Platinum Residence

In continuation to this, here we go.

You might have or might not have guessed that the city I just came back home from was Warsaw.

Visiting Poland was a very very good and different experience in comparison to the other countries I've been to. Eastern-Europe hasn't ever been a destination - why, I know not. Not many friends live in Eastern-Europe and my knowledge about the countries has been fairly poor, so they just haven't been a subject of interest. Until now.

We stayed at an amazing residence. Platinum Residence. Click here for more info and reserve via Hotels.com or similar for cheap prices!

The residence was:

- amazingly located (10min walk to the city center and 25 to the old town)

- perfect quality+price ratio (we paid around 55€ per night)

--> meaning the room (we got an upgrade btw) included a bedroom, living room with kitchen and a bathroom. 2 tvs, wireless internet, safety box, cleaning if requested, and all other necessary equipment that you could expect from a hotel/residence.

- the best part was the unlimited free usage of the luxury gym and spa, Holmes Place, which is located right between the Platinum Residence and the Hilton hotel. You can get to the gym walking indoors, and can also attend any gym classes they arrange.

- on the bottom floor of the residence towers there were restaurants and bars, also a medical center situated in the same building

- a small food store right outside the residence and a large one just a 5min walk away

- funny and friendly staff, really polite and helpful

We had a long balcony. View being not so amazing, as we were only on the 5th floor and there was a lot of construction work going on in Warsaw, especially around the area where our windows were located at. View towards the Hilton hotel, the Holmes Place gym and construction sights - with snow on the ground. The wintery view gave shivers, as we checked the temperature each morning with a statement of -10°C or colder. At least each day we were blessed with sunshine, that shone right through our windows in the morning. Was a good way to wake up Mr. Rise and Shine Ingarito!

The only minus that I can think of...nothing really. But don't order a taxi to the airport from the hotel reception. They'll order a super nice new Mercedes with a suited driver who will charge double the amount as a normal wave-to-go taxi. Yes, wave-to-go being a creative expression I just made up.

Though the taxi ride was warm, fast and luxurious - a Fiat that just and just goes forward would have done right the trick, too. With half the price.

Not to complain, though. As a Finnish person we surely are lucky to have such a good economy in Finland. Our taxi starting rate in Finlandia would have been the same as that Polish Mercedes luxury ride cost in total... So, ...yeah.

More to come...

xo

Linda