POLAND
Krakow

Holiday Inn

The hotel
In the heart of Krakow's old town, you will find the stylish and charming Holiday Inn at only minutes walking from the main Market Square.
The historical part of Holiday Inn Krakow is the Parenskich Palace, now beautifully renovated and surrounded by a modern glass & concrete construction which perfectly blends with the old 19th and 20th century Cracow, then the capital of Poland.
Holiday Inn Krakow combines the unique blend of tradition, modernity and comfort.

Rooms
154 comfortable air conditioned bedrooms with everything you need, including trouser press and hair dryer.
There are 20 single rooms, 101 double rooms and 33 executive rooms in the hotel.
A plugin internet connection is availiable in the rooms, and there is a wireless network you can connect to in the public areas.
You'll find cable tv and satellite tv in all rooms, extra films on pay tv, a coffee machine, a well filled minibar.

Restaurant
The Bom Fogo restaurant is the hotel's own restaurant, in which breakfast is served buffet style.

Facilities
- Conference Rooms
In the hotel, there are six rooms which can be used for conferences, meetings and banquets. The largest available room is 206sqm.

- Mini Gym
With all respect, the mini gym really is a mini gym. One of the hotels bigger rooms was cleared and equipped with the necessary fitness items such as bicycles, [lopende band], weights

- Business Center
Right next to the lobby is the Business Center, where you can connect your laptop computer to the internet, free of charge.

- Underground parking
The hotel has its own exclusive underground parking.

News
In July/ August 2005, the hotel received it's 5th star.

Our experience
Arriving very early in the morning (around 8am), we could not yet check-in, but it was no problem leaving our bags at the reception desk so we could go to the Wieliczska Saltmine [link], and check in later.
Service is very nice and the rooms are super clean, well maintained and comfortable.

The spacious bed is definitely the best I ever slept in at a hotel, eventhough there are hotels that claim to have their beds made specially for them, or hotels that name their beds "heavenly beds" - on which you eventually sleep like hell :-)
A nice touch is the Holiday Inn pillow menu, through which you can 'order' extra pillows at the size, thickness and hardness you desire. And believe us, after a day in Krakow, or after visiting the nearby Auschwitz camp [TSR link] a glass of vodka and a rest on this bed is appreciated more than anything else!

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Ul. Wielopole 4, Krakow 31-072, Poland