• traveled 13 years ago
Before this hotel, we lived for three days at Polonia Palace for 60 euros / day (Polonia is a very good hotel, you can read my review on it). But since we decided to extend our stay in Warsaw for another 2-3 days, and after the weekend the prices for Polonia soared one and a half times, we wanted to find a hotel a) closer to the old town b) with air conditioning (it was August and quite hot) c) cheap All three parameters satisfied "Ibis Stare Miasto".
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Before this hotel, we lived for three days at Polonia Palace for 60 euros / day (Polonia is a very good hotel, you can read my review on it).
But since we decided to extend our stay in Warsaw for another 2-3 days, and after the weekend the prices for Polonia soared one and a half times, we wanted to find a hotel
a) closer to the old town
b) with air conditioning (it was August and quite hot)
c) cheap
All three parameters satisfied "Ibis Stare Miasto".
It cost only 45 euros / day (for a double), with air conditioning, and the Old Town is very close on foot.
There are plenty of hotels for 45 euros in Warsaw (the same Metropol, around the corner next to Polonia Palacu). But with air conditioning, and up to 45 euros, and conveniently located to the Old Town - very few.
By the way, to say, on any Booking. ru and so on, it cost more. We found him on a special offer at accorhotels. com
Ibis is included in their bonus system.
So if you suddenly decide to stop there, in addition to booking systems, take a look at accorhotels. Most likely it will be cheaper there, because.
The hotel exclusively puts rooms there, apparently.
By the way, don't confuse this Ibis with another - there are at least two of them in Warsaw. The other one seems to be called Centrum.
Polonia Palace, where we lived before, is located right next to the Central Station (Warsaw-Central), from it to the station on foot about 500 meters. The problem is that it's on foot. With
things are not very convenient.
But from Ibis (a stop 2 steps away from the hotel) bus 127 runs directly to the Central Station. And it brings it right to the door of the station. Very comfortably.
And finally, there is a direct tram from Polonia to Ibis, which also bribed us. That is, we checked out of Polonia, took the tram, arrived at the doors of the Ibis, and settled into the room.
It took an hour and you can continue to walk around the city.
Since Polonia stands near the Centrum metro station, in other words, from Ibis you can take a tram to the "Centrum" metro station))
Accordingly, on the way (from the metro) you pass Saski ogorod (Saxon garden) by tram, through which, past the pond with ducks, it is very pleasant to walk to the Old Town.
Also from Ibis Stare Mesto you can walk without transport in 5-7 minutes of a leisurely walk to the Old Town.
You can also take a direct bus from Ibis to Lazienki Park (a very beautiful palace on the lake, the park itself, chestnut trees, alleys + a wonderful Botanical Garden).
That is transport Ibis is excellent.
There are also tram stops nearby.
If I'm not mistaken, the stop is called "Muranovska"
In general, look at google. maps. ru - there all stops are indicated with tram / bus numbers.
Next to the Ibis there is a modern skyscraper (on the other side of the road) - it has an exchanger on the 1st floor. There was a very good exchange rate, 4.11 zl, the highest that I saw in 6 days in Warsaw. But it’s still more profitable to pay with cards (the exchange rate for writing off zlotys is better).
Breakfast is not included in the room rate (this is a traditional problem of all hotels in Warsaw). But you can buy.
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So the advantages of the hotel - transport accessibility and price.
Now about the cons of the hotel
In front of the hotel there is a monument to the victims of Nazism.
His contemplation when leaving the hotel does not add optimism, frankly.
The hotel lobby and restaurant are good. Normal design.
But only there. But the rooms are extremely ascetic, to put it mildly.
The kitchen is so-so, but edible enough.
The main disappointment of the hotel is the room itself.
It's the same as eating in a restaurant.
Purely technical. To sleep.
Bed, open closet, TV.
Some kind of bench and a table-windowsill.
The lamps by the bed are rather disgraceful, attached to the wall, plastic lampshades.
The only plus is the normal bathroom.
It is also small, but very spacious shower cabin (semicircle, glass doors)
The bathroom is even good.
There is a hair dryer.
We were also given a room where the window was hung with an advertising poster.
He is certainly in the hole, but unpleasant.
However, we found a certain plus in this.
It was hot and the poster worked like a curtain - the sun did not heat the room.
The air conditioner does not accelerate quickly, but when it accelerates, it cools more or less normally.
In the room we appeared only to sleep, in fact.
Another minus is very narrow and thin pillows.
