Maran Suites & Towers — Hotel in Municipio de Paraná

I stayed at Maran for 4 nights while in town on business. I had been to parana once before and due to maran being full I stayed at the gran hotel parana. I had reviewed that as 3/5 but after staying at maran I should have gone 2/5. I give maran 3/5. No issues at check-in. I had a room on the 10th floor. First some of the buttons in the elevator take a few pushes to activate, and usually the height difference of the elevator to the floor is off a by an inch or 2 so be prepared to step up or down so you don't trip. Also the elevator buttons on the floor is just a call button not an up or down button. So if you are on floor 5 and call the elevator and get in you don't know if the elevator will go up or down. It opens either way. There was awkwardness with some colleagues when they were on a lower floor but then were carried up to 10 when trying to go down to the lobby and the. I got on at 10. ||The room it's led was just ok. The carpet has seen better days and shows its age. I did have a sliding door and small balcony. This was helpful as the room was rather warm and only has central heat no AC. I had initially turned what I thought was the AC on. The "thermostat" just had an on/off switch and fan speed 1/2/3. In the center it looked like the temperature setting dial had been removed. I asked my colleagues and their rooms were the same. The bed was a bit hard for me, but I was able to manage. The shower was a bit small. The working desk was in an odd spot behind next to the door and trapped behind and closest/shelving area. There actually seemed to be a lot of shelving for such a small room but right when u walk in and the closet/shelving near the bed. ||The breakfast is ok, bread, pastries. Ham cheese, yogurt, canned fruit and dry cereal. A sign said eggs were available on request but I didn't notice anyone having any. Went to the restaurant the first night for convenience and had some overcooked beef. It may have been a fluke but there decent restaurants in town to try. ||I did go to the gym a few times. This was a 0/5. It was a small room with 1 treadmill that may have been 10yrs old. One bike and seated pedaller. There was also 1 weight machine. I'm guessing everything in this room was from when the hotel opened and all are lacking maintenance and in serious need of replacement. I used the treadmill a few times and attempted to use the weight machine. The weight machine did not work well at all and was not anchored. It is a multi-use machine with 1 central weight stack. It sounded like rust and sand when you pulled on anything. Not smooth at all, and the whole thing would move on the floor. It should be thrown away as someone could hurt themselves. Also there is a TV on the room from the early 2000s. ||To top it off, this is the weirdest thing. You'll notice in the lobby some jazzy music playing as background. I sat in the lobby each morning when getting picked up, and then upon return. One evening I was waiting about 15min for a ride to dinner and then my taxi for departure was at 1pm so I sat in the lobby for about an hour (actually as I'm writing this review). There is only 1 song that plays over and over and over in a continuos loop. It is a female jazzy version of Bob Marley's - Get Up Stand Up. Over and over and over....I can't believe the front best workers don't go insane! At present it has been playing for 35min straight and I have to believe it plays all day everyday. ||Also of note is that checkout is at 10am which seemed quite early. ||It may be the best place to stay to parana but it is only average for me and my expectations were set realistically ahead of time and this still came...

We only stayed one night during the under-20 world rugby tournament when the hotel was full of giant young men bustling about, so normally it would probably be more peaceful. The room was very nice although the bed could have been larger. The balcony overlooked a very attractive nice view - a wide avenue with well-maintained gardens leading to a roundabout centred with a very flambouyant monument to someone unknown to me - ie, not the usual San Martin..!!||||Although the room was equipped with a small kitchenette you wouldnt be able to cook anything much as it was totally unequipped with cutlery, crockery, or kitchen implements. The breakfast was standard South American fare - could be better - and, although for a change they had decent toastable bread (by which I mean thick slices) there was only one small 2 slice toaster for everyone to share. ||||The best thing for my money was the very high pressure shower - unusual in Argentina and especially as we were on the 8th floor. The tariff was 500 pesos but with a 10% discount for cash - ie, 450 pesos ($115).||||Although this hotel is in a very attractive residential area with beautiful houses and upmarket apartment blocks - sadly the area was very lacking in restaurants and the only nearby one we found was small, didnt display the menu outside, and didnt display its opening times either, although the nearby Howard Johnson hotel said 9pm - and this was a Saturday night...!! In the end we walked in drizzling rain about 3km to, and all around, the city centre and the big plaza but couldnt find a nice restaurant there either - seems they only have cafe type places and "resto-bars" as they are...

Muy buena la habitación Premium, la vista es excelente. Encontramos 2 cucarachas chiquitas: una en el baño al lado del lavatorio y otra al lado de la mesa de luz. Fui al gimnasio a hacer bicicleta y aproveché para llamar a mi madre por teléfono (84 años y no escucha bien), en seguida vino la recepcionista del sector a "pedirme" silencio ya que tenía gente en el spa. Me sentí incómoda y tuve que cortar la llamada... Posteriormente y estando en la masajista (elegí los descontracturantes de 60 minutos) escuché una conversación, con risotadas incluídas, que se habrán escuchado desde la pileta. Pedí limpieza de habitación y recambio de toallas y cuando volvimos había sólo un juego, por lo que tuve que solicitar el par faltante. El turno que quedaba para ese plan de masaje era a las 13:00 hs, pensamos que al salir podíamos ir a almorzar. Llamé 14:15 por el interno al Justo y nos dijeron que no, que la cocina estaba cerrada y que solamente nos podían ofrecer tostados. Bajamos y nos ubicamos en una mesa. 20 minutos de espera hasta que opté por llamar a una de las camareras (ni nos miraban!) y le pregunté qué nos podía ofrecer. Saltó otra que estaba en el mostrador y dijo: ahh uds llamaron recién? Ya está marchado todo, aquella es su mesa. Menos mal que pregunté. Mientras comíamos el sanguche, sentíamos el aroma de los ricos platos que llevaban a otras mesas, probablemente eran personas que habrán llegado minutos antes que nosotras. A todo esto, un nene gritando y molestando el paso, tirado en el piso. Lo digo porque pareciera que en este lugar es importante mantener el ambiente tranquilo. Sábado a las 00:00 hs volvimos y fuimos al restó para tomar un café y nos dijeron que no se podía, que no había lugar, que sólo si era room service... Bla... bla La pileta hermosa, el agua bien caliente y bastante clorada. Lindo hotel, linda vista, precios acordes, valet parking, wifi, calefacción, ascensor y accesible para todos. No confundan trato amable con buena atención. Si piden silencio, que sea parejo...