Hotel Europa

When you're about to spend three nights in a hotel in front of a train station, in a medium-sized town, you expect services for a passing traveler, for a businessman. At the Europa there's that, and there's something else too. The location is great, the building has been recently renovated; the area isn't particularly safe, but a police car is parked in front of the hotel's parking lot. The rooms aren't air-conditioned, but most of them are quiet, overlooking the courtyard: they're spacious, they have excellent, quality bedding, on par with very large chain hotels, perfect internet, and a fan. Everything is functional, there are plenty of power outlets, the room is cleaned every morning, the towels are changed, there's a safe, a minibar. Perhaps there could be a kettle?... The parking is discreet and free, the included breakfast is very good, well above the usual level in Slovakia, with grilled vegetables, hot dishes, fresh fruit, pineapple, watermelon, kiwi; The coffee is very good too. From the steps, you have a view of the mountains, a certain freshness in the air. Not really a restaurant, only for special occasions, but a café, a sort of brasserie, open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., with a small, modest menu, with the essentials at all hours, in a neat, old, 1930s decor. And then there is the staff who are exceptionally tactful, kind, and who make you feel almost at home, very quickly. Everything is trusting, the waitresses in the café are more than helpful. Isn't it a certain perfection, precisely, to give this quality and this atmosphere to a medium-sized city hotel opposite a train station? In any case, these are true professionals who deserve all the recognition. The prices are reasonable.