2 Star Hotels in Graz

An excellent concept, this fully automated motel offers a great value for the money. The location is very convenient, with supermarkets and gas stations not very far. The drive to nearby Graz is simple and straight-forward. For the most part, the motel is very well designed, with spacious rooms and covered parking. The separate toilet/shower rooms are not a good idea, in my opinion, and there is no place to plug in a laptop (or anything else) by the table or bed. The lack of A/C would make it very hot in the summer, and keeping the windows open results in a lot of noise from the road. The common kitchen was locked and is located in an all-smoking area (Austria is backwards when it comes to smoking). The common eating area has a microwave and an electric teapot, but no water. However, the motel is still mostly excellent, with pretty good beds and towels, although thin and somewhat short blankets. Overall, a very good find.

I had to find accomodation for a 4 night stay in Graz for a conference. The Expedia listings gave me many hotels with costs for this stay ranging greatly. This hotel-hostel was at or near the bottom of the price range but I found it really adequate in all respects. While breakfst and wifi in the room were extra the cost was very reasonable. The lobby has coffee and cold drinks vending machines and a bar also selling snacks. There is also a small library here and you can rent bicycles. In the recreation area of the lobby is also a free wifi area and some internet monitors and and a phone and i.pad recharging facility. I like it that the people staying here include workers, students, hikers and other budget travellers. For me this is a more normal and welcoming place to stay than some multi-star hotel.

Good: 1. Really good breakfast (coffee, tea, juices, milk, cereal, different breads, spreads, cheeses, meats, and fresh fruit) 2. free internet in lobby 3. parking i only 2-3 euros a night. Bad: 1. its a Hostel not hotel - loud kids everywhere 2. beds are uncomfortable and have bed bugs and lady bugs (yes, found 2 in my suitcase when i got back too) 3. Hotel internet went out one night and they could not do anything about it. 4. we had an agreement for free parking due to some miscommunication and they agreed to give us free parking but every day when someone new was at the front desk they would ask us to pay and waste 30-40 mins of our time trying to figure out that we have free parking. We asked them everyday to document that and they wouldnt - hence reminding them of their miscommunciation issues and they never understood. every morning to get out of the property we wasted 30 mins as they forgot that we had free parking and didnt note it anywhere. 5. Bad location - outside of the propery (outside of the gates) it smells like open sewer gutters. 6. they dont mop the floors - in your room, u have to walk with shoes on or your feet will be sticky. 7. Not good value for money.