Allegria Hotel

The hotel is quite anonymous. You check in and don’t talk to anyone again. It’s not far from the city, but you’ll need a car. Lunch and dinner didn’t give many options, better eat somewhere else. When asking for a bottle of wine, the staff had no recommendations. The walls are very thin. You can hear your neighbours watch TV, snoring and talking late at night and early in the morning. During the day there is constant noise from gardening machines and at the pool, they play techno music all day long. It’s very hard to find a quiet place The spa was worth it, a massage (extra charge, but not too expensive) turned out to be wonderful. Also the kids animator on Friday was really good, playing games with them for two hours straight. The live music was also really pretty, but they should shut off the fountain, otherwise it’s hard to listen to it. The whole place is clean and not too crowded, although it could be if you count the many sun beds at the pool.

This hotel ticked so many of my boxes I had to review it. On my road trip to Bucharest I wanted an overnight stay where a) I could arrive by 7pm and still have a swim and get something to eat, b) charge my car and c) rest and relax. This hotel offered everything and more. I could park and charge my car directly at the entrance. Pool open until 9:00 pm. Generous opening times of the (included) dinner buffer until 10:00pm. The buffet was as good as a buffet can get. Very generous check-out time of 12:00 noon. The hotel is modern and the room was very big. And what's more: everything worked. No broken lights, no shower heads falling down all the time, no smelly carpet or squeaky bed. In Romania that is very exceptional. There was a minibar/fridge. Unfortunately no coffee at the room but easy to hop over to the breakfast buffet and poor a take-away coffee. Only two very small downsides that I noticed: I could definitely do without the loud music at the swimming pool. The tissues ar the tables are really not useful as napkins.