Penzion Locanda

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Very Good
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  : Facility is facing a fairly busy street with street car, but the windows are good enough to muffle it for the most part, and the noise does not bother. For summer you don't need to keep them open, as the A/C takes care of temperature. My room was a bit tight in higher portion (being the corner of the gable roof), so for a 196 cm (6'7") guy half of the room was literally a 'no-go' territory. On the other hand - I needed a place to sleep and that's why I got. A place to sleep with a HUGE sitting corner bath and a fridge. Take you tea or coffee, but you got a kettle and mugs all right. AND the facility is on the other side of the street from the Brno Fair, so you got close to the facility (at least if it is not in Pavillion B, for which you have to walk around 3/4 of the circumference of the Fair Ground - and it is a BIG one - but that's not the hotel's fault). AND it has a parking - pretty useful in what amounts to a non-parking zone (actually called the Zone C, or blue-lined). Word of care, folks: take their parking, or else you'll have to pay for it every two hours by a txt message to the city, *throughout the entire night*. The Brno city parking system is super-hostile to the visitors: you pay only 5PM to 6AM (which in most European cities are happy-hours with free parking) and you can't pay for the whole night in one go and just take a nap, but instead you have to renew payment every two hours. Welcome to Brno, our dear guests!
  : Of course the accommodation could have been for free and feature a gold-plated WC with a mini bar fully-served by skimply-clad young ladies, plus involve cash handouts - which it lamentably did not, but other than lacking these I can't see any substantial gripes to have.

Fair
Traveller Type: Business Traveler
  : The location. If you are visiting for either something that is happening at the fair or the Faculty of Economics like me, then this place is a great choice. It is almost right in front of the tram line. Clean bathroom. The guy who spoke English looked like he was trying to be helpful.
  : 1. Communication is as poor as it could be. I have sent a grand total of 3 messages to the owner, but never received any reply. Including before my arrival, asking for the check-in time, or even whether my booking was ok. Another review mentioned that the guy said he did not understand how Booking's messaging works, but I think it really is the fact that he does not speak English. There was 1 young guy who did the translation, but that was about it. 2. The reception is literally in front of the pedestrian walk. This means that if you have a problem with the room, you have to leave the building on the public road. That, if they happen to be around as the office opens during a very very limited hour. I had no way of contacting anyone since apparently, no one monitored the Booking messenger anyway. 3. The room does not even try to pretend that it wants you to feel any comfort. Let's start with the fact that there is no visible electricity plug in my room (no 15, on the corner of 1st floor). Someone later came with an extension cable after I complained to Booking. The wifi code is printed on the keychain but no one bothers to tell me. There is an AC which I kind of hoped could work as extra heating (the only heating is the radiator in the hallway), but there was no remote. I only realized it after the closing hour of the reception. There is no table to work, only a low coffee table where they put the TV. The fridge was off, and there was a grand total of 4 mugs and glasses, 1 spoon, and 1 kettle. I don't understand whether they were trying to accommodate tea/coffee making but there is not even any place to buy tea/coffee nearby. Oh yeah, there are no groceries nearby so be prepared. The bathroom is clean, but for some reason when I showered, I felt some tingles when touching the wall and the shower head akin to electrocution. 4. Stale air because of the weird window placement, not so great sound insulation.

Fair
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : there is no breakfast
  : There is no breakfast and a ghost was touching the ceiling of the room effusively.

Very Good
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Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Clean room, around 30 min walk to the city center.
  : It is a quite basic place, there are no chairs or table. It could be good to add small things like a lamp and also fully cover the windows.

Wonderful
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Wonderful
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler

Good
Traveller Type:
  : Room was clean yet small but we only used it for a short sleepover
  : Not much privacy but you get what you pay for

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple