I was told that the Sheraton was the Best Place in Cordoba, and secondly there weren’t a whole lot of choices anyways. Here is what I found..
The car picked me from the airport on time, and in about 20 minutes I was at the Hotel. It has a nice looking exterior and a pleasant water feature in front of the lobby door. The lobby was pleasant, and the Business Center was an open space area of the lobby.
Check in was efficient and the English level was fairly good. My room was on the 9th floor in a Starwood Preferred Guest room, right next to the elevator as I found. Federico showed me to my room, and upon leaving, I asked him to send up an iron and board, as the room did not contain one and the laundry was closed on Sunday’s.
When Federico left, I took my first look around. The room needed some TLC. I suppose it could start from the not a few, but really numerous marks on the yellow walls. Next to the bed, somebody had put their shoes on the wall as well. The Fire Detector and Wall outlet covers had that ‘Aged Yellow’ look to them.
The carpet was old, and had been shampooed one too many times. It left my feet feeling icky walking barefoot. Then there was the bed, which was comfortable, but it squeaked and the top cover was a cheap brown polyester throw cover.
The AC rattled when the fan was on high, and you had to set the temperature a few degrees above or below your final goal temperature, or it GREALY overcompensated as in Arctic Winter or Heat Rampage. During the night, it had this pattern of Start on High, stop suddenly, then make water running sounds for a while, and slowly die off. Once it was dialed in, it did maintain the temperature.
The television was a 1980’s tube TV. It made the huge BUZZ when you activated it, but since there were 0 English channels to choose from, I didn’t bother turning it on after that.
The chair and desk were in the path of the AC vent. Working there during the week was a lesson in shiver/shake or turn off the AC and sweat.
After my good look around, I had to call the front desk again, as Federico never delivered the iron. Maybe it was a bad day. He did well arranging the car pick up in advance.
The bathroom was nice and marble covered. The water pressure was superb. All week I was turning the handle too far and ending up with a gusher of water. The shower curtain was, uh, cheap. It absorbed water rather than repelling it. I guess that explained why they had glued a small plastic barrier near the faucet outside lip of the tub, which totally failed to work. After each shower, the bathroom floor was a river and one stepped out onto a slippery marble puddle. I mopped the floor after drying myself each time.
The Hotel gym was large and had equipment in good shape. I used it during the week and have no issues with it.
The Hotel had one restaurant. While the service was good, the menu was a fixed point in time. It didn’t change all week, and I suspect hadn’t changed since the 1980’s. To their credit, the last night I was there, they offered a Sushi and Wok special dish, which sounded good, but it was the exception, not the rule to that unchanging menu. The food was always good, Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
The front desk staffs were always courteous, and spoke English well. The housekeepers mostly did not speak English, but were very polite as you waved your arms to pantomime needs. I was offered a towel each time I entered the gym. And then there was Broom Hilda, the Housekeeper I had part of the week, who insisted that you get ONE free water per night. Your other choice was the expensive same water brand in the mini-bar. I was in a foreign country and had no tolerance for bacteria issues from the local water. I paid the money for the mini bar water. Sheraton, please take heed. Your in the minority of Hotels who ration free bottled water to guests to keep up the sales profit margin. I am in one now in Singapore which provides 2 and more upon request..Free of profit margins.
The pool was closed for Argentine winter, and the tennis courts like they were no longer functional.
The hotel is not in a central neighborhood, and the mall next door was being gutted in part. I missed walking outside and exploring a city, but the location was mostly a residential area.
I’d offer that room 905 is to be avoided unless you like dirty walls, a flooding shower floor, and an insistent Elevator DING right outside your door, which by the way felt like Balsa Wood, and was about as sound resistant as such. Rooms in the range of 900 – 905 are in front of the 3 elevators and it’s the same number range on every floor.
As there is really no other valid option for quality on this scale in Cordoba, this is the hotel to choose. I saw a sign in the elevator saying the hotel was under renovation. My advice = start with the rooms please.
Room Tip: Avoid the range from X00 to X05 as they are near the elevators, which you will hear ALL night
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