The Carol Parc Hotel, Bucharest

LIKE: Fabulous interiors, very elegant and luxurious yet very warm and relaxed athmosphere. Very quiet and relaxing, makes you feel at home and really taken care of. They clean and make up your room every time they have a chance, i.e. changing your towels 5-6 times a day. Nice choice of famous brand name bathroom ammenities. Very nice and polite staff assisting you really 24 hours. Good restaurant - open for hotel guests 24 hours with candle lights and wood burning fire place, by live harp music. Good chances you bump into or seat next to some well known faces like guitarist Roger Glover, movie stars like Segal, royal heads or state secretaries. This is a true 5 star luxury hotel in all aspects. DISLIKE Very expensive, probably not more than similar places in Paris, London or New York, but this is still Bucharest... Not eassy to find by cab drivers who know only big names like Hilton, so you may end up with a city tour before the taxi gets you there even though the hotel is quite in the center of the city. Foreign newspapers are not daily available. They don't take Dinners Club. Don't have yet a gym but I made up jogging in a large nice park accross the street. Thomas Chennani - AL/USA

Great service and a real luxurious setting on top of a hill. My room had a great view of the city and the adjacent park is quite nice, too.