Royal Ascot racing breaks

The Macdonald Berystede Hotel & Spa, the nearest 4-star hotel to the Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire has special accommodation, entertainment and hospitality packages for racegoers during the Royal Meeting (16 – 20 June 2009) ensuring guests are close to the excitement.

Overnight accommodation with breakfast starts from £275 for two sharing a double/twin room on Friday and Saturday and £395 from Tuesday to Thursday.

Located within gated landscaped grounds, the hotel has played host to Ascot guests for over 100 years and continues to cater for top jockeys, owners and trainers during the week. Its bars and public areas abound with horse-racing memorabilia while most function rooms are named after famous Ascot horses or races.

A pre-race champagne breakfast at £22.50 per person is also available for non-hotel residents from 7 - 11am on each day of the Royal Meeting, providing an ideal start to the racing day. A Royal luncheon is served from 11.45am until 2.30pm at £45, while in the evening there’s a range of dinner options with an a la carte menu prepared by the hotel’s AA Rosette team of chefs, plus live entertainment Tuesday - Friday. And for those preferring to dine outside there’s a smart roof terrace extending from the Hyperion Restaurant - all ensuring racegoers can enjoy ‘Royal’ treatment before or after a day at the course.

Guests staying at the Macdonald Berystede also have use of the hotel’s VITAL Spa which offers an 18-metre indoor pool, indoor-outdoor hydrotherapy pool, thermal suite, Technogym, relaxation area and six beauty studios where therapists offer top-to-toe pamper treatments for men and women using Carita and Decleor products from Paris (treatments extra).

For more information, visit macdonaldhotels.co.uk/berystede.