday to saturday. The room was on the 2nd floor (3 floors from street level). One of the doors in the room could not be closed as the hinge was damaged. Some of the electrical sockets near the bed were smashed and impossible to use. The room and bathroom was very small and felt cramped.... More

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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 September 2011

Make sure you get the refurbished rooms. They can assign you an old one, having very poor standard as they are old. Otherwise OK breakfast, good location (in center), nearby parking if you have a car. More

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Oslo, Norway
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7 reviews 7 reviews
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 September 2011

Nice and plesant service Good bed an OK room. Fresh design. Nice bath. Best: Very cental in down town Arendal Least: A lot of trafic noice for the street More

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brisbane
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16 reviews 16 reviews
Reviews in 9 cities Reviews in 9 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 July 2011

We stayed almost a week here. Here are the highlights: -breakfast served from 7-11 and included in the room price, this really helped as it is very expensive to eat out in Norway; -very friendly and helpful staff on the front desk; -rooms have a 'loft' which is cute for storing stuff, or kids; -if you are travelling with kids,... More

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warwick ny
1 review
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 July 2011
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We came from America and stayed in hotels all over Norway. This hotel was on par with the other hotels. Excellent breakfast, small comfortable room. I think some of the other reviews were unfair given the circumstances The people we dealt with were very accomodating as were most we found in Norway More

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Oslo
1 review
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 December 2009

Once you booked this hotel online, you've lost any right you might think have as far as making any changes to you reservation goes. No one will even remotely want to / try to help you is this regard. Extreamly poor service. But, you will get use to this in Norway. More

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Erik Riis Jacobsen, General Manager at Thon Hotel Arendal, responded to this review
7 October 2010

Dear guest. As i am reading through your respond, i see that you have made a reservation through our low priced web deal. It is not possible to change these reservations after the reservation has been made. We are announcing this as you are about to make the reservation. I still hope that you had a pleasant stay in Arendal... More

Scotland
1 review
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 September 2007

The Hotel is in the middle of being refurbished, the room I was first given was next to 2 rooms in the middle of refurbishment, mine was not refurshed and very scruffy. I asked to move rooms, the second room was much better but looked directly across the road into Tiger Tiger nightclub, hence very noisy until 2am! On the... More

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Erik Riis Jacobsen, General Manager at Thon Hotel Arendal, responded to this review
7 October 2010

Dear guest. I am very thankful for your respond. We are sorry for the inconvenience regarding the late night noise from the night club above the street. We are pleased to notify that this club has been closed down. Thon Hotel Arendal finished its refurbishing summer 2008. We are proud to present a complete new hotel experience for all of... More

North Vancouver, Canada
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
38 helpful votes 38 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 April 2007
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people found this review helpful

The Thon Hotel in Arendal is very centrally located, about 5 minutes from anything (or two minutes from the harbour). The views aren't special - overlooking the large church in the heart of the town, but nothing else that is scenic. The rooms are functional with very comfortable beds. As is standard in Europe, if you book a single room,... More

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Erik Riis Jacobsen, General Manager at Thon Hotel Arendal, responded to this review
7 October 2010

Dear guest. Thank you for your respond. We at Thon Hotel Arendal are very proud of our newly refurbished hotel. Unfortunately we have had som problems during and after the refurbishing regarding hot water. We are pleased to announce that these problems are now solved. More

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Blue Mountains, Australia
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12 reviews 12 reviews
Reviews in 12 cities Reviews in 12 cities
26 helpful votes 26 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 January 2005
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We booked this hotel online and got a fabulous price. The desk staff were polite with very good English and everything was exactly as we had anticipated from our online booking - no nasty surprises. The hotel is right in town so you can shop all day and just pop back to leave bags or use the bathroom. The bathroom... More

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Erik Riis Jacobsen, General Manager at Thon Hotel Arendal, responded to this review
7 October 2010

Dear guest. Thank you for your respond. I am pleased to see that our great focus on service and product are recieved as value for money. Welcome back to Arendal and Thon Hotels Best wishes! More

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Friergangen 1, Arendal 4802, Norway
Price range (per night):* RM163 - 854

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