I arrived having ridden for 5 hours in 34 degree heat- dehydrated and not feeling well at all. Despite this, and despite all my details having been through Hotels,com booking, I had to fill in a form about my details, and my bike details, then pay local taxes (could easily have waited for checkout), pay a deposit (100 Euros) in case I used the minibar. I then had to produce my passport (no other hotel of the six on the trip asked for this, and I had to unpack my bags to find it). About halfway through all of this one of the receptionists offered me a glass of water. I have had none of this at any other hotel, just gave my name at reception and was given a key. The room 'design' was strange- concrete slabs for some of the walls and ceiling, with marks showing where earlier walls had been, unfilled holes and a crack across the room you could have put your little finger in. The large window too the street had a thick curtain and an outside blind- so open to the world to watch one unless you cut off all the natural light. What was stranger yet were the electric sockets- one by the door, so useless to the occupant, one at random in a wall at waist height, one by the bed, and two others with the minibar and Nespresso machine plugged in. The small desk/table in the wall had none near it. However, the bathroom had no less than five sockets, including one directly opposite the lavatory. There were other issues, but insufficient space here to address them. Generally unwelcoming.
