The room and its furnishings matched the description – it’s in an old house with high ceilings and thick walls. It was quiet. The host had warned in advance about nearby construction (I appreciate the heads‑up), but nothing could be heard in the room. The accommodation doesn’t have a separate reception; it shares the hostel’s reception just around the corner (shared among four different lodging units). The breakfast offering was adequate. The first problem is parking: it’s an additional, paid service. It’s at a different address from the reception and lodging, so you pick up a chip card at the reception, then drive through a narrow lane with a reader. The reader says access denied, so you have to back out, park somewhere on the street, then get another card at the reception. The second attempt works and the gate lets you in, but you find there’s nowhere to park. The reception gives you a guide card with 13 parking spots marked for guests, but all are occupied – some by other guests, many by staff cars from companies in the building. So you call reception, they call a staff member to free a spot for you. The second fail is breakfast, or the space where it’s served, because it’s quite cramped. Once the ground‑floor restaurant is full, another room/ hall in the first basement is available, but the breakfast buffet was only set up in the ground‑floor restaurant. The space for a second breakfast buffet in the basement hall with a view was, unfortunately, not thought of, so everything had to be carried up the stairs – while, by the way, staff were refilling the ground‑floor buffet from a kitchen in the basement, which was a grotesque scene.
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