Receptionist are kind and welcoming. But, I got mislead by the ratings. I often stay at hostels, so I’m used of places that aren’t fancy or super clean. I don’t care if it’s old, which this hotel is, but I like to have some cleanliness and hot water. When you enter the area where the rooms are, you immediately smell an old ”smoke smell”. Don’t know if it was allowed to smoke in the hotel back in time, but some sort of smell is always in the background. The first thing I see is a silverfish on the bathroom floor. There is old limescale, some of it turned brown, over the faucet in the sink and in the shower cabinet and the shower head (there was black dust or ash, I honestly don’t know, at the top of the shower cabinet + old hairs). Bathroom door can't close because the wood at the bottom is damaged. After you’ve flushed, the water is dripping. Managed somehow to make it stop the next day. You hear other guests taking showers, flushing, snoring. Had to wait 20 minutes for hot water in the shower. Many furnitures are damaged.
There is no elevator so keep that in mind if you have heavy luggage. You can’t pay the city tax with card, only cash, they told me they don’t want to pay the card trasmission fee. Didn’t get a receipt of it. This hotel needs a good makeover. If that's not possible, start with a deep, deep clean. Try get rid of the smell, change old carpet in the main area, change old lamps in room+bathroom. Get rid of towels with yellow stains. Clean remote control.
