The Mercure Unririi, Bucharest
Miles to Bucharest
Time to visit a hotel and relax for a bit, as I head to The Mecure Urinii for the night. What does £61 get you in Bucharest for a night?
In this adventure
- The Last Gasp of Silver (or British Airways did us all dirty)
- Off to Heathrow and the wonder of Terminal 3
- Lounging around Terminal 3 with Cathay Pacific and Qantas
- BA886 London Heathrow to Bucharest Henri Coandă (Club Europe)
- Exiting Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport and into the City – Of Trains and Trams
- The Mercure Urinii – An Accor ALL Hotel
- A Nighttime Walk with an iPhone
- A Morning Exploration around Central Bucharest
- Back to Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport and the Visa Satalite Lounge
- BA887 Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport to London Heathrow (Club Europe)
- Two Trains, A Tube and a Bus to Home
- Silver retained. But a New Battle awaits
Mercure Unirii (Union) – An Accor ALL Hotel
Price paid €71.71/£60.64 (with Accor ALL discount)
Advance Purchase Rate
I’m continuing the tradition that hotel pictures are taken at night on this blog.
I headed into the hotel and was welcomed by the reception staff.
Bar area
My details and passport were taken for verification. With the passport returned, my rate was confirmed and no deposit was taken for the room as I was on a pre-paid rate.
Main welcome area
With that done, a single keycard was issued (a gripe of mine if I’m honest – I lose keycards more often than not).
At reception, there was also a shop area for snacks and things, whilst on the ground floor, there was a bar.
Reception Snack store
From there, I was clear to head up to the 5th floor, with my room near the lift bank. Let’s go in and see what we find. Firstly, the lift could be best described as “European”. By that, it’s tiny – good enough to fit two, maybe three people on a good day.
Excuse the idiot in the photo. Reflections are a pain.
Choose your room adventure.
And polish your shoes too.
We’ve got a nice enough room here, with all the mod-cons.
Going into the room on the right is the toilet and shower unit.
Perfectly clean, with bulk cleaning amenities available. Nothing wrong with that – it’s what’s we expect in most hotels these days (be it from the high to the low end, as hotels fight the war on minutue bottles, whilst soaking up the savings of bulk products).
The shower was reasonably powerful enough to wake a person up when I wanted to.
To the left-hand side, there were cupboards, along with slippers.
We love slippers.
The room itself was dominated by a queen-sized bed, with a chair to the side (and no, I will not use the alternative name for that chair… drag your minds out of the gutter… if you want that sort of spicy writing… convince me).
There are plenty of mains outlets near the bed, and around the room… all marked 230V.
I fear there is a story here that someone plugged a 110/115-volt appliance (or a few in), and there was more than a bit of smoke that emanated from the device. It’s a good reminder, as a lot of our electronic devices use USB-C for DC charging, or use adaptors that are rated for worldwide use (such as laptop and phone charges).
Just be careful with hair dryers, curling irons, kettles, massagers and so on. Checking the voltage could save you an expensive paperweight at best… and at worst, a fire risk.
Speaking of Kettles, there was one on the desk, along with a selection of tea and coffee. However, to the side was something a little interesting. Tourist-themed boxed water.
Plastic bottles can be so wasteful (and some countries actively make you recycle them through return schemes), so seeing an option which is easier to recycle through the paper stream is good to see.
Internet connectivity seemed to be good. The hotel has a hotspot that doesn’t require any authentication. Although coverage was spotty, depending on where I was in the room (with the laptop unhappy that I wanted to try to watch Gundam 00 from the comfort of the bed).
As for the bed itself, it was reasonably firm enough – not enough that you sank into it, but enough that you could bounce if you chose to.
As I said earlier – Get. Your. Mind. Out. Of. The. Gutter.
For me, it provided a nice enough base to rest, as well as to prepare for the morning.
As for the views… well, it’s classic architecture.
Check-out was a simple affair. I quoted my room number. With no additional charges assigned to the room, and the room prep-paid I was allowed on my way.
Overall:
I’ve been splitting my stays between Accor Hotels and IHG for some time now, as Accor has excellent coverage in Asia and Europe. Whilst the IHG options were ok, Accor seems to have a much better spread in terms of pricing and locations.
Whilst the location of the Mercure is slightly away from the centre of the action (and does require a little walking from the metro station), the walk is not onerous, whilst providing a comfortable experience in the hotel.
And apart from the slightly flaky Wi-Fi near the bed, it was the perfect night-stop hotel.
Next:
A nighttime walk, a supermarket stop and a parliament building
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