Phoenix hotel copenhagen (Phoenix Copenhagen)

Member Name: mtpatton

Product:	Phoenix Copenhagen
Date:	04/05/09 (135 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap deals if booked early, 4 star luxuary

Disadvantages: smallish room

So here we are traveling the globe and the Scandinavian is without doubt the most expensive for hostels and we were really struggling to find a hostel in central Copenhagen until my girlfriend stumbled upon this excellent hotel which worked out to be only a couple of pounds more expensive then the hostels in the area - but this one has of course a four star luxury status!

Hotel Phoenix Copenhagen has 213 rooms and suites elegantly furnished with inspiration from the old Medieval French era. This hotel is part of the Arp-Hansen Hotel Group which consists of 9 privately owned hotels in Copenhagen.

The hotel is within easy walking distance of the city centre and of course a local metro stop which connects directly to the local airport. We made the short journey and located the street that the hostel was on easily. The hotel stood out on this quiet street as we arrived at 9pm and there was no one walking the streets and only one building as lit up - this was the phoenix.

The hotel entrance is grand with a water feature in the middle of reception and its have loads of old paintings hanging on the walls. We were greeted on reception by an extremely helpful guy who spoke fluent English. We were instantly shown to our room. However despite following the directions it was impossible not to get lost in the tight corridors of the hotel.

My only criticism is probably the size of the room as we two of us sharing we barely had room to fit all of our bags and be able to walk round the bed. Although of course for the amount of oney we paid I was always expecting to get a smallish room. The room was fitted with a reasonable sized tv which had around 15 channels and a couple of ones which were in English (although we preferred to watch the Eurovision dancing contest hoping that the Danish voice over would sound as funny as Mr Wogan).The room was also ensuite and had a nicely sized bath in the bathroom which after only having showers for a month was luxury in itself. The room also had a reasonably priced minibar. The bed in the room was extremely comfy and is equipped with 2 single duvets,a bit like sleeping sacks which was quite novel at the time but turns out to be common place in the area. Also there wasn't tea and coffee making facilities in the room which was a bit disappointing

Breakfast was included in the price of the room and we more then stocked up on bacon, sausage and scrambled while also enjoying the plentiful supply of fruit juice, Danish pastries (of course) and cereals. This was a real bonus as this meant that we could easily eat breakfest and then not have to eat again until early evening as you could eat lots. Breakfest is served in an underground location where there is also a bar and two restaurants. These are reasonably priced for Copenhagen but fall outside our budget.

The hotel has free internet access as well which is vitally important for our travels plans. The hotel also offers loads of facilities like dry cleaning, 24 hour reception, Room service, This hotel cost us 450 Danish Kroner when we booked this. This worked out to be just over £50, this was for a two night stay over. A hostel would have worked out to be £40, this is also for the cheapest hostel, which for the difference is price it is not worth arguing.

Overall this is an extremely good hotel which oozes class and is worthy of its 4 star status, which we were able to afford by booking early via the companys website (http://www.phoenixcopenhagen.com/) and was an enjoyable part of our trip.

Summary: A great place to stay for a hostel price