Helsinki - Kalastojatorppa (reg)
France
Notes on Novotels:
-- their reservation system was taking per default two persons per room;
so change this to one in case of single occupancy, otherwise you will
pay for two;
-- breakfasts were automatically charged by the billing system,
so make sure to rectify this if some breakfasts have not been taken.
Too many incidents and inconsistencies kept me away from some of these hotels
in recent times, in spite of some definitely positive features (usually
ample enclosed and monitored parking lots, entrance sas to rooms in most hotels, etc.).
- Aix-en-Provence - Hotel des Augustins (reg)
- Aix-en-Provence - Novotel Beaumanoir (reg)
- Ammerschwir - Armes de France (reg)
- Anglet - Chiberta (reg)
- Anglet - Novotel Anglet Biarritz Airport (reg, but ...)
- Arcachon - Hotel de la Plage (reg)
- Arras - Holiday Inn Express (noisy! -- no go again)
- Bayeux - Novotel (bof)
- Beaune - Novotel (reg, but beware touristic migrations) [several]
- Bernin - Holiday Inn Express (bof)
- Biarritz - Hotel Chirata et Golf (reg)
- Bordeaux - Hotel Arcade (reg)
- Bordeaux Mérignac - Novotel (reg) [several]
- Bordeaux Pessac - Holiday Inn (expensive wrt offer)
- Carnac - Novotel (reg, but reservation lost, mistake in invoice, ...)
- Chambéry - Novotel (reg)
- Clermont-Ferrand - Holiday Inn Garden Court (basic)
- Clermont-Ferrand - Novotel (reg) [2]
- Ferney-Voltaire - Novotel (reg) [several]
- Fontvieille - Hotel Val Majour (reg)
- Haguenau - Europe Hotel (bof)
- Haguenau - Hotel des Augustins (reg -- now closed)
- La Petite Pierre - Hotel La Clairière (reg)
- Lens - Novotel Lens Noyelles (bof)
- Le Touquet -- Holiday Inn (reg, charges)
- La Rochelle - Novotel (reg)
- Lille Aéroport - Novotel (reg, but ...) [3]
- Limoges Le Lac - Novotel (reg) [2]
- Lorient - Novotel (bof, noise)
- Lyon Nord - Novotel (reg)
- Magny-Cours - Holiday Inn (ok, noisy during day) [2]
- Manosque - Hotel François 1er (bof)
- Montchanin - Novotel (oldish, reg)
- Montpellier - Hotel Altea (reg)
- Montpellier - Hotel de Noailles (reg)
- Montpellier - Hotel George V (reg)
- Montpellier - Novotel (bof) [several]
- Mont St.-Michel - La Mère Poulard (unique)
- Nantes Carquefou - Novotel (reg)
- Narbonne Plaisance - Novotel (noise around)
- Nice - Hyatt Regency (ok)
- Nice Masséna - Mercure (reg)
- Orléans La Source - Novotel (reg) [2]
- Paris - Holiday Inn Bibliothèque de France (reg)
- Paris - Holiday Inn Maine-Montparnasse [2] (noise, room)
- Paris - Holiday Inn Montparnasse-Pasteur (reg)
- Paris - Hotel Beaugency (no go again)
- Paris - Hotel de la Motte-Picquet (no go again)
- Paris - Hotel du Midi (reg) [several]
- Paris - Hotel Hesperia (reg)
- Paris - Hotel La Tour Notre Dame (no go again)
- Paris - Hotel Villa d'Est (reg)
- Paris - PLM Saint-Jacques (reg)
- Paris - Saxe Résidence (reg)
- Pau Lescar - Novotel (reg, but ...) [several]
- Perpignan - Novotel Rivesaltes (reg)
- Poitiers Futuroscope - Novotel (reg) [several]
- Reims Tinqueux - Novotel (reg)
- Rouen - Novotel Rouen Sud (reg)
- Sophia Antipolis - Novotel (reg)
- Toulouse Aéroport - Novotel (reg) [3]
- Toulouse Aéroport - Holiday Inn (hmmm) [several]
- Turckheim - Berceau du Vigneron (bof, excessive phone charges)
- Valenciennes - Novotel (bof, room)
- Vichy - Novotel (reg, noise)
Germany
Note: Many hotels in Germany use a duvet ("couette") as bed cover.
