Drakes is a luxury boutique hotel on Brighton’s seafront, overlooking Palace Pier. It offers unique 4-star accommodation, and has a fine-dining restaurant and vibrant cocktail bar.

The fully air-conditioned rooms have an LCD satellite TV, along with a DVD and CD player. The ‘Vi Spring’ beds have Egyptian cotton sheets, velvet throws, and goose or duck-down bedding. Some rooms also have a free-standing bath tub next to stunning Georgian windows, with views of Brighton or the sea.