Astoria

The hotel boasts a welcoming ambiance and a convenient location, merely a short walk from the train station. Our party of five checked in effortlessly, occupying three rooms. Unfortunately, our July visit coincided with sweltering temperatures, exacerbated by the absence of air conditioning in our room and insufficient cooling in the other rooms. The front desk attributed this to occasional system inefficiencies. The accommodations were remarkably small, with our shower stall measuring roughly 30 inches, limiting mobility. We initially received only two towels for three guests. My husband went to the front desk for more and was provided with two small rugs instead of additional towels. The breakfast exceeded expectations, though marred by a single coffee/espresso machine, leading to lengthy wait times.

Three Star but deserves more! From the moment of arrival to the final departure, all the staff were helpful, pleasant and efficient, the rooms and public spaces were clean and well cared for. In my experience all hotels have something that needs to be cleaned or painted or repaired but not with Hotel Astoria. Everything was perfect from the beginning. Breakfast was excellent and the coffee wonderful. The location is a 10 minute walk from the old town centre but the walk is well worth the effort. I can find no fault at all with this hotel and if I were to give stars I would award Hotel Astoria a 3.99 Star Rating. (Without Spa and Pool it cannot gain 4 but all so close!)

When I checked out, I alerted a male not to check anyone into our room since there are ants all over the bed and ants on the floor. He simply said “OK”. No apology or regret or any other comment. We spent our last half hour in the reception not wanting our belongings to be covered in ants. Since I did not see him move from the desk or call anyone about the room I asked him about this. He said he did check the room and saw nothing. When I told him I have pictures and two ants had just crawled off me, he said “What do you expect, its summer”. In retrospect, I should have suspected something was wrong as there was an odd sweet smell in the room, probably bug killer, but we were pretty tired and went straight to sleep spending not much more than that at the hotel. Bottom line, the room should never have been offered to us so soon after treatment. The room is smaller than a cabin on a ship, the tiny shower is nevertheless slippery. The mattress is the type you get with a sofa bed. The hotel otherwise seems clean. The room has a balcony but there is no access or furniture and the view is restricted. It is a 10 walk to the station. The hotel gave vague and incorrect information about public transportation. The #3 bus runs half-hourly from the train station for 1.5 euros although there are an additional 2 buses you can take that stop closeby. She offered a bus to the cruise port for 20 euros. #90 bus runs from the train station and costs a mere 2.50 euros to the port. Once at the port you must walk about 5 minutes or so to the ship. The walk to the train station, can be done with a suitcase but may not be ideal, depends on your standards. We took the bus.

When I checked out, I alerted a male not to check anyone into our room since there are ants all over the bed and ants on the floor. He simply said “OK”. No apology or regret or any other comment. We spent our last half hour in the reception not wanting our belongings to be covered in ants. Since I did not see him move from the desk or call anyone about the room I asked him about this. He said he did check the room and saw nothing. When I told him I have pictures and two ants had just crawled off me onto the sofa, he said “What do you expect, its summer”. We arrived around 3:30 pm the day before, left our case in the room and immediately went sight seeing and didn’t return until after dinner so we used the room for sleep only. In retrospect, I should have suspected something was wrong as there was an odd sweet smell in the room, probably bug killer, but we were pretty tired and went straight to sleep hoping it was just disinfectant. Bottom line, the room should never have been offered to us so soon after treatment. The room is smaller than a cabin on a ship, the tiny shower is nevertheless slippery. The mattress is the type you get with a sofa bed. The hotel otherwise seems clean. The room has a balcony but there is no access or furniture and the view is restricted. It is a 10 walk to the station. The hotel gave vague and incorrect information about public transportation. The #3 bus runs half-hourly from the train station for 1.5 euros although there are an additional 2 buses you can take that stop close by. She offered a bus to the cruise port for 20 euros. #90 bus runs from the train station and costs a mere 2.50 euros to the port. Once at the port you must walk about 5 minutes or so to the ship. The walk to the train station, can be done with a suitcase but may not be ideal, depends on your standards. We took the bus.

We stayed here for a one night stop over before boarding a cruise. The hotel rooms very tiny and very crammed. The bathroom could also have been cleaner. It was hard to communicate with hotel staff as we only speak English. They also would not call us a taxi and due to our phone service being down we had to walk to the terminal with our baggage and 2 young children. Staff could definitely have been more accommodating and friendly. Overall, we would not stay here again, especially for the price!

The hotel is clean, everythiong works, the receptionists are charming, friendly and helpful. The breakfast is excellent. There is only one drawback: we were given a room on the main street, which is very nosiy with traffic. The only option is to keep the windows shut all night, and even that doesn't ehlp much. A pity: in every other respect it is a good place with nice people.