Sometimes however the body is barely covered. When the situation has been found really
bad, the hotel has been flagged with "(bed)". If you travel by car, bring your
own blankets!
- Aachen - Holiday Inn (reg, street noise)
- Aachen - Novotel (reg, but strange "technical" noises, from elevator engines?)
- Berlin - Best Western Berlin-Mitte (bof, never again)
- Berlin - Best Western Hotel President (reg)
- Berlin - Best Western Hotel Steglitz International (reg) [2]
- Berlin - Crowne Plaza Nürnberger Straße (bof, maids continually slamming doors)
- Berlin - Holiday Inn Kurfürstendamm (reg)
- Berlin - Radisson SAS Am Berliner Dom (reg) [several]
- Berlin - Sheraton Berlin Grand Hotel Esplanade (room, customer profile ignored) [2, no more]
- Berlin - Westin Grand (room, customer profile ignored) [2, no more]
- Bindlach - Best Western Transmar Travelhotel (reg)
- Bremen - Holiday Inn Express Airport (reg)
- Darmstadt - Maritim (reg)
- Dortmund - Mercure City (reg, outside noise, light construction)
- Dresden - Best Western Macrander Hotel (reg, beware so-called upgrades)
- Dresden - Holiday Inn (reg, beware so-called upgrades) [2]
- Dresden - Westin Bellevue (hmm) [several]
- Düsseldorf - Sheraton Düsseldorf Airport (reg) [several]
- Erding - Best Western Parkhotel (reg)
- Essen - Sheraton (reg, but too many trainees around) [2]
- Frankurt - Sheraton Frankfurt Airport (ok) [several]
- Freiburg i.B. - Novotel (old) (reg) [3]
- Freiburg i.B. - Novotel am Konzerthaus (reg, warm) [3]
- Garching - Bei Maria (reg)
- Garching - Hotel Am Park (reg) [several]
- Garching - Hotel König Ludwig (reg, charges for open parking) [3]
- Garching - Hoyacker Hof (reg) [several]
- Grainau - Hotel Waxenstein (reg, a bit oldish and greedy)
- Hamburg - Holiday Inn (reg)
- Hamburg - Le Méridien (reg, outside noise) [2]
- Hannover - Sheraton Pelikan (room, somehow weird)
- Heidelberg - Hotel Reichspost (reg)
- Hildesheim - Novotel (room, reg) [3]
- Ismaning - Hotel zur Mühle (reg) [several]
- Köln - Dorint Kongress (too expensive for quality of services + saturated parking)
- Köln - Holiday Inn Köln/Bonn Airport (poor quality of services)
- Köln - Novotel Köln City (reg)
- Leipzig - Hotel Fürstenhof (bof)
- Leipzig - Westin (reg, but housekeeping not up to standards) [3]
- Mainz - Novotel (reg) [several]
- München - Hilton City (reg)
- München - Novotel München Parkstadt Schwabing (reg)
- München - Novotel Munich Airport (reg) [2]
- München - Sheraton München Arabellapark Hotel (reg) [2]
- München - Sheraton Westpark (reg, noise from nearby railway tracks)
- München - Tourhotel (reg)
- Neu-Isenburg - Holiday Inn (hmmm) [2]
- Nürnberg - Holiday Inn (bed cover too small, noise from street, red light district)
- Nürnberg - Novotel (pbs with noise, wireless, housekeeping)
- Nürnberg - Sheraton Carlton (reg) [several]
- Paderborn - Hotel Ibis (reg)
- Schopfloch - Lehengütinger Hof (basic)
- Sigmaringen - Hotel Garni Jägerhof (basic)
- Sonthofen - Allgäu Stern Hotel (noisy, simply too big)
- Stuttgart - Park Hotel (reg)
- Tübingen - Hotel Stadt Tübingen (reg)
- Weimar - Hotel Elephant (no a/c, outside noise, service not up to price paid)
- Würzburg - Novotel (reg)
- Zugspitze - Müncher Haus (unique)
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