Cakabey Hotel

I booked and paid through Obilet, then got a message two days before my trip saying the hotel was full and the booking information hadn't reached Obilet. I'd planned my whole trip around this, so I had to change everything. I'm sure they canceled the cheaper bookings because they found someone willing to pay more…

The rest of the place was good, but the bathroom is very old and could use some renovation. The beds are really hard. I'm sure some people like that, but I don't.

The staff are very good, the location is good, and the building seems solid, with thick columns. It could actually be a very good hotel, but the rooms were terrible. They were very dirty and smelled of cigarette smoke, with no air conditioning or kettle.

We paid a reasonable price for two nights and one day with our two children, and we ended up laughing about it as a memory. But go knowing what to expect: they call it a hotel, though it feels more like a guesthouse, so you may not want the same surprise we had. The young man I believe is the owner was well-mannered, and all the staff were nice and helpful. The hotel is on a side street, you can't drive up to the door, and the parking lot is about 200 meters away on another side street. We unloaded by parking along the road next to the hotel, but it's busy and juggling a baby, stroller, and luggage was a real pain. We had a double room with a bedroom and living room. The living room had two sofa beds with worn, cigarette-burned sponge and awful squeaks. I rocked my baby to sleep, but he woke when I got up because the sofa squeaked so badly. The bedroom duvet had stains and hadn't been washed, and the sheets were old and torn. There's carpet on the floor, covered in dirt. Both rooms had TVs, and the bathroom had a hairdryer, but there was no kettle or tea bag. The bathroom door's oil paint was peeling, and we never wanted to shower. Shampoo, soap, toilet paper, and so on were provided, but we didn't want to use the shower. The radiators were off around noon in winter, and the power was out for more than an hour, I think. There were ashtrays in both rooms; one was dirty, like it hadn't been washed or burned, I don't know. Breakfast was slices of village bread, small boxes of honey and jam, boiled eggs, and cheese. I don't know what else was available to drink, but we ate in the room. The restaurant serves alcohol, which may matter to people with sensitive skin. I don't know what they serve, so we didn't try it.