Stayed here for 2 nights with my girlfriend and were a bit disappointed. To start with the pictures on their website of the big mansion with huge manicured gardens is very misleading. It's not the hotel at all so they are using photo's of something else to advertise their hotel. Golebiewski hotel is like a big tower block of flats.

We booked a double room, directly through them, for 2 nights and we got a twin room and thought it was a mistake. A phone call to reception informed us they don't have double rooms and that we had booked a room for 2 people. This was very annoying as they do quote for double rooms on their website. Apparently the only double beds they have are in the apartments and they would have cost more so we stayed where we were.

Be warned there is no air conditioning in the rooms and it was extremely hot. Both of us had restless nights sleep due to the heat.

The good points - the room was nice, power shower and big bathroom, very central, plentiful breakfast and a great leisure facility with slide and water jets.

If I could find a hotel with double beds and air conditioning i'd chose it over Golebiewski.

We stayed 2 nights on Sunday 5 and Monday 6 April 2009.

This hotel is the largest in Bialystok and has 22onferrnce rooms, a ground floor restaurant and a first floor breakfast room. It is on the east side of town whereas the co-sited train and bus stations are on the west. Though bud no.2 (single ticket PLN 2) links the two, a taxi cost only PLN 13 in one direction and 11 in the other. For the small difference in fare and bearing in mind in is 3 kms or so, I would say taxi is most efficient.

The hotel is within sight of the brick cathedral and 10 mins walk from Rynek (market). This is being beautifully restored as part of a rejuvenation of the city centre. We were led to expect a depressed industrial city. Quite the opposite.

We were in room 427, the 4th of 8 floors. The room key was a touch card which activated a sensor outside. When carrying luggage this was more convenient than card in slot common elsewhere. The card also validated entitlement to breakfast in the restaurant and entry to leisure centre.

The room was small and was cramped with 2 single beds, settee and 2 casual chairs. Adequate clothes hanging space. No extras like kettle or ironing board or fridge. Bathroom had toilet and walk-in shower cabinet. Shampoo and soap but no washcloths. Towels changed daily; no plea to save energy or water by re-using them.

We saw no evidence of air conditioning in the hotel. The weather was warm (15-20 C) during our stay so we kept the window open at night. We faced the street and quite a lot of traffic noise. During the height of summer I could imagine rooms could get very hot or noisy.

The hotel has a large leisure centre with two large pools, the one for serious swimmers being 25 m long and 6 lanes wide. One of the best indoor pools I have seen in an hotel. It did not open before 08.00 so would not be handy for business travellers seeking to exercise before breakfast.

Breakfast was buffet style with many styles of cold dishes including cottage cheeses or meats but no fish. Some fruit but no prepared fruit salad. Some hot dishes. The price was built into room rate. I liked the jams packed with fruit but not too much sugar.

Staff spoke a little English but hotel signs were also in Russian, a legacy of that region's proximity to Russia

We paid PLN 300 (about EUR 70) on Sunday and Monday PLN 360 on Monday. Good value as it included breakfast and leisure centre. The only other hotel of any size we saw in the centre was the Cristal (part of Best Western franchise).

I had the pleasure to stay in this fantastic hotel with my polish girlfriend. I had no idea what to expect when she suggested it but was not disappointed!

The Hotel is a huge resort with so many activities but Water is the main one! There are no less than 5 Huge swimming Pools (2 indoors) and 3 outdoors together with a massive fun water park. You have to see it to believe it!

The food is good and the accomodation of a high standard. We stayed in a luxury suite with stunning views over the lakes.

The only disappointment was the lack of air conditioning and BlackOut Curtains. We were woken up by the sunrise every day at 5.00am!! (but very Romantic!)

Not withstanding this I would recommend it for those that want a very good hotel in a beautiful part of the country