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Busy with business travelers and increasingly popular with tourists, Bergen
canbejammedanytimeofyear.Evenwiththiscrush,proudandpriceyhotels
may be willing to make deals. You might save a bundle by emailing the big-
ger hotels and asking for their best price. Otherwise, Bergen has some fine
budget alternatives to normal hotels that can save you a bundle.
$$$ Hotel Havnekontoret,
with the best location in town, fills a grand old
shipping headquarters dating from the 1920s. It's an especially fine value on
weekends and in the summer, for those who eat the included dinner. While
part of a chain, it has a friendly spirit. Guests are welcome to climb its histor-
ic tower (with a magnificent view) or enjoy its free sauna and exercise room
downstairs. The hotel's 116 rooms are expensive during the week, and half-
price on weekends and through most of the summer. If you aren't interested
in fancy dining, the room price includes virtually all your food—a fine break-
fast, self-service waffles and pancakes in the afternoon, fruit and coffee all
day, and a light dinner buffet each evening. If you take advantage of them,
theseedibleextrasareeasilyworth600krperdaypercouple,makingthecost
of this fancy hotel little more than a hostel (Db during business peak-2,300
kr, Db Fri-Sun and most of summer-about 1,700 kr, extra bed-300 kr, book
online to save, free Wi-Fi, facing the harbor across the street from the Radis-
son Blu Royal Hotel at Slottsgaten 1, tel. 55 60 11 00,
www.choicehotels.no
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