Pirita Marina Hotel & Spa

We enjoyed the swimming pool and the saunas a lot. The location is by the sea in Pirita, it is 20min away by bus from city center and a bus stop is 4min walk away. There are several restaurants in walking vicinity of the hotel and a big supermarket. Wifi was stable and fast. The hotel is a partly renovated relic of the past era, which we enjoyed a lot, but depending on your disposition you may not find that as humorous as we did.

The hotel is only partially renovated, some things are still sitting well in the past era. Here are some examples. There is a new kettle in the room, but there is no tea or coffee provided to go with it and the cord is so short that you cannot use it on the table, it needs to be on the floor while boiling water (pic 1). There is a nice view from the double sea view room balcony, but the upper floor plaster kept falling on our balcony (pic 2 and 3). The bed, mattress, nightstands are all nice and new, but nightstands are so small you can barely fit a remote and water bottle on them. There is a new flat screen TV in the room but for some reason it is attached to an old wooden cabinet and the TV is not positioned evenly. The bathroom needs some renovation. The hotel is huge, it is perhaps the biggest man made structure I have ever slept in, so when such a horde of people goes to breakfast, there is usually no table left and guests are meandering from one part of the huge restaurant to another looking for tables. Getting your desired egg or sausage on your plate resembles hunting for prey, it is really hard to get through. Some people take their 2nd breakfast as a take away as well. The staff could be smiling a bit more and could reply to 'hellos' on the reception. To sum up, it is a huge hotel, built in 1980, partly renovated to fit modern standards, but it seems the staff and management have not made a full transition from soviet era yet. We find it interesting and humorous.