But the main thing - we found a room with air conditioning (it was quite hot in Warsaw at that time) for 45 euros!
With free wifi in the room, by the way.
The speed is average, and the need to enter a username / password every time is annoying.
Downstairs near the reception, by the way, there is even a pair of monitors with the Internet.
In general, for such a price (for a double room) - we will assume that it is normal. Although accommodation is of such a “technical” nature, I would say (just to have a place to spend the night).
For people 18-25 - I think it's generally excellent
For 25+, and especially for 30+, maybe I would advise you to watch something else.
For 40+ - this is definitely not a hotel for you (too simple).
At the same time, the room is quite clean, as well as the hotel.
And by the way, very nice guys and girls at the reception!
While exploring other countries, I stumbled upon Ibis hotels more than once.
In the pictures they are exactly the same as the one in which we lived.
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Summary
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I don't know if I will ever choose Ibis again.
But if there are no other options and it will be necessary to settle somewhere, inexpensively and with air conditioning, this is an option.
It's like McDonald's.
In many European cities, after 24-00 at night, it is the only place where you can go and eat.
And although I can’t stand it, you know for sure that at least you won’t be poisoned there, there will be Wi-Fi, and it will be warm / cool according to the season. This hotel is of the same type.
So if there are other options, it's better to go somewhere else.
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About where to eat
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T. to.
we didn’t have breakfast at the hotel, then a couple of times we had something to eat before going out into the city. They have lunches there, they have breakfasts for a fee. On average, something to eat somewhere around 10 euros per nose. There are some soups. Everything is edible, but nothing more.
They take cards for payment accordingly (if you pay with a card in euros, and then compare the rate, it’s more profitable than changing money and paying. So we changed 4.11 - near Ibis, and with a card - the rate was 4.15-4.17)
Not to say that the restaurant is a minus. but the food there is purely technical in nature for our taste - just not to stay hungry.
We preferred to eat in the Old Town in a cafe with a funny name for a Russian person "Zapicek", there are 4-5 of these cafes scattered around the Old Town. Including near the Town Hall Square, reasonable prices and cuisine (they have no dumplings, and the rest is very good). They take cards.
If you walk from Ibis to the Old Town on foot, then you will meet this cafe along the way.
In general, cards are accepted almost everywhere in Warsaw. this saved us, we ended up with a couple of zlotys in our pocket a couple of times, because it suddenly turned out that today was some kind of local holiday and the exchangers were all closed.
Without bank cards, of course, there is nothing to do in Europe, this is a fact.
But since we decided to extend our stay in Warsaw for another 2-3 days, and after the weekend the prices for Polonia soared one and a half times, we wanted to find a hotel
a) closer to the old town
b) with air conditioning (it was August and quite hot)
c) cheap
All three parameters satisfied "Ibis Stare Miasto".
It cost only 45 euros / day (for a double), with air conditioning, and the Old Town is very close on foot.
There are plenty of hotels for 45 euros in Warsaw (the same Metropol, around the corner next to Polonia Palacu). But with air conditioning, and up to 45 euros, and conveniently located to the Old Town - very few.
By the way, to say, on any Booking. ru and so on, it cost more. We found him on a special offer at accorhotels. com
Ibis is included in their bonus system.
So if you suddenly decide to stop there, in addition to booking systems, take a look at accorhotels. Most likely it will be cheaper there, because.
The hotel exclusively puts rooms there, apparently.
By the way, don't confuse this Ibis with another - there are at least two of them in Warsaw. The other one seems to be called Centrum.
Polonia Palace, where we lived before, is located right next to the Central Station (Warsaw-Central), from it to the station on foot about 500 meters. The problem is that it's on foot. With
things are not very convenient.
But from Ibis (a stop 2 steps away from the hotel) bus 127 runs directly to the Central Station. And it brings it right to the door of the station. Very comfortably.
And finally, there is a direct tram from Polonia to Ibis, which also bribed us. That is, we checked out of Polonia, took the tram, arrived at the doors of the Ibis, and settled into the room.
It took an hour and you can continue to walk around the city.
Since Polonia stands near the Centrum metro station, in other words, from Ibis you can take a tram to the "Centrum" metro station))
Accordingly, on the way (from the metro) you pass Saski ogorod (Saxon garden) by tram, through which, past the pond with ducks, it is very pleasant to walk to the Old Town.
Also from Ibis Stare Mesto you can walk without transport in 5-7 minutes of a leisurely walk to the Old Town.
