Dan E.
Google
I stayed in the upper apartment, which is not in the building of the hotel. It is across the street and completely different. Much less elegant, and much less comfortable. Also very isolated.
First, when I made the reservation by telephone, the manager did not tell me that the apartment is on the fourth floor with no elevator/lift/Abzug. In the US we would call it the fifth floor so it’s four flights of steep spiral stairs to the apartment and from the apartment. Second, the parking is about a seven minute brisk walk from the hotel, and in a very muddy lot that did not look very protected for security. These were both surprises to me and I was not informed of these when I made the reservation via phone. So quite a surprise. Parking is $15 per day.
Almost got a ticket dropping off the bags, nowhere to pull up at the hotel unless you're lucky. Someone alerted me to the ticket being written, as I was unloading.
No secure drop off of luggage, manager wanted me to leave my bag in the restaurant next to the front door, unsecured, while I parked the car, which took about half an hour. It had in it in my laptop and passport, etc. So I said no. It really shocked me.
In the end, I extended the apartment one day, but it was a nightmare to negotiate with the manager. He’s very very slow and kept doing calculations telling me how great a deal I was getting. I just wanted to know the price and terms. Every single interaction was very slow with him.
The apartment is spacious. It has a nice step in the middle that is easy to trip over. I caught myself a half dozen times. The edge should be painted or otherwise marked. Someone will get really injured.
Food smell wafting up the staircase, and into the apartment throughout my stay. Road noise and revelers were audible but not too bad.
When we did the walk-through at the beginning, I was not told there’s a washer/dryer, which was very helpful to me. I found it on my own. There was no laundry detergent. The manager told me to use rinse agent for soap. When I looked it up, and translated it, I complained to him that he misled me, and that was not soap. He said it would’ve given the laundry a nice smell. He then gave me some detergent. Kind of strange.
Because the apartment is not in the main building, I was very isolated. And it was a hike every time to go up or down from the apartment. The stairway is not by any means elegant. It was a bit dirty in front down at the entrance. Complete contrast to the hotel. The external was also left unlocked throughout the day. I never saw another person there in day long. It’s used by the restaurant.
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