Advantages: location Disadvantages: everything other than location
Don't be fooled by the pictures of the Temple Bar loftapartment, I stayed 22/02/08 to 25/02/08. This place is a disgrace. Almost 900 Euro for 3 nights in such a run down dump is a complete rip off. Boiler was leaking and tripping off continuously. We reported this but no one came to fix it so had to put up with the shower running hot and cold. All walls are badly stained, probably water leak stains. The kitchen has been badly fitted and in need of repair. The sofa is also disgusting as are the windows and curtains and all electric sockets are about to fall off of the walls. No batteries in any remote control and the speakers for the stereo were stained and disgusting. This place has never been cleaned. However the bed linen did appear clean. Do not stay here, its filthy and should be closed until it has been fully refurbished. ...
Advantages: Germany's capital and most interesting city Disadvantages: a bit too large, distances too long
Berlin*, Berlin,
Wir fahren nach Berlin!
(Berlin, Berlin,
We're heading for Berlin!)
(pronounced Ber-leen, stress on the second syllable)
This slogan has been chanted enthusiastically for ages whenever a German sports team made it to the capital for the last round, meanwhile it has left the confines of sports and is now even used by the Berlin Tourist Board for a campaign to attract visitors.
I've been to four Berlins in my life: when in my mother's womb I was in Berlin, then the capital of the Third Reich, from the GDR (German Democratic Republic), where we later lived, I visited Berlin once in the 1950s, a much smaller city then (only the Soviet sector), but still a capital, the capital of the GDR.
After fleeing to West Germany I visited West Berlin, not a capital any more, but no ordinary city, either, it had become ...
In April 2009, my generous self booked a weekend away to Berlin for my Germany-loving boyfriend to celebrate his birthday. After many hours scouring the net, looking at hundreds of reviews on a number of websites, I decided the 'Meliá Berlin' would be the perfect hotel. I was really impressed with the hotel, especially it's location. It was an excellent base in which to explore the city from and it gave us both a refreshing sleep so that we'd have the energy to trek around gorgeous Berlin!
The Hotel
Meliá Berlin is a very new hotel, it first opened in October 2006 and you can tell as the hotel looks fairly modern. I think 'Meliá' is a Spanish chain of hotels, as you will notice from the names of the bars and restaurants. The hotel is situated on the corner of Friedrichstraße and Am Weidendamm. It boasts 364 rooms over eight ...
