4 stars :) rate 7,5/10 :| room 623
Duration of the stay: 6 nights. Price: 880 euro without breakfast (please, no comment and not remind me this too often! ;))
I had chosen this hotel as it is very central, you can walk more or less everywhere and it is 7 mins by foot from St Stephen's Green. I would say it is in a safe area, nothing happened to me, but yes, I was not coming back later than 10:30 pm. The neighborhood may not be so safe: the first day I got lost, I went to the opposite direction, and yes, there I was not feeling very safe.
Amongst the various possible hotels, this also had the advantage of having the leisure centre, with a 16 metre swimming pool, Jacuzzi, sauna and steam room....all facilities that I enjoyed very much the afternoon after the half marathon!!! :)
They have more than 250 rooms, so this means that for some of the staff you may be just a number...This is what happened to me as soon as I arrived... the guy at the reception was not really welcoming and when I asked if the room was quiet, far from groups of young people, etc...he answered in a rude and cold way....
So, I went in the room and I immediately understood that something could have been gone wrong: my neighbours were those kind of impolite people screaming, listening music at high volume...etc...Results: at 3 in the morning, when they entered from a Friday night out, I was woken up by their music, etc...I waited for a while, they were not stopping, I called the reception. The day after, wake-up alarm at 7 for going to Newgrange....not a lot of hours of sleep! :(
In order to avoid to spend the remaining 5 nights in the same way, I went to speak with the responsible persons. At that moment I fortunately met two nice people, Blànait (spelling probably wrong! :( ) and Pavlon...they were really comprehensive and helpful..having checked that the "nice" neighbours were not leaving that day, they let me change the room....and then no problem any more.
From the heating point of view, no problem at all...a lot of additional blankets, a portable heater supplied and the heating of the room given by a big and temperature-adjustable radiator.
Room nice, clean...etc....no complaints at all for all the other aspects!!!
It is a pity then for the first night...the mark could have been higher!!!! :)
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| Me in the room! :) |
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| The additional blankets! ;) (photo taken with the compact camera) |
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| The bathroom (photo taken with the compact camera) |
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