Hotel La Ciudad

The only reason I've chosen this accommodation is it's wonderful location - very close to everything, in quite a tranquil neighbourhood. The place itself is nice - it just needs a complete renovation, good soundproofing, good laundry service and setting normal policy in terms of cleaning and access of the staff to the room.

Dark dirty and dusty room with old half-broken furniture, bad kitchenette with no hot water, no air-extraction. Old wooden door and window with lots of space between them and walls, all the noise from the hall and patio could be heard in the room. I think it's awfully cold in winter in the room with the door and the window in such a bad state. This "hotel" doesn't have cards that are always provided in normal hotels on a door knob: one side is green which means "please clean the room" and the other one is red which means "please do not disturb, we don't need any service". So we concluded that as in many apartments the cleaning is provided only after check out, before check in of the other guest or upon a special request. But it occurred that in this so to say hotel they think it is normal to enter any room at any time without any special authorisation or request. The bathroom was ok - recently renovated, huge, with a bathtub and a shower. The only "but" that we found later was that toilet feed was regulated to about 1 (!) liter. We had to press the button about 10 times to get the effect. This is not an economy, on the contrary - it's a waste of water. Ten litres were used and not the standard 6 litres that work perfectly. On the photos you can see a broken leg of the bed, a footmark on the sofa, a pathetically small and old wardrobe, bedside lamps without switches. All surfaces were covered with dust, same thing with the floor. The floor is awful - all tiles near beds and the door are broken to pieces. Every time you walk you have to balance trying not to fall. No way to wear high heels there or allowing a child to walk there alone - it's a sure way to traumatize oneself seriously. But the worst thing was the bed linen - yellow-greyish, with bad smell and incredibly wrinkled - no sign of ironing.