This is a nice hotel 20 minutes walk from the Parliament. Some noice related to the tram running from early morning until late evening. We had to recharge our room key every morning. This was a bit annoying especially because the front desk never gave any information about it. The rooms where big and nice. Cleaning was good, but check if they have put in some spare paper for the toilet. TV with English spoken channels and of course a lot of local ones as well. The breakfast was OK. You can ask for fried egg if you prefer, but do not expect that the waiter will ask you. We had some fun in the bar because the night porter did'nt have any clue about mixing even the simplest drinks. He had to ask us for help, bt did his best. All over I could say that the personel was very helpful and provided us with a good map of the city and a lot of good information. Do not expect that all speak English fluently. I could send my friends to this hotel.

I stayed in Armonia for a week in October. First of all the staff can barely speak English and are very unhelpful. They just keep saying: I don't know and then ignore you completely. And yes, they sleep at the reception area. The rooms are spacious and quite well equipped but very noisy: you can hear your neighbour snoring next door! I'm going to Bucharest soon again and I will surely not stay there again. They say it's a 4* property but they should fight for 1* strongly.

Well where to start: you make a reservation on the internet & assume all is correct when you get a confirmation. Arrive and find the 3 rooms confirmed become 2. get no support from the hotel in finding another option at all. Get over this hurdle for the first night on the promise that the next night the 3 requested would be OK. Tthe next day arrive back after business and the 3 become 2 again refering to the customer as a liar in relation to the promise of three. In the restaurant for breakfast the tables where left uncleared, the food was not replensihed and to top it off dirty water out of cups was tipped back into the water tank of the coffee machine. Having travelled extensively this could be classed as the single most rude, unhelpful hotel i have every had the misfortune to stay at. If i could have moved which was not the case due to a tradefair and no availability i would have for sure. My advise would be to make four stars one and stay clear of this venue.

Lo staff è molto cordiale, è un hotel molto pulito, ma la zona è una delle più vecchie di Bucharest il condizionatore era molto rumoroso.....

Arriving: Aeroportul Henri Coanda is small and not difficult to arrive to. If you havent booked a transfer through a travelagency(which I did, it is a bit expensive, but worth it), there are plenty of taxies and "service personel" ready to rip you off. Hotel Location: Calea Mosilor- the street is under "renovation", which means there is no street at the moment, and no traffic noice. Just take next street Sfintilor which has a small convenient store with very nice service, you can buy everything there. It takes 7 minutes to get to Univercity Square(on foot), where you can travel by metro, eat at McDonalds and enjoy the view of romanian building styles and infrastructure. In case the hotel has no city or metromap, you can buy one from bookstore located underground at the station. Continuing down Balescu street you will reach Piata Unirii- with shoppingcentres, restaurants, cafes and shops off course. Rooms: Had a very good room at the 3rd floor, very clean, big bathroom, sattelite tv, minibar and aircondition which worked fine. Armonia uses keycards, which does not work most of the time, so prepare yourself to exercise a couple of times everyday getting new keycard in the reception. The hotel offers breakfastservice in the room- just fill in the form and hang it outside your door- didnt work any of the days I was there, so you better check when you wake up and then call the restaurant and order. Wakeup calls did work 2 days out of 4. Services: roomsservice- call at any time. Restaurant and bar. Ohh and they have a travelagency there. Internet in receptionarea. Staff: Most staff was friendly and polite. I am sure they did their best, but remember if you dont have information yourself dont expect to get it from the staff- go to the internet. If you find the barman or porter to be sleeping in the receptionarea in the afternoon, it is because they are tired as the person in the reception explained to me. When asking for directions the answer will be: take a taxi. Instsisting to try the metro I was told to go to Victory Square(history and arts museum), which I did. Asking several pax on my way to find the museum, they just pointed in diffrent directions. It later shows that the museum is almost right next to the hotel*LOL* - so my advice is: prepare yourself. Transporting yourself: if you stay in Armonia you dont really need any transportation, if you like to walk. You can easily use the metro which consists of 3 lines- and it does not cost a lot of money- 2 RON for a return ticket. I will not recommend taxis, the rates stated in the taxis are not the rate you will get. And they know that you know that they are trying to rip you off. If you try to discuss with them they dont have a problem shouting at you and namecalling. Bucuresti: The city actually has some very beautiful buildings- the rest is communisticstyle concretebuildings. The city is green with a lot of parks. Big boulevards, heavy traffic. Sightseeing: Romania is not yet ready for individual travellers, but I was lucky to find a company who did tours for individuals. Had a "bucuresti in depth" tour- 5 hours, with good informationlevel and a very extensive visit to Village Museum. 135 RON(approx. 37 Euro), [--]. People: In general I think that romanian people were friendly, latin meditarrainian people with temperament. If they like you they are smiling - if they dont, they dont have a problem letting you know. Guipsys is a whole other category. Note: Religion does mean a lot to romanians- latin orthodoxs(greek orthodocs) style. "DOWNTOWN" is the magazine to get at your hotel, if they have one. It contains some very good information about everything you need to know when in Bucuresti. Romanians has no problem about throwing stones at gay-people, spitting at them or other forms of attack- it is beliewed that homosexuality is a sin. If you have a look at the magazine "Downtown" you will find several pages about adult entertainment- escortservice which is just another word for prostitutes- which must be less sinful than homosexuality I guess?!