Glaramara Hotel
Location: Seatoller, Borrowdale, Keswick, England, CA12 5XQ, Keswick, GB
Star Rating: 3 Stars
Property Type: Hotels
About this Property
Breathtaking Views and Convenient Amenities
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access. Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's bistro, which features a bar/lounge. Dining is also available at the coffee shop/cafe. A complimentary English breakfast is served daily from 8 AM to 9 AM.
Modern Comforts and Entertainment
Stay in one of 33 guestrooms featuring LED televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Prime Location and Nearby Attractions
With a stay at Glaramara Hotel in Keswick, you'll be within a 10-minute drive of Lodore Falls and Derwentwater. This hotel is conveniently close to many attractions including Watendlath Tarn.
Book your stay at Glaramara Hotel now to experience the best of Keswick!
Important Information
- The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
- Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.
Policies
Check-in: 03:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Instructions: The front desk is open daily from 7 AM - 9:00 PM. If you are planning to arrive after 11:00 AM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation. The front desk is staffed during limited hours.
Amenities & Facilities
- Free breakfast
- Free WiFi
- Terrace
- Garden
- Luggage storage
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Free breakfast
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Smoke-free property
- Wheelchair accessible parking
- Free self parking
- Free English breakfast
- Rock climbing on site
- Banquet hall
- Wheelchair-accessible public washroom
- Wheelchair-accessible van parking
- Wheelchair-accessible on-site restaurant
- Upper floors accessible by stairs only
- Well-lit path to entrance
- Stair-free path to entrance
- Accessible shuttle
- No accessible shuttle
Rooms Available
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Superior Double Room
1 King Bed
Overlooking the mountains
Layout - Separate sitting area
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - 24-inch LED TV with cable channels
Food & Drink - Electric kettle
Sleep - Hypo-allergenic bedding, blackout drapes/curtains, and bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, free toiletries, and a hair dryer
Practical - Laptop workspace and wardrobe or closet; rollaway beds (surcharge) available on request
Comfort - Daily housekeeping and heating
Non-Smoking, pet friendly
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Hair dryer
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Electric kettle
- Wardrobe or closet
- Daily housekeeping
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Separate sitting area
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free WiFi
- Bedsheets provided
- Laptop-friendly workspace
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Double or Twin Room, Ensuite
2 Twin Beds OR 1 King Bed
1603-sq-foot room with mountain views
Layout - Separate sitting area
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - 24-inch LED TV with cable channels
Food & Drink - Electric kettle
Sleep - Hypo-allergenic bedding, blackout drapes/curtains, and bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, free toiletries, and a hair dryer
Practical - Laptop workspace and wardrobe or closet; rollaway beds (surcharge) available on request
Comfort - Daily housekeeping and heating
Accessibility - Wheelchair accessible
Non-Smoking, pet friendly
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Hair dryer
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Electric kettle
- Wardrobe or closet
- Wheelchair accessible
- Daily housekeeping
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Separate sitting area
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free WiFi
- Bedsheets provided
- Laptop-friendly workspace
-
Single Room, Ensuite
1 Twin Bed
1076-sq-foot room with mountain views
Layout - Separate sitting area
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - 24-inch LED TV with cable channels
Food & Drink - Electric kettle
Sleep - Hypo-allergenic bedding, blackout drapes/curtains, and bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, free toiletries, and a hair dryer
Practical - Laptop workspace and wardrobe or closet
Comfort - Daily housekeeping and heating
Accessibility - Wheelchair accessible
Need to Know - No rollaway/extra beds available
Non-Smoking, pet friendly
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Hair dryer
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Electric kettle
- Wardrobe or closet
- Wheelchair accessible
- Daily housekeeping
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Separate sitting area
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free WiFi
- No rollaway/extra beds
- Bedsheets provided
- Laptop-friendly workspace
-
Double Room, Ensuite
1 Double Bed
4833-sq-foot room with mountain views
Layout - Separate sitting area
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - 24-inch LED TV with cable channels
Food & Drink - Electric kettle
Sleep - Hypo-allergenic bedding, blackout drapes/curtains, and bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, free toiletries, and a hair dryer
Practical - Laptop workspace and wardrobe or closet; rollaway beds (surcharge) available on request
Comfort - Daily housekeeping and heating
Accessibility - Wheelchair accessible
Non-Smoking, pet friendly
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Hair dryer
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Heating
- Electric kettle
- Wardrobe or closet
- Wheelchair accessible
- Daily housekeeping
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Separate sitting area
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free WiFi
- Bedsheets provided
- Laptop-friendly workspace
Guest Reviews
- Darren (4/5): Posh nosh but no good - Over priced bland food
- Thimmegowda (6/5): - It was more on the budget side kind of hotel but with the price of a star hotel! Don't get me wrong it was decent but not worth the price tag.
