There are some excellent things about this hotel, but some serious and, frankly, bogus problems. The rooms are quiet and the beds are comfortable, and breakfast is sufficient. The location is excellent.
The drawbacks are that when we checked in, we were charged a higher rate for breakfast than when had had booked the hotel three months ago, (when I booked it was 13,50 and now it is 15,50) and no explanation was offered for this. Additionally, we stayed for four nights, and no housekeeping was performed during that time because, we were told, the money was being “sent to needy children.” This is ridiculous. We spent nearly 1000 Euros for our family to stay at this hotel, and we didn’t know that in exchange for housekeeping services, we would be told that our money was being offered to charity. It’s kind of insulting to a family on holiday being told “these children need it” (which is what the receptionist told us) when we are spending our hard-earned money for our hotel, which should include a stocked bathroom, trash removal, and basic cleaning. Since there was no housekeeping, and the trash bins are tiny in the bedroom, our trash piled up and our room stank. Additionally, the toilet is already stained in this new facility, likely due to this policy of not cleaning every day. We received additional towels when we requested them, but we had to hunt down a maid for toilet paper. I understand the eco-hotel culture of not putting out fresh towels everyday, but trash needs to be removed, basic housekeeping performed, and toilet paper restocked without our asking for it.
I’m all for giving to charity, but we shouldn’t be forced in a weird transaction at check-in on holiday to be told that our money is being sent to needy children instead of cleaning the facility where we have spent our vacation money. I wouldn’t stay at one of this chain again, and I won’t recommend it to friends or travel clients until they change their policy and perform basic housecleaning daily.
