Hotel PURO Gdańsk Stare Miasto (Gdańsk, Poland)

It's a high-tech accommodation. You get an iPad with your room, which controls just about everything via the tablet. They are free to use as well. For example, with the iPad you control the lights, TV, heating, and more. It's a cool set-up and easy to master.

The hotel décor is cool and sleek. Very impressive to say the least. It's ultra modern, clean, and ideally located near the Gdansk centre, the old city, and the river. The lobby has that “wow” factor, the colours are beautifully matched, and your room card gets you free self-service access to hot drinks like coffee and chocolate throughout the day.

Hotel staff are a friendly bunch. There's no hesitation to be helpful and they offer plenty of useful knowledge of the area and where to go.

Though the hotel is high-tech and impressive, some things are somewhat impractical. For example, the glass transparent bathroom is awkward for various reasons. You can probably guess a few reasons why, especially if you are sharing your room. There's no privacy!

The area is basically a building site and it appears it will continue to be for the foreseeable future of at least 2016. It seems that the hotel is the first building finished, so all around it is rubble. Your shoes will probably get dirty going back and forth from the hotel and the windows face inwards towards the dining/reception area. No nice views.

There is no car access to the hotel entrance, much of it is because of the construction. Nonetheless, it's extremely inconvenient.