Blackpool Hotels [ close window ] Blackpool Hotels, Hotels in Blackpool Fairview Hotel 113 Albert Road, Blackpool FY1 4PW Blackpool Illuminations Attraction: Blackpool Illuminations Blackpool Illuminations  (0.1 km) Blackpool Illuminations is the resorts greatest attraction and is reckoned to be the best free show in Europe with its 7 miles of illuminated and motorised tableaux and miles of festoon lights. Starting the last Friday in August and running through to the nearest Sunday to the 4th November each year the Illuminations attract over 6 million visitors in the period.