The Old Town View

The Old Town View Overview

You know what? The Old Town View really surprised me. I’ll be honest – when I first walked up to this 3-star place, I wasn’t expecting much. The entrance is pretty understated, sort of tucked between some local shops, and you might actually walk past it if you’re not paying attention. But once you get inside, there’s this warm, lived-in feeling that immediately puts you at ease.

The rooms are what you’d call comfortably worn – not luxury by any stretch, but they’ve got character. My window actually did have a decent view of the old town rooftops (hence the name, I guess), and in the early morning you can hear the church bells from what I think is the main cathedral a few blocks over. The Wi-Fi worked fine, which honestly is half the battle with these smaller places. One thing though – if you’re a light sleeper, maybe ask for a room facing away from the street side. There’s a popular café downstairs that gets pretty lively around 8 AM, and you’ll definitely hear the morning coffee crowd chatting away in whatever the local language is.

What really won me over was how the staff actually seemed to know the neighborhood. When I asked about getting to the train station, the guy at the front desk didn’t just point me toward a taxi – he walked me outside and showed me this little pedestrian shortcut through an alley that cuts like ten minutes off the walk. That’s the kind of local knowledge you just can’t get from the big chain hotels. The breakfast isn’t anything fancy, just the usual bread, cheese, and coffee setup, but they source it from that bakery right around the corner, so everything tastes fresh instead of like it came from some industrial kitchen. I mean, for the price point – and this place is definitely budget-friendly – you’re getting solid value. The shower pressure was actually pretty decent, the bed was comfortable enough for a good night’s sleep, and there’s this little courtyard area where you can sit with a drink in the evening if the weather’s nice. It’s not going to blow your mind, but sometimes you just want a clean, friendly place to crash that doesn’t feel like every other hotel room you’ve ever stayed in.

The Old Town View Accommodations

Reviews of The Old Town View

• Ryan from United Kingdom (8/10)

  Fantastic location, very clean and fair price.

• Barry from United Kingdom (9/10)

  Spotless great location

• Emma from Netherlands (7/10)

  The location was great, and the building looked old from the outside but the room was nice and clean. The breakfast options were plenty, and after asking, breakfast could even be delivered early on an exception basis since we were leaving early.

• Aleksandra from Ireland (7/10)

  The room was clean and the location was excellent, right beside the old town so close to everything. Breakfast was okay, kinda limited choice

• Dennise from United Kingdom (9/10)

  Easy of access. Suitable location. Fully equipped. Nicely heated.

• Catherine from United Kingdom (8/10)

  Room was lovely and clean. Bathroom was clean too.

• Barbara from United Kingdom (9/10)

  Fantastic location, very clean and tidy, modern.

• Sean from Malta (7/10)

  Its very central

• Natalie from United Kingdom (7/10)

  It was close to the areas that we wanted to visit.
  They did go over and above as requested for a birthday gift.

• Robert from United Kingdom (7/10)

  A Stressful arrival. Its hard to find the accommodation as we could find no reference to "The Old Town View" in the street outside, just a building number 3 – yes, you have arrived at the correct address!
  We got let into the main lobby by a resident passing and boy we were worried, it looks rough! We were still none the wiser as to how we could gain entrance to our accommodation or where it was as there was no one around to assist.
  I know younger people will probably take this in their stride, but we are not used to this system of no one being on site and messages being hopefully being sent via e mail etc.
  We wondered what we had let ourselves in for.
  I managed to get a reply from the telephone number provided from "Booking.com" and it became apparent that we had arrived too early (1330hrs) and that at 1500hrs would receive further instructions by e-mail.
  We had to drag our large cases to town and found a coffee shop to await these instructions.
  So my first point is that there should be signage and basic instructions available at the outside entrance of the property, at least so you know its the right building!
  From arrival of instructions on the email later on, with 2 door codes – 1 for the outside door and then upstairs – level 1 – to the accommodation, all went well.
  Once you enter the accommodation area for this company it is split into several apartments with a separate keypad entry.
  We were relieved when we entered the apartment – big sigh of relief – all nice, warm, well appointed and clean.
  We were facing the main road, being above this road and tram way, its noisy, but the good news is the trams stop at 2300hrs (starting at 0500hrs) and it goes much quieter overnight.
  The main plus of the accommodation is its central location providing very easy access to the centre of town and in our case the fantastic Xmas market and wonderful historic old town.

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