Carlyna Hotel Nice

HOTEL CARLYNA

8, rue Sacha Gutry, 06000 Nice
Tel: 33 (0) 4 93 80 77 21
www.int1.com/carlyna

This 2 star hotel is a good hotel to stay in if you are on a budget and just looking for a bed and breakfast. The average price is around €25 per person per night.

BEDROOM - I booked a room with a private bathroom. The bed may look rock hard to sleep on at first, but it was actually quite comfortable. There is also a fridge
(which was empty despite the sign 'MINI-BAR' on it) and air conditioning was provided (thank god!) Now the rooms look like they have not been updated since the
1970's and look like rooms from crusty old French films which had no storyline and could be used in a porn films with dirty brown wallpaper peeling from the walls.
But that was not going to ruin our stay. Even the television could prove no entertainment to us. All 11 channels were in French, so I kept it on a music channel
called MELODY (no MTV France here!) which plays horrible french songs from the 60's, 70's. 80's and some rubbish English songs! Oh my god, I was bored most of the
time watching it and shocked to see how distrubing the singers sang and dress back then. Nothing like the stars of Elton John and Elvis Presley! Only Celine Dion was
worth listening to!

BATHROOM - needs updating fast. Shower did the job, just. Toilet was in a small seperate room and was like a sauna! Olga didn't know how to use the flush at first. Enough said.

BREAKFAST - typical conitental breakfast with waiter service, with the usually, du pain, du bierre, du croisstant, jus d'orange, thé, café et du lait!
Filled a hole, can't complain too much.

STAFF - service is a little slow especially the first two days when the rooms wern't cleaned and we had no towels replaced. After speaking to the manager's daughter everything was
working like clockwork. Staff very friendly and helpful. No complaints apart from the cleaners who couldn't read the french sign on our door to say 'Please make up our rooms!'

LOCATION - just around the corner from all the main attractions in Nice and a 5 minute walk to the beach and old town and 15 minute walk to the train station and is also near the main
bus route to the airport 'bus 98'.