Brilant Antic Hotel

Breakfast with no choice in the cave

This is a quaint, small hotel spread over five floors. The so-so breakfast is served in a very nice basement room. To get to it, you have to walk 2-4 floors down from your room. There are no rooms on the ground level, which is what we had wanted due to my wife's mobility issues. The location of the hotel is perfect, the furnishings are ornate, as is the entire building. The staff are mostly pleasant. Our major beef is with our room. We booked the hotel for 12 nights, so we paid about 40 per cent extra to get a nice sized room with a city view on the main floor. Instead we got a tiny one person room that is not even listed or shown on any website. It had obviously been used by a local person, maybe an employee, as there was a pile of dirty clothes in the wardrobe and a couple of other items on the hangers. For furniture we got a bed, one night table, one chair, one little table and a rack for one suitcase. The toilet had no lid and there was water on the bathroom floor. The "city view" from the living area was of nothing but a wall with wires hanging down and a view of walls and a derelict roof from the bathroom window. We did not get a desk, a 38 inch tv, an armchair, a second chair or night table as shown in all the pictures. For appliances we got a tiny mini fridge and an electric kettle. Complaining did not help and they would not even give us another chair. There would have been just enough room for it. There are plenty of other hotels in the area. I cannot recommend this

The real downside was the beds - hard as a rock - and the too high and dense pillows. I had back and neck aches all week. Most of the staff was lovely, though they disputed the amount to charge as given by hotels.com, so it cost us a bit more than we budgeted. The breakfast was ample and varied, though sometimes of mediocre quality. The best thing is the location - convenient to everything in the city.

Very well located, only 5 minutes from the main area, good breakfast, room was clean and the front desk lady was excellent, friendly and helpful.

Excelente!