- Eyhab Ab H (2/5): - Full of spiders, bad mattresses, boiling in summer
- Verified traveler (10/5): Great hotel. I would stay again - Plenty of free parking. Good breakfast. Excellent powerful shower. Beautiful setting. Very quiet and clean.
- Stephen (10/5): - Notably prompt service at breakfast, high standard fit and finish of rooms and building
- Dave (10/5): Excellent location - The single sitting dinner is a little eccentric given the number of guests, but the food is good
- DAWN (10/5): - Gorgeous hotel in stunning location. Very clean. Would definitely go back.
- Conrad (6/5): - Don‘t book room 314. It looks out onto the kitchen or laundry in the back with just a sliver of the mountain above the roof as a „view.“. The real problem is the noise. A compressor goes off intermittently all day and into the night and early morning. Super annoying. In addition, at 6:30 am the work evidently starts because there is a loud racket outside the window as carts are shoved about. There are nice solo rooms in the front, so beware if they assign you 314.
- David (10/5): Excellent - Outstanding hotel. friendly and helpful staff, very clean and fresh decor. Comfortable well equipped room. Excellent meal and breakfast.
- Mark (10/5): FabulousHotel - We have been staying in hotels around Derwentwater for in excess of 20 years. The Glaramara experience tops the lot! We will not be looking for an alternative hotel in future. The accommodation was spacious and well laid out. Much thought has gone into furnishing and decoration of the hotel interior. Everywhere was bright and spotlessly clean. But above all was the standard of service and friendliness of the staff. A fabulous hotel.
- Verified traveler (10/5): Excellent hotel, with superb breakfast - Excellent hotel. Clean, comfortable and friendly. Breakfasts are superb. Location (Seatoller) is perfect for fellwalkers. I've stayed twice in the last couple of months.
- Richard (8/5): - Very clean Hotel, with an exellent local produce breakfast.
- Nicholas (10/5): Tranquility and Peace - very peaceful, considering it was a business trip, I felt relaxed
- Verified traveler (10/5): - Amazing hotel, great location, great staff.
- john (10/5): Fabulously professional and relaxing - Professional service with an informal, friendly approach. Relaxed environment for customers throughout the hotel, which is not an easy art to implement… kudos to senior management and the operational team!
- David (10/5): - Great price. Friendly staff. Good breakfast…
- Kathryn (10/5): - Lovely place and great location for walking scafell pike
- Jay (10/5): Beautiful and lovely service - The hotel is beautiful with stunning Field and mountains surrounding the hotel. Very open with a good carpark. All the staff were fantastic and accommodated for my medical needs without any issues. I will be coming back here next time I'm in the lakes
- Joanne (10/5): Lovely Hotel - We really enjoyed our stay at the Glaramara and this was especially due to the lovely staff who could not have been more helpful. Had an excellent meal in the hotel restaurant.
- Tim (10/5): - A great value stay in a beautiful location with great food and great service; I will be coming back!😊👍
- Paul (10/5): - Lovely hotel staff amazing food was out of this world and the location took my breath away beautiful place to stay
- Dean (10/5): - Great hotel lovely breakfast no problem
- Isaac (10/5): - Great views and exceptional staff!
