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 | Renaissance Brussels: "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed" said Papa Bear
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Our visit to the Renaissance Brussels started off on the wrong foot, it was our first truly bad driving experience in our 10 days in Benelux as the hotel was off most of the maps and there are so many darn rings and tunnels in Brussels. When we finally located the hotel and checked into our room, we had a Goldilocks moment, who's been sleeping in my bed?!?! We realized that someone had been using our room AFTER the cleaning crew had been there, a opened bottle of Perrier, a randomly tossed bar of soap, a used face cloth. When we mentioned this to the front desk staff, they offered to change us to a twin but we kept the room so we could have the king sized bed.
After those minor miscues, the Renaissance is everything you expect in a business hotel- professional staff, a pool and fitness center, overpriced breakfast (23E!!!!!), overpriced parking (21E), ridiculous charge to use the phone (8E for a short local call). But for $70US per night, it was the cheapest hotel we stayed in on this trip and by far the most comfortable. And when we went to pay for the parking, they validated the ticket but didn't ask for payment so obviously some of the rates include parking.
The Renaissance is not centrally located (ie near the Grand Place) but out in the European Union district where most of this type of business hotel is located. On foot it took us about 20-25 minutes to get to the center, you can also take a bus or the metro which are both close by. I got it by bidding Priceline ($70US, $53 plus tax) but could only get it for one night.
The room was extremely comfortable, especially after 7 nights of Ibis, Best Western and small hotel beds, I sunk into the bed with the goose down comforter and 6 pillows and didn't want to leave. Room has air conditioning but we didn't need it and there was no street noise at night.
The bathroom was stocked with toiletries and fluffy towels and the shower was hot with plenty of pressure and of course there was a hair dryer.
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| Renaissance Brussels: A great hotel near the EU area
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 Why can't I stay in places
like this all the time? by leplaya
The great thing was that we got upgraded to a suite, so in effect we got a 450 euro room for 65 euros! Just this made Brussels be one of my favorite cities.
The suite we stayed in had a large bedroom with a king-sized bed, 2 bathrooms, 2 TVs, a large living room and a large enterance hallway. The views from the rooms are amazing, and form our floor we had a pretty good view of the center of the city. There are many other facilities, but we were too busy exploring the city.
There is also a nice restaurarnt in the hotel.
The one bad thing about the hotel is that there is (at least there was as of my last visit - July '05) a great deal of construction around this area and it can be hard to walk around it sometimes. Theme: HotelPrice: US$180 and up » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than average
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