Legoland Village - good basic accommodation at a price to match

We wanted to wake up on the morning of our second day in Legoland and be able to walk to the park in under 10 minutes. We needed a place to stay that was clean and comfortable, and fun for two small children. And we found this in Legoland Village, a modern and comfortable hotel centre.

Actually only 500 metres from the entrance to Legoland, our room in the Village looked like a giant lego cube. We were color coded red and a huge red pieces of lego marked the walk way to our room. It was basic, but plenty for a night's stay. A separate play area inside the room filled with lego kept the children happy while we struggled to wake following the dawn start the day before and 6 hours of walking in the park. We had coffee and tea making facitilies and a good sized bathroom. The children's bed folded down from the walls, that were happily painted with their favourite lego characters. 30 minutes later we walked to the main hotel for breakfast - lego style.

The Cafe and Bistro in Legoland Village served good food. A great selection of Danish breads and cheeses along with the usual breakfast foods of cereal, juice etc. all buffet style. There are Lego playareas everywhere. Your children will love it and this hotel will not break the bank at 895 dk kronor per night per room, including breakfast. Purchase your tickets to the park in the hotel reception. The Legoland Park opens at 10am, so don't do what we did and rush breakfast the first morning, turning up at the park gates at 9am - you'll be taking a leisurely stroll for an hour with the kids. Actually, we used this time to drive into the nearby town to pick up some wine and beer for our forthcoming summer parties. Only a short distance separates Sweden and Denmark, yet Denmark's prices on alcohol are frustratingly much, much cheaper.

During July, Legoland park in open until 9pm at night, otherwise it closes at 6pm. For us, the two days in the park and one night accommodation was actually plenty. We saw and did most things in the park in this time. Even the children were happy to come home at the end of the second day. After all, when you add up the hours on your feet, everyone is pretty exhausted. Next time I would even consider a one day trip only, starting early and driving home late in the evening.

Out of peak season (April and Sep/Oct), Legoland Village offers special package prices for a hotel stay, breakfast, dinner and entrance tickets to the Legoland Park. All for a bargain price and definitely worth enquiring about. Check out Legoland Village.