- Robert (10/5): - Very good staff. Nice room & breakfast.
- Nicola (8/5): - Very clean, comfortable hotel in a beautiful remote setting. Local eating options without driving are very limited to the Hotel, the Yew Tree Pub (excellent food and atmosphere) or campsite cafe which is only open during day and early Saturday evenings. Hotel does breakfast which starts late 7.45 am and ends 9.15, light lunch and one dinner session at 7.30 pm. Dinner is very expensive with very limited options. Ate dinner once. It was ok. Dinning room staff at breakfast could be more customer friendly.
- Timothy (6/5): - Not brilliant, to be honest. The setting is stunning, the staff perfectly friendly and helpful. The single room I had was a little travel lodge like. From photos, the doubles look a little more worthy of the price. The main issue I had was the dinner. Firstly, the regimented 7.30pm dining time is something I've never experienced in the many i've stayed in in my life. It felt a little school-like, congregating at the dining-room and taking our seats for a meal chosen that morning at breakfast. Very strange. Secondly, the food was ok, not brilliant, but main quibble was, every evening i was there, it was something with mash. Always. Mash mash mash. No choice of any other potato. Additionally, no choice of what vegetable side. The same snap peas every night, with either broccoli or carrots, plain. For what would normally be £45 for a three course meal, you'd think we could choose our sides and what potato we would like. Now, if you book dinner over a week in advance you get a £10 discount. Ok. But still, I had mash for three consecutive nights. All this suspiciously suggests it is alleviating as much work for the chef as possible. Doesn't happen at the Bridge Hotel, which I would certainly recommend over this I'm afraid. Staff and everyone excellent as I say. Clean, gorgeous setting, just wish it were a little more like a hotel when it comes to meal. Oh, and flies. A hell of a lot of flies kept us company in the dining room, lounge and foyer.
- Andrew (10/5): Brilliant location - Visited solo for some fell walking. The location is unbeatable for whole day walks direct from the hotel up to nearby fells like Dale Head, Great Gable, or Newlands Valley to Cat Bells. Hotel was all good, comfortable modern room, well run, amazing views from the room. Food was excellent.
- Clive (8/5): - Large hotel offering good sized rooms, comfortable beds and complimentary breakfast. There's a restaurant on site as well as a bar along with lounge areas. The views are amazing especially when the sun shines. There are plenty of opportunities for walking, a large carpark and a bus stop only a 2 minute walk away.
- Wen Wei (6/5): - Beautiful place. Downside is the heater doesn’t work all the time, or at all some days. Wifi is almost nonexistent if you are not close to the common area. And the hot water is not really “hot” lukewarm at best.
- Sandeep (8/5): - Good stay with newly renovated rooms.
- David (10/5): Outstanding in all respects! - Outstanding Hospitality. Outstanding Accommodation. Outstanding Location. Was made to feel very welcome and this is a real favourite place to come to, surrounded by mountains, and the perfect escape from the stresses of life!
- Holly (10/5): 10/10 Bank Holiday Weekend - Absolutely loved our stay here for bank holiday weekend. Such a clean hotel with lovely staff and a really beautiful hotel right in the heart of the mountains. It is dog friendly too which was perfect. We walked into Seatoller for dinner which was 5 minutes away and dined in the Yew Tree pub which was delicious and spent the rest of the night at the hotel outside with a wine. Only downside for us was that the hotel room was very hot during the night despite the radiator being off! But overall we would definitely stay again
- John (10/5): Blustery weekend - 1st class from the moment you walked through door.
- Verified traveler (10/5): Great place - Very friendly staff, great food, great location for walking
- Paul (8/5): - Good stay
- David (10/5): - Big hills all around. Hourly bus to Keswick, even in December. Superb heating and chef !
- Verified traveler (8/5): - From reception to checking out staff were pleasant and professional, hotel was spotless and very well maintained. Food was lovely, especially the breakfast. Only small criticism was size of room for a twin , which was a little cramp although the bathroom was a good size.
