Favorite European Hotels

Florence-The nicest hotel that I have ever stayed in...better than even those in America. Not only was it air conditioned, but it was in central Florence so we could easily go back to our hotel and take a nap (which is what I did).

Amsterdam-A cute little B&B-like hotel on the bay of the North Sea. It was surrounded by this cute little neighborhood in the middle of nowhere. Great walks! This was a great change of pace from the actual city of Amsterdam. It felt more personalized than all of the others.

Rome-AIR CONDITIONED. This hotel gets a good rating just for the simple fact that it was the first one to have air conditioning...and after Venice it was a much welcomed change. I actually hugged and kissed the air conditioning unit. People thought I was crazy...it was a Gilmore moment.

Madrid-Like Florence, it was centrally-located and air conditioned and perfect for a midafternoon siesta (which we did).

Switzerland-a very cute little hotel in the alps! Great scenery and a very cute little balcony. I have to give it a low score just for the rude staff who faught us on a plastic cup.

London-Our first hotel was just average. It didn't have AC, but it was cool enough that it didn't matter. Fairly nice hotel and comfortable beds, but nothing special. It also took 30-45 minutes on the Metro and the Docklands line to get back.

Munich-Don't remember much about this hotel (or Munich in general), but I do remember 2 other EF groups were staying there which made for a crazy and crowded breakfast. The beds, like many in Europe, Germany especially, had down comforters and feather pillows! v. v. nice. Although most hotels weren't air conditioned so I didn't want to use the covers anyways.

Paris-An ok hotel...no air...And the window opened so far across my bed that I had to sleep upside down. And they messed up our rooms so we had too stash our stuff in two rooms and didn't get back until 1 in the morning...not fun. And there was another EF group there that insisted on yelling at each other from their windows at 1 in the morning. I had to get rough...

Venice-By far the worst...I cried when I walked into the room. The lobby was nice enough. Air conditioned. But after dragging our stuff up three flights of stair, I opened what I had hoped to be a nice air conditioned room to find a dump that was hotter than it was outside. Not a welcome feeling for someone who is already sweating. It was like a dormroom at the beach. There was no breeze...just hot, humid, heat...blah.

The good thing was if you didn't like a hotel, you didn't have to worry...you weren't there very long.