You can also take a direct bus from Ibis to Lazienki Park (a very beautiful palace on the lake, the park itself, chestnut trees, alleys + a wonderful Botanical Garden).
That is transport Ibis is excellent.
There are also tram stops nearby.
If I'm not mistaken, the stop is called "Muranovska"
In general, look at google. maps. ru - there all stops are indicated with tram / bus numbers.
Next to the Ibis there is a modern skyscraper (on the other side of the road) - it has an exchanger on the 1st floor. There was a very good exchange rate, 4.11 zl, the highest that I saw in 6 days in Warsaw. But it’s still more profitable to pay with cards (the exchange rate for writing off zlotys is better).
Breakfast is not included in the room rate (this is a traditional problem of all hotels in Warsaw). But you can buy.
---
So the advantages of the hotel - transport accessibility and price.
Now about the cons of the hotel
In front of the hotel there is a monument to the victims of Nazism.
His contemplation when leaving the hotel does not add optimism, frankly.
The hotel lobby and restaurant are good. Normal design.
But only there. But the rooms are extremely ascetic, to put it mildly.
The kitchen is so-so, but edible enough.
The main disappointment of the hotel is the room itself.
It's the same as eating in a restaurant.
Purely technical. To sleep.
Bed, open closet, TV.
Some kind of bench and a table-windowsill.
The lamps by the bed are rather disgraceful, attached to the wall, plastic lampshades.
The only plus is the normal bathroom.
It is also small, but very spacious shower cabin (semicircle, glass doors)
The bathroom is even good.
There is a hair dryer.
We were also given a room where the window was hung with an advertising poster.
He is certainly in the hole, but unpleasant.
However, we found a certain plus in this.
It was hot and the poster worked like a curtain - the sun did not heat the room.
The air conditioner does not accelerate quickly, but when it accelerates, it cools more or less normally.
In the room we appeared only to sleep, in fact.
Another minus is very narrow and thin pillows.
But the main thing - we found a room with air conditioning (it was quite hot in Warsaw at that time) for 45 euros!
With free wifi in the room, by the way.
The speed is average, and the need to enter a username / password every time is annoying.
Downstairs near the reception, by the way, there is even a pair of monitors with the Internet.
In general, for such a price (for a double room) - we will assume that it is normal. Although accommodation is of such a “technical” nature, I would say (just to have a place to spend the night).
For people 18-25 - I think it's generally excellent
For 25+, and especially for 30+, maybe I would advise you to watch something else.
For 40+ - this is definitely not a hotel for you (too simple).
At the same time, the room is quite clean, as well as the hotel.
And by the way, very nice guys and girls at the reception!
While exploring other countries, I stumbled upon Ibis hotels more than once.
In the pictures they are exactly the same as the one in which we lived.
-------
Summary
-------
I don't know if I will ever choose Ibis again.
But if there are no other options and it will be necessary to settle somewhere, inexpensively and with air conditioning, this is an option.
It's like McDonald's.
In many European cities, after 24-00 at night, it is the only place where you can go and eat.
And although I can’t stand it, you know for sure that at least you won’t be poisoned there, there will be Wi-Fi, and it will be warm / cool according to the season. This hotel is of the same type.
So if there are other options, it's better to go somewhere else.
----------------------------
About where to eat
----------------------------
T. to.
we didn’t have breakfast at the hotel, then a couple of times we had something to eat before going out into the city. They have lunches there, they have breakfasts for a fee. On average, something to eat somewhere around 10 euros per nose. There are some soups. Everything is edible, but nothing more.
They take cards for payment accordingly (if you pay with a card in euros, and then compare the rate, it’s more profitable than changing money and paying. So we changed 4.11 - near Ibis, and with a card - the rate was 4.15-4.17)
Not to say that the restaurant is a minus. but the food there is purely technical in nature for our taste - just not to stay hungry.
We preferred to eat in the Old Town in a cafe with a funny name for a Russian person "Zapicek", there are 4-5 of these cafes scattered around the Old Town. Including near the Town Hall Square, reasonable prices and cuisine (they have no dumplings, and the rest is very good). They take cards.
If you walk from Ibis to the Old Town on foot, then you will meet this cafe along the way.
In general, cards are accepted almost everywhere in Warsaw. this saved us, we ended up with a couple of zlotys in our pocket a couple of times, because it suddenly turned out that today was some kind of local holiday and the exchangers were all closed.
Without bank cards, of course, there is nothing to do in Europe, this is a fact.
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