This hotel offered me a choice: to swelter and suffocate like a chicken being trucked to the slaughterhouse, or to open the window and listen to very loud ventilation exhaust all night long. (The window opened onto a narrow utility shaft--see photo.) They advertise the hotel as air-conditioned, but when I came down from my room drenched with sweat and gasping for air, they informed me that the a/c was not turned on so early in the season. The daytime outdoor temperature was around 70 F, even though it was still March. I had to leave the window open day and night, sleeping with ear plugs as well as Bose noise-reducing headphones. That kept the temperature in the (otherwise satisfactory) room bearable, but the hallway was so hot that profuse perspiration was well underway by the time the elevator arrived. To add insult to injury, I was charged for minibar beverages which I did not consume; I had simply moved them under the desk to make room for some cheese, and moved them back when I left. I tried to explain, but was only given half a refund by the harried and aloof clerk sitting behind his noisy, whining computer. Probably the worst hotel stay of my life (three nights - didn't have time to look for another place).