- MIKE (10/5): hiking and more - Love this place, out of the way and they really look after you. Top notch food, rooms very good. You will not be disapointed to stay here.
- Jim (10/5): - Beautiful setting for a lovely hotel
- Julie (10/5): - Perfect location. All staff extremely friendly and helpful from bar to waiting staff in restaurant. Marta on reception was absolutely lovely and helpful she added son to our booking for evening meal on last minute with no hesitation. Evening meal was one of the nicest meals we have ever had. Taste and presentation exemplary. We will certainly be recommending this hotel to friends and family and we hope to visit again soon.
- Debanjali (10/5): Pleasant stay - Glaramara is located in a beautiful location surrounded by hills. The location is secluded yet it is just 15mins drive from the keswick centre. The facilities and amenities are very good. Rooms have nice and very clean with view of the green hills surrounding it. Totally worth the money.
- Chen (8/5): - Everything is fab but lots of rules
- K (10/5): Just right. - Lovely hotel with excellent facilities and staff in a superb setting.
- Naomi (10/5): - Another great trip to the Glaramara. The location is superb and the staff were very friendly as ever.
- steven (4/5): Too loud, bright and hot - This was the most expensive hotel of my trip to date, i expected more. It looked really nice but the finish wasnt top notch. You couldnt hear the loud music due to the racket made from something that sounded like it was about to blowup. That did finally quieten down however i couldnt block the light from everywhere including under the door which i dont think meets fire regs but the worst thing was it was so hot. Oh and you have to eat at a certain time so dont be late.
- dawn (10/5): Excellent hotel, superb views - Lovely hotel, stunning scenery. Staff excellent. Food great. We loved our stay .
- Susan (10/5): Great hotrl - The staff were really helpful and friendly. I’m gluten and dairy intolerant and the restaurant went out of its way to accommodate my requirements. The food was amazing.
- Frank (10/5): - The road to the property from Keswick was narrow and in one or two places only one vehicle could pass. Once there, the scenery was magnificent, the hotel was exceptionally clean throughout, our room was large (as was the very comfortable bed) and the en-suite shower room was sparkling. The breakfast was very good and each room`s table had a place name on it. Coffee and/or tea and toast were individually served to your table though the remainder of the breakfast was help yourself from a buffet bar. Altogether an excellent and enjoyable stay.
- Peter (10/5): - Where it is sited AMAZING
- Colin (8/5): Excellent location for lakes getaway - Excellent location for getting away from it all with superb walks from hotel. Views from hotel are to die for. Hotel recently renovated and rooms well thought out.
- Andrew (10/5): Great place, all good. - Perfect location in Borrowdale with great Mountain views from the lounge and patio. The hotel runs like clockwork, everything was clean and worked well. Breakfast was excellent, especially the perfect poached eggs. Very good choices for dinner. Very reasonable room rates - brilliant value for money. Nothing negative to say.
- Paul (10/5): Excellent - Excellent location and hotel. Amazing food and presentation.
- Paul (4/5): Too much noise - Lovely location hotel itself is lovely but room was backed onto a yard with refrigerator going on off all night no sleep at all abs bed was hard not comfortable at all
- Kirite (10/5): - Experienced good customer service from the owner and staff Single rooms need updating and redoing some work in the shower condition wise
- Ross (10/5): - Relaxing and secluded private hotel in woodland setting. Great staff, amazing food, comfy bed, good bar with craft beer and nice lounge to relax and enjoy the view. 10 mins south of Borrowdale so no lake view but the mountain view from my room and dining table was spectacular. At night there's no noise pollution, just the occasional call of sheep and the wind rustling the leaves...
- David (10/5): Can't wait to return! - A real favourite place to stay, perfect accommodation in a perfect setting. Rooms furnished to a high standard, and friendly staff that go out of their way to make your stay a pleasant one!
- jane (10/5): - Very friendly staff A good breakfast Loved the extra touches for my 2 dogs. Bed bowl and towel lovely grounds would definitely stay again
- Colin (10/5): - Exceptional location. Quality meals. Comfortable. The best hotel I have experienced in the Lake District. All staff were particularly helpful and friendly.
