Gran Hotel Victoria Córdoba — Hotel in Municipio de Córdoba

This hotel is part of the Amerian chain. So you are predisposed to find something in an international level of acceptance. Well, you won't. First of all, be aware that the entrance is on a non-car street. So you'll have to make some 50 m with your luggage walking. That is not at all recomendable in Cordoba City by night, specially in Downtown. But well, you get there. Where is it? Difficult to find! Just a door in the middle of the shops (and not of elegant ones, by the way). An ugly little entrance, and a small desk immediately appears, very much in the fashion of a cheap place. You start to doubt if you are in the right address... But then, once you checked in, you go on and pass to a spacious hall, thoroughly illuminated through a transparent roof, an old huge inner patio transformed, with glass viewing elevators, everything nicely painted and well done, and you smile, tranquilized. It's an Amerian after all, you think. And you climb to your room. And then your heart is broken again. Because you find an ugly, badly lighted, horribly furnished (things like those you give to beneficence) room, small, with a tiny window which opens to a wall and to darkness, so better keep it closed, and a small pre-historic TV set, and a heating system probably belonging to the Spanish period. You guess the bathroom will return your breath. It does not. A big and cold space, dark, old and sad. No bathtub, just a curtain (yes, that's so), and they leave you one of those floor dryers so you can (must) clean the place yourself, because taking a shower (only possibility) implies a Biblical flood, which necessarily, afterwards, dirties the floor of the room, if you're not able to fly. In order to get hot water you must exercise oriental patience and leave the water running for quite a long time. When it comes, it must be said, it is nice. Breakfast is spartan, even though that would be perfectly bearable. The staff is kind and helpful (they are not to blame). Check out times are rigid, don't ask for any extension, not even little ones, the Hotel seems very eager to earn money. Situation is all right, not far from the historic center, and in a very commercial...

The hotel was ok, nothing more. Check-in was easy and the desk were responsive to a couple of queries I had during my stay. The inside of the building is eye-catching but due to it’s age, also means the rooms are very dated. Due to the layout of the hotel, sound also travels pretty far and noise from other floors spreads quite quickly. I discovered this when I realised that school groups tend to use this hotel quite regularly, presumably because of the cheaper price. Breakfast was poor with a very limited choice. I opted to go without on the second day. The location is good and is close to the main sites of Cordoba, which I think is a very pretty city, although I also don’t think you need much more than a day here if you’re pressed for time. The main issue I faced was out of the hotel’s hands and was that the local council(?) and contractors decided to use every piece of heavy machinery going to dig up the road outside the hotel overnight (literally from 9pm until 5am) on both nights I was there. This meant limited sleep was had on the first. No major issues with the hotel itself but also won’t be...

I stayed at the Merit Gran Victoria for two nights in a single room. The room was pretty tiny with minimal area to move around in, but adequate and clean. Other reviewers complained about the noise but I didn't experience that problem. Maybe because I was there at a time the hotel wasn't busy, or maybe because my room was at the end of the hall at the back of the hotel. Amenities were adequate. Housekeeping was good.||||There's a good variety of offerings for breakfast. The hotel is pretty centrally located and most of the places you'd want to go in central Córdoba are within walking distance (considering the fact that Córdoba is a big place so it isn't like walking around a village). It was a plus that the hotel is located on a pedestrian walkway so there's no vehicular traffic going by and if shopping is your thing you can start as soon as you walk out the front door.||||Staff were consistently friendly and helpful, giving me ideas on where I could find a specific item and allowing me to remain in their lobby using their Wi Fi after I'd...