It isn’t often you come across a half-timbered wardrobe, but the Hotel Indigo in Chester is keen to address every aspect of the town’s illustrious heritage.
I’ve always been wary of going back to hotels and restaurants I’ve previously enjoyed because of the risk of finding that it no longer matched our expectations.However, the Devonshire Arms revisited didn’t disappoint.
The Royal Hotel has pedigree. Queen Victoria liked to call in at the hotel, it was called Fishers back then, for afternoon tea or dinner, whenever she was in Ventnor. An immaculate striped lawn, dating back to 1832, could tell a tale or two.