- Richard (10/5): Stunning location for this gem - Very clean, friendly staff, stunning location, we can't fault the hotel. Had our evening meal here and my wife had her breakfast, both were of a high standard with an ample amount to satisfy our appetite.
- Steve (10/5): Superb. - Really really impressive hotel. Perfect mix between walkers hotel and nice amount of luxury. Rooms very smart, meals excellent and staff very welcoming and helpful. Very impressed indeed- will certainly return.
- Amy (10/5): Lovely trip. - My stay was lovely. Came here with my friend and our dogs. We both got single rooms which eere the cutest. We were given dog bowls, towles and a bed in the room which was a nice touch. Only place our dogs werent allowed was the resturants so they set us up a little table in the bar for us to have breakfast. Will 100% be returning
- A (10/5): Great hotel - Great stay, clean and well presented hotel. Bedroom nice with excellent shower. Breakfast was buffet style but with good quality produce and was very tasty. Enjoyed our stay here, would come back.
- Alison (10/5): Excellent hotel in great location - Great hotel in lovely location. On site restaurant excellent. Staff really friendly and helpful. Rooms are a great standard and we traveled with our dog so he had his own dog bed towel and bowl! Defo be back
- David (10/5): - The setting, scenery and mountain on the doorstep. Evening meal, set at 7:30, was of a high standard. Despite freezing outside temperatures the heating was more than adequate.
- Lesia (10/5): - Great location, very peaceful
- Thomas (10/5): - Another wonderful stay at this place. Can’t rate it highly enough. We have our next stay booked already.
- A J (10/5): - The hotel was really good. We really enjoyed our stay. Times of the evening meal was not very practical and very expensive The reception when we arrived was poor.but made up for it later. One evening we found the front door was locked at 9.40pm. This was very early ? Overall a good stay.
- Dawn (10/5): Fantastic Hotel with amazing views! - This hotel was stunning from outside and the amazing views to the standard of the inside, bar, restaurant and rooms were great! We took our dog and he had his own bed, towel and water bowl in the room! The breakfast was great, good variety and excellent cooked breakfast with local produce and the evening meal both nights was fab! There were amazing walks located around the area and short drives although very steep to Honnister Slate mine and over the tops to Borrowdale and Buttermere and Crummock. Would definitely recommend.
- sushma (10/5): - I was so impressed with the property! Everything was great about it. Service and staff was highly professional. I want to appreciate Leanne and Eve for their friendly and hospitable service.
- Ian (10/5): - Fantastic service from a really friendly group of people. Nothing was too much trouble to ensure a good stay
- Lauren (4/5): Nice enough, not sure would go again - A mix up with our check in meant we were misinformed about our stay-something we only found about about as we were leaving, didn’t appreciate being called down through the hotel saying I had a bill to settle in front of guests. The rooms and beds are tiny and uncomfortable although the food was fabulous.
- Thomas (6/5): Average - Average at best. Food is extremly overpriced for what it is. Trying to put together an upmarket menu but not quite carrying it off. Probably better to go for simple meals such as steak and ale pie, burgers etc. Room and bed were very small althought matress was comfortable. Log fire on despite being warm meaning it was sweltering in the bar and lounge. Rooms also sweltering probably because it was too small for 2 people!
- Marcus (10/5): Perfect location - Excellent location, very friendly staff, good food. Would recommend a stay here.
- Gillian (10/5): Glaramarra hotel - Staff very friendly, food was excellent. Cant wait to go again.
- Chris (10/5): Great place to stay - Amazing place, friendly staff, great views, great service, fully recommend
- Alison (10/5): Excellent weekend location - A lovely hotel in a lovely location ! All staff really friendly and helpful! Rooms warm comfortable and modern. On-site restaurant excellent both for evening meal and breakfast! Lovely sitting area for relaxing! Dog friendly - our dog was given his own bed and towel - really lovely idea !! Will definitely return !
