Hotel Europa

Not ideal for personal or business travel.

I stayed here as part of a business trip, and after a week, I can say that it was sufficient based on location proximity, but otherwise it was insufficient.

The room -
The room was unpleasant. The beds were extremely hard and uncomfortable, the pillows were so thin that I had to stack them both together the sheets were scratchy cotton with a polyester comforter. The bathroom was unnecessarily large. The water temperature did not get hot enough for me, and the shower pressure wasn't great, but was strong enough to push the shower head around at full power. That speaks more about the shower fixture than the water pressure. All of those can be forgiven, whan cannot is the fact that there is no coffee, water heater, or fridge in the room (mini bar excluded).

The amenities -
Beakfast was barely that. The coffee was good, but you had to order it, which made it hard to get more than one small cup. The "buffet" was minimal and when the eggs were gone, they didn't seem to get replaced.

The gym is two treadmills, a bike, an elliptical, a stair-stepper, and a broken weight machine. I ended up working out in my room.

The pool was so small, I really couldn't figure out the point of having an attendant at the "spa", but she was there nonetheless.

Parking was terrible. The only option is to park in a big open lot next to the hotel, which gives major concerns over security. The parking machine wouldn't take cards, and in fact ate your card if you tried to use it. There's no option to pay for the duration of your trip at the hotel.

The service -
I have to say, the service overall was quite pleasant. The staff helped us make reservations at local restaurants, they always greeted me, they were generally pleasant. They're basically the only thing keeping this hotel from a 1-star review.

Awful hotel. Old decor, super noisy AC. Basic room and amenities. They allow smoking in some rooms and people smoking in the next room meant smoke in our room too at night.

Left sign on a door “do not disturb” in the morning. But when came home after work found out that they came and did a room service and touched and moved all my personal items! Everything on a bath table was moved around, my underwear was nicely organized and moved from the bottom of the bed to the tv stand. Closed the curtains. Why, why?! I don’t want anyone to touch my clothes and personal items! That’s exactly why I left a sign “do not disturb” on a door handle!! Inappropriate.

Rooms are clean.
Breakfast is good.
No free parking, city paid parking only.
No iron in a room, only ironing service for 2 euro.
There is a balcony in some rooms.