Set in a magnificently restored Art Deco building, the Liverpool Marriott Hotel South offers everything for a modern traveller: it's in a prime location close to motorways and the main business district with plenty of car parking; the rooms are air-conditioned and kitted out with luxurious bedding for a great night's sleep; there's a David Lloyd Leisure Centre right next door with a swimming pool and sauna (free to use for hotel guests) and after a tiring day exploring the city you can unwind at Starways, the hotel restaurant and savor our chef's specialties.
Did you know that Liverpool was crowned European Capital of Culture 2008? So while you're there make sure you check out the fabulous architecture of the Anglican Cathedral, get a little pop-culture at the Beatles Story Museum or go a little more high-brow at the Tate Gallery.
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The spa boasts wonderful heat and ice facilities where you move from steam room to steam room, raising your body temperature and then finally braving the ice cave where you feel really invigorated. This is great for circulation and also helps us with the battles of cellulite – every little helps in my case! Once you have tried that, you move on to the hydrotherapy pool and this is a real treat with lots of different jets to get rid of the tension in your muscles. It’s a bit like a giant Jacuzzi, which you will just not want to get out of! 
We also had a very relaxing dry floatation, I was very curious about this as I was wondering how floatation could possibly be dry but our lovely therapist explained all. We lay down on a bed and the therapist rubbed a special salt scrub onto our skin and then wrapped us in a towel. The bed then fills up with water and you are raised up and left to float on what feels like the sea. It was like being on the water without getting wet! I was left to float for about half an hour and actually fell asleep it was so relaxing. 
The hotel is split into two parts, the old house and a newer building with further facilities. The two are connected very well and you hardly realise you are going from one to the other. You could be allocated a traditional room in the old house or a modern room in the new part of the hotel. We stayed in both rooms and I personally loved the ambience of the traditional room, I felt like a Queen! 
The spa has a heated indoor swimming pool, sauna and steam room, as well as gym with all the equipment you would need. There is also a spa pool where you can benefit from the hydro jets and the lovely bubbles. Surrounding this pool are 3 different steam rooms and finally the ice cave where you can cool down. This is great to invigorate your skin. You can also use the Rhassoul mud treatment room to exfoliate and cleanse your skin, leaving it feeling soft and silky. There are several treatment rooms available with helpful staff offering a range of different treatments, all the way from Reiki to Algae Wraps. There is also a relaxation room with a glass roof where you can have a snooze on a sun lounger or a waterbed and let the day go by. 
There are 3 restaurants to eat at, Le Bistro which has table service from a wide set menu, Pierrepont which operates a buffet and the very formal Blue Room a la carte restaurant. After dinner there is entertainment every night where different comedians, cabaret singers and live bands perform. 
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