This is an oasis in a busy, often overwhelming city. The French colonial architecture, beautiful garden / pool area are charming (picture flowing white curtains and overhead fans) and the rooms are simple but well decorated. Breakfast was simple but quite good. The location is close to all the sites but not right on the river (it's near embassies such... more

The lobby looks like a Russian style building. Our room contained used soap only....no shampoo, hairdryer, Internet or other "normal" hotel amenities. The mattress was barely an inch thick, hard and ridiculous for a decent night's sleep. But, it made no difference as the Bar music above was so loud that sleep was impossible. And, the bar crowd stomped down... more