We spent a weekend overnight (sat-sun) at the Maritim hotel on a half-board package. ||||The location is very good, down by the harbor in the old town of Simrishamn. ||||The hotel building is from the early part of last century, but has undergone a nice restoration that has preserved a nice atmosphere.||||Rooms are quite small and cosy, however well designed and making good use of space. Sleep comfort is very good.||||We had ordered a set menu, four courses. Starter (soup) was excellent, main course (fish) was good, second course (bread and jam) was kind of strange and desert (panna cotta) was good. To go with the menu we also ordered a wine package, two whites, portwine and lastly Tokajer. Wines were very good except from the one coming with the starter. ||||Breakfast was very good with a variety of dishes.||||Staff was nice and informal.||||On a side note: The puplic parking is supposedly limited to 2hrs but at least during the off-season it did not seem to be an issue, the staff informed us it was OK to park overnight and we should not expect to get a ticket. So was the case. During high season it may be an...
Read moreA gem in Simrishamn!|We got a room on the very top floor (#8) with an extra bed for our daughter. Room and bathroom are very spacious. Although room is on the top floor and without air-conditioning, room was surprisingly very cool and breezy in the middle of hot summer days (they have ceiling window that we left open all day & night)|Breakfast was very Swedish and healthy with various options of milk, filmjölk, yoghurt, ham, eggs, bread, fruit juice, tea, fruit. |Dinner was apparently great too. We tried to book, but it was fully-booked for the two evenings we stayed in Simrishamn. Next time!|Will definitely come back!|Downside: No elevator, all stairs to the second floor; no parking (but parking space for max. 2 hours just across, and another parking space without time limit just...
Read moreVi kører jævnligt til Sverige på MC. Når vi er trætte så vælger vi af og til et hotel frem for camping. Det koster noget mere, men rart med en opredt seng og morgenmad efter en god nattesøvn. Vi havde ikke været i Simrishamn før, og der ser virkelig fint ud. 1.300,- kr. i ydersæson for et dobbeltværelse er ret mange penge, så vi ventede et virkelig flot og værelse. Vi blev også lovet en fantastisk udsigt, så vi sprang til trods prisen. Lad mig sige set lige ud: Vi er meget skuffet! ||Værelset var meget lille, havde ingen kogekedel eller andre fornødenheder af den slags. Sengen var ikke en dobbeltseng, men to lette box-madrasser som var skubbet sammmen, så de gled fra hinanden, så vi faldt ned imellem og landede på en redningsstige, der lå nedenunder sengen. Værelset var tydeligvis ikke bygget som værelse, men nok mere som redskabsrum og der var opført et klodset badeværelse inde i værelset som ødelagde den smule æstetik som der kunne have været. ||Den “fantastiske udsigt” var direkte udsigt til havnekiosken, og nok den kedeligste udsigt på hele havnen - men døm selv ud fra billedet. ||En morgenmad i verdensklasse havde måske kunnet op på den triste oplevelse med værelset. Desværre kunne morgenmaden ikke leve op til bare almindelig god hotelmorgenmad. Osten var ikke skåret og den var blevet kedelig af at stå. Frugten havde ligget fra igår og var blevet tør. Trods udvalget var ok, så var det ikke overvældende indbydende. Der var mange fluer i rummet - og det var ikke fordi det var ekstraordinært varmt eller at der var mange fluer udenfor, så de gjorde os lidt utrygge ved hvor alle de fluer mon kom fra. ||Vi elsker Sverige men oplevelsen med hotellet, og at vi ikke var imponeret over den ellers overordentligt velholdte bys service og restauranter iøvrigt, gør vi vælger at opsøge andre steder...
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