- Megan (10/5): - Stayed at Glaramara for one night, staff and food were excellent. Pre-book the evening meal before you go! Views incredible and access to walks and National Trust parks great. Only down sides for us; beds are HARD (i like a hard bed) and thin walls.
- Karen (10/5): - Our stay was enjoyable, Staff were very friendly & welcoming
- Chris (10/5): - Excellent stay
- Abbie (10/5): Great hotel - We loved the location of the hotel, nice scenery and not far from Keswick. Superb breakfast with some of the best bacon I've had! Staff were all really nice too, but there was quite a wait for check out even though the was only 1 person in front of us. Room and hotel was all very clean and nice. Maybe think about getting toilitries from a local supplier instead of London.
- Graham (10/5): - Great hotel in a brilliant location with excellent food
- Verified traveler (4/5): - The hotel itself was nice. But the eating arrangements were strangely strict. We had a dog with us, when checking we were asked if we’d like to book to dine in with the hotel. They had two tables left both in the dining room and dogs aren’t allowed in the dining room. I asked if we could eat outside. No. So we said we’d leave dinner. In the end we drove to Keswick to eat. The receptionist confirmed we had also paid for breakfast, which is served in the dining room. So even though we’d paid for it we didn’t have breakfast either (another trip to Keswick) When we checked out there was no one on reception at 7:30 so left the key in a box. Then received a phone call later that day “oh we forgot to charge you extra for the dog” The hotel was very nice it’s just trying to be more formal than it is or it needs to be. It’s in a beautiful location and there nothing else around, which is part of the charm but the dining arrangement are very old fashioned and strange. This seems to be a bit of a theme in other reviews, not just because we had a dog. If you book this hotel I would advise making dinner arrangements elsewhere first.
- Neil (10/5): Location is perfect - Location was perfect on Honuster pass, straight up, over and through to Beautiful Buttermere enjoying those exhilarating views of the pass. Only negative was that the WiFi is woeful, do not try to combine business with your visit.
- Verified traveler (10/5): - The hotel was clean and very comfortable and the staff went above and beyond. Will definitely recommend a stay here.
- Joanne (10/5): - We had a fantastic stay, the views are amazing and food was very tasty. The room was a little on the small side but clean. The highlight was the activities team who took us out on a navigation course, they were extremely knowledgeable friendly and supportive. Would definitely go back.
- Verified traveler (6/5): - We booked last minute and expected the hotel to have better room decor. The hotel downstairs was very pleasant and decorated to a good standard. The room we stayed in had a good view but very basic and the pillows and mattress were very uncomfortable. The room was very much a functional room only no home comfort. Basic furniture very bare looking. Shower had no power. The dining arrangement was that we all sat at one sitting 7.30pm which we find late for us so opted for main meal only rather than three course. We had to wait until 8.30pm for our meal while the others had starters then they were served first and we had to wait until last, meaning we were sitting waiting for over an hour for food, which then was different to what ordered on menu, but still good. Breakfast was okay compared to our previous two hotels, which were both excellent. Other downside kids were allowed to run amock around the hotel.
- Steven (8/5): An enjoyable two night break at Glaramara! - We enjoyed our two night break at Glaramara. We had a ground floor room with a limited view of the mountain scenery. Vertical or venetian blinds would have provided greater privacy during the day. Our room was clean on arrival although due to covid restrictions was not able to be cleaned during our stay. We found the room too hot during the night and after a long walk would have liked a room with a bath rather than a shower. The towels were thick and fluffy. Reception staff were very friendly and helpful as were staff in the dining room. The bar and lounge area were very nice although got very busy before 7.30pm dinner. The dinners were very tasty and really good value for money. There was a wide variety of breakfast options. As we had breakfast at the end of the sitting our bacon and egg were dry. Covid restrictions were well managed, there were hand sanitisers throughout public areas, face coverings were worn and there was a one way system in place.
- Verified traveler (10/5): Glaramara review - Very good courteous service and good food. Rooms clean
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