title A Night at the Orwell Hotel, Felixstowe, Suffolk - 28th December 2025 intro Isobel spots that the Orwell Hotel in Felixstowe is doing really cheap room deals, so for a last-minute something different to do we book a night, leaving the boys at home to feed that cats and generally do nothing. Once there, we walk around, have lunch in the recently-refurbished Alba Chiarra restaurant, and in the evening do a pub crawl of two, with a visit to the Grosvenor and then the Alex bar and brasserie on the sea front. imgp5630 Lottie - The Floof - is on the sofa imgp5632 Felix the animatronic elephant outside the hotel imgp5634 The Orwell Hotel's entrance lobby imgp5635 Isobel looks at things in a display cabinet imgp5637 There's a giant crocheted Santa on Hamilton Road imgp5639 Edwardian walkers on Undercliff Road West imgp5642 The Grand Hotel on Bent Hill imgp5643 A hint of summer outside a holiday let imgp5644 Inside the refurbished Alba Chiarra imgp5646 Alba Chiarra's new bar imgp5648 The Alba Chiarra - our lunch stop imgp5651 The dude's out on his Fergie TE120 again imgp5653 A vape shop that says "inhale the freedom" imgp5655 Bright street art on Gainsborough Road imgp5656 Train-themed Chistmas lights on the station imgp5660 A Nativity scene under the gaze of the Queen imgp5661 The view from the hotel window imgp5666 The Lions Club's Christmas Tree in Felixstowe imgp5667 Christmas lights on Hamilton Road imgp5668 Isobel walks the mean streets of Felixstowe imgp5669 We have a pint in the Grosvenor Arms imgp5671 Isobel checks her phone for messages from the boys imgp5672 The bar at the Alex on Undercliff Road imgp5673 We play mis-spelled and rude-word Scrabble imgp5679 A string of lights on the seafront imgp5682 Isobel peruses the Lordship's Library collection imgp5683 Isobel is surprised by something on her phone imgp5686 In the breakfast restaurant imgp5687 Isobel looks out of the window after breakfast imgp5688 Every hotel now has a Harry's Bar imgp5691 Isobel on the grand staircase imgp5694 Hideous 60s or 70s in-fill on Hamilton Road imgp5696 Tiny Christmas trees in a model of Bruges imgp5698 There are some brand-new beach huts by the sea imgp5700 Peak 1960s holiday chalets imgp5705 Hypno-cat is out and about again imgp5706 The very grand Harvest House imgp5710 Isobel checks a map on her phone imgp5711 The Grosvenor pub on Ranelagh Road imgp5712 A final look at the Orwell Hotel