http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2010-03-21T05:02:21Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/21/5923/18296 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/ickworthHotel.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>Our first reaction is that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Ickworth+Hotel/local/587"><b>Ickworth Hotel</b></a> in Suffolk, England, has a name that makes it sound a bit "icky". Fortunately, beyond the name everything is pretty good, at least if you go by a UK Times reviewer's <a href="http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/where_to_stay/east_anglia/article1804782.ece">recent experience</a>.</p><p>The Ickworth is housed in one part of a historic National Trust Property, which makes it not only a spectacular building but also home to a good deal of gossip and interesting stories--the family who lived in the wing currently occupied by the Ickworth were involved with drug and gun dealing and jewelry theft, and you can read related newspaper articles on the walls.</p><p>As a hotel, it's quite crime-free and instead quite luxurious. There are only amandak 2007-05-21T09:28:27-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/