Sarah Franczak

Traditional plantation house with full guided tour. Great to hear about the evolved design of the house and the activities of its owners. Landscaped grounds are lovely to walk through. We understand that this house had a good relationship with its slaves and gifted them land when the regime came to an end, therefore there isn't so much on the history of slavery it's very much about the house.

Allow a couple of hours to visit. There is also a cafe. At the time of our visit it closed at 2pm, had assumed it might be open later and this is the only food outlet so keep the timings in mind.

Note the Great River Road museum is not included in the main house ticket price, we decided not to pay the extra.

Such a great steakhouse. It's true it really is all steak on the main/entree menu so as long as you love steak you will love this restaurant. The cuts are not your standard fillet, t bone etc but are the more unusual and probably all the more tasty. Ben our server educated us on these lesser known cuts and advised us well. Excellent cookery and accompanied with yummy sides and string truffle fries. Also highly recommended the sparkling wine, it was delicious. Overall a great experience in this lovely neighbourhood restaurant.

Great car museum, it's quite big and nicely spread out. A real range from early days to now. Allow a couple of hours.

We ate in the cafe, just a light lunch, very tasty, especially the cakes and delicious coffee.

If you travel by public transport there is a substantial discount on entry, just show your ticket.

I have mixed feelings about this hotel. On the plus side it's modern, was very clean and is in a good location with secure (chargeable) parking. Only minutes from Marien Platz which is a lovely square for eating, drinking and entertainment, and also has a tram stop.

Our room was a decent size, we booked the standard category, and has funky lighting, bathroom toiletries and a reasonable shower. On the negative, the hand towel holder was broken and just lying on the side, the safe was broken and the complimentary water bottle was opened so hadn't been refreshed. For this reason I have only scored the room a 3.

Note to the tea drinking Brits, there was only one English breakfast teabag provided and 2 milk sachets, not enough for us but reception did give us more.

Service at reception was polite and they spoke good English.

Note exterior views are from the room rather than of the hotel.