The Hotel Continental is in a prime location overlooking Dovercourt Bay's Blue Flag beach, busy with shipping activity and within striking distance of Harwich International Port's ferry and cruise ship terminal. All 14 non-smoking rooms are en-suite and are complete with the usual teletext tv's, radios, telephones, modem points, tea and coffee, hairdryers, irons and some have safes. London is little more than an hour away by train.