Hotel Bristol, A Luxury Collection Hotel was the third hotel we stayed in Warsaw and was the one I was most looking forward to experiencing. I have a fondness for the Art Nouveau era and this hotel is an Art Nouveau masterpiece. The outside is neo-renaissance in style and once you enter through the lobby you step back into a period of opulance and grand elegance.

Location
The building was founded in 1901 by Ignacy Jan Paderewski a famous pianist and Polish politician and has become a landmark building in the city. It is next door to the Presidential Palace and moments away from the Royal Castle in the old town, making it perfect for a romantic city break.
Check In
To the right of the entrance is the check in lobby. Iced tea is offer for thirsty travellers. I had booked my room through hotels.com (which I love), but I registered for the SPG rewards programme at the desk which gave me free access to the WIFI during my stay.
Rooms are through the marble central hallway and to the right. Original brass open-sided lifts whisk you up to your floor and I was rather in awe of the lifts.

The Room
We had a classic room (24m2) overlooking the central courtyard, the concierge did say those rooms were slightly darker around the courtyard and he was correct!

The room was traditional in feel, which is to be expected, the rest of the hotel is period style so the rooms wouldn’t be any different. It had a slight run of the mill hotel feel to it. I was expecting a little...