“Very central for noise all night - too expensive for what you get”
It couldn’t be more central; you can walk everywhere from here, and the room was in an antique Italian style. The hotel’s ad promised sunlight views across the square, yet we got a room facing a dilapidated alley with a restaurant below, no view, and constant noise all night from the restaurant. At 4:00 a.m. new noise came from the restaurant restocking for the new day. The windows were old single glazing with no soundproofing, and we had to hunt for electrical sockets to charge phones. The coffee machine had two cheap capsules and a 0.3‑liter bottle of water. The minibar fridge cost extra. Kitchen facilities were in a closet if you wanted to cook yourself (advised). The bathroom door handle broke and wouldn’t open from inside. Reception on arrival seemed indifferent. The main door to the hotel locked at 23:00, so no night wandering. The advertised breakfast in the room suddenly had an extra charge when you arrived. Instead you had to walk along the square and find another hotel of the same chain that offered a buffet breakfast, which was hard to locate because the reception poorly explained it. We had to ask in another hotel that took us there. The plates at breakfast smelled of fish, weren’t properly cleaned, and we ended up with diarrhea on the way home. Bella Italia. It felt like a luxury hotel run by Asians who were cutting corners where they could, and there was no special guest feeling for the price.
Thomas·1か月前