Hotel Europa

You can't beat the Hotel Europa for value. Right on the main road into the historic center, it was a little bit of a hike, but nothing out of the ordinary. The staff were great, helped with laundry needs and arranging a taxi to the airport. Rooms were clean and efficient.

The hotel offers little in the way of amenities, and my room was pretty bare bones. Shower was tiny and doors didn't quite work right.

No heating unless we asked for it; imagine having a shower in winter with no heating on... in a shower that closes poorly, with the handle leaking from multiple sides, and low quality soap bar that breaks in pieces as soon as you use it. House keeping was not replacing the soap bars or shampoo, and when we asked for it the reception told us they didn't have any more. The beds are low quality too, squeaky as hell; they put some wool sheets on top and they were constantly falling from either side (single beds); I wonder why not using simple duvets like any hotel I've been. There were no curtains on the widows, hence by raising the blinds you were staring in someone's apartment (and they can look at your room/bathroom). Elevators in the property are so old that they don't try to close even while you're stepping in (there are no photocells). My mother (70 yo) was caught in them while entering the elevator because someone else had called it from the ground floor... not good at all. In general, the whole place needs renovation from the ground up (pain coming off of the walls and so on).

Very central position, right beside one of the main shopping streets.

Very central position, right beside one of the main shopping streets.

No heating unless we asked for it; imagine having a shower in winter with no heating on... in a shower that closes poorly, with the handle leaking from multiple sides, and low quality soap bar that breaks in pieces as soon as you use it. House keeping was not replacing the soap bars or shampoo, and when we asked for it the reception told us they didn't have any more. The beds are low quality too, squeaky as hell; they put some wool sheets on top and they were constantly falling from either side (single beds); I wonder why not using simple duvets like any hotel I've been. There were no curtains on the widows, hence by raising the blinds you were staring in someone's apartment (and they can look at your room/bathroom). Elevators in the property are so old that they don't try to close even while you're stepping in (there are no photocells). My mother (70 yo) was caught in them while entering the elevator because someone else had called it from the ground floor... not good at all. In general, the whole place needs renovation from the ground up (pain coming off of the walls and so on).