Steigenberger Hotel Esplanade, Jena

Great 5* Berlin Hotel

Advantages: Great value for 5* hotel, very modern, clean
Disadvantages: Air-con was broken down..

Just came back from our long weekend (2nd May Bank Holiday, 26May-28May) with 4 other friends. We went to Berlin with Easyjet; it was about £120 per person (a little pricey due to peak period) and the flight time is a little inconvenience because it departed at 6.30am, and check-in time is from 4.30am so we took the last train from London Bridge to Luton airport (about 1hour). We got there by 1.30am and slept on the benches for few hours. There are three airports in Berlin, which are Schoenefled, Tegel and Tempelhof. We went to Berlin Schoenefled with Easyjet and this is the furthest airport from town centre and to the hotel (Grand Hotel Esplanade), it took us about 1 hour. The closest airport is Berlin Tempelhof it would be about 20 minutes from town and 30minutes from Berlin Tegel Airport to town. Grand Hotel Esplanade is a 5 ...

roseycheeks 31.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Grand Hotel Esplanade, Berlin

If I Was Rich, I'd Live here Full Time!

Advantages: Lovely Hotel, Brilliant Staff and Excellent Location
Disadvantages: Not on a Backpacker's Budget

I visited the Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, WA in June 2006 to run a conference for work, which really is the only way I would have been able to stay there, as it is a little out of my price range (although most places are!). Certainly though, the price does reflect the quality of the hotel as the standards of customer care, both to business guests and tourists is absolutely excellent. The hotel has a long history, with a building in various forms (customs house etc) being on the current site since 1896. Through the years it has expanded, most notably for the 1987 Americas Cup defence, and now comprises 300 bedrooms and excellent conference/event facilities. In terms of being a business guest, my colleagues and I found the conference accommodations to be well furnished and with full support from a staff for whom nothing is any ...

staceyvm 18.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle

Excellent location but in need of redecoration

Advantages: Good Location, reasonable value
Disadvantages: Rooms dirty, terrible bathroom. Whole place requires redecoration

The Esplanade Hotel is a 2star in a great location right on the seafront with the shops and bus station only 5 minutes walk away. The hotel looks tired and is in urgent need of redecoration inside and out. It is an old building so there is a labyrinth of corridors.Our room was an acceptable size with a television and tea and coffee making facilities. The decoration was poor with the wallpaper starting to peel off the walls. The bathroom was a disgrace no natural light with just a shower and a minute hand basin with the toilet in an unhygienic position.I suppose it did have a fan.The rooms were cleaned daily but cosmetically. We still found dirt and rubbish after it was cleaned. we were on half board and it was waiter service. There was a limited choice on the menu and the food was quite reasonable albeit the portions were mean. They ...

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