You might think a hotel calling itself "Country Manor" would be, if not in the country, at least in a park surrounded by grass and some trees? That was why I booked three nights there, just outside the centre of Regensburg, looking forward to a bit more relaxation than you would get from a city-centre hotel.

But all the rooms on our side of the hotel were smack on a road. The hotel said all the rooms on the other side were full. Pictures attached show the view from our window. It wasn't a busy road to be sure, but there was traffic, even a little through the night. And there were a LOT of people walking up and down the pavement which was right outside, as all the hotel rooms were on the ground floor. Everyone walking past could have seen right in, so we had to keep the curtains pulled the whole time.

I don't think I have ever stayed in a room that feel so public, with people walking past, talking, whistling etc. And on Friday and Saturday nights, quite... more