The rooms were basic but clean. The hotel staff were nice and helpful enough despite their limited English capacity. The hotel itself is located rather far from the city center, but it can be quite easily reached with the 184 bus, which stops directly in front of the hotel. Also, there was a restaurant next to the hotel that serves... More

If you're looking for a simple place to rest your head after long days traversing Krakow, this is a very affordable option. The rooms were relatively spacious and the bedding comfortable. The bathroom could have used a bit of renovation, but efforts have clearly been made to refresh it and it is certainly clean. The building is a bit old,... More

We stayed here because we were headed to the Salt Mines early the next day. It is a good location for that, but it wasn't anywhere interesting. We went into the local grocery store and we were definitely a novelty attraction to the local people. We stayed in the old part of the hotel because it was SO cheap, but... More

Typical old-style "akademik" (college dormitory), sufficient for shorter stay. No kitchen facilities (kettle in a room). Shower and toilet accompany single room. Quite far from a city centre, Wawel and Old Town. It takes about 15 minutes by bus to get there. On the other hand - the location is good if you want to sleep well. Optima is situated... More

Welcome to Warsaw Pact. The door to my room needs to be replaced - the bottom of it is tearing apart. Make your own bed. A pillow almost as big as half of the bed - was I supposed to fold it in half? I've reported a noisy pipe (going off when people next door were washing) - they promised... More

I took my severely disabled daughter to meet friends. We stayed at this hotel for 4 days to start with, then returned for another night on way back to Krakow airport. Although I spoke no Polish, and the staff spoke no or little English, we were with Polish friends. The hotel is basic, clean and very helpful, they alwasy asked... More

I expected to see an old communist building without any real management but I was nicely surprised when we arrived there. The only problem for some travelers who do not speak/understand Russian could be the night shift at the reception desk - an old and nice guy who's not good at English but speaks some German and a LOT of... More

Hello everybody, I've just returned from a visit to the city of Krakow in Poland. After due consultation of the 'Trip Advisor' and other internet hotel review sites I elected to stay at the Hotel Osrodek Hotelowy Optima located at ul.Malboroska 65 in the suburbs south of Krakow which is by my estimation is about some four miles away from... More

We have just returned from w short trip to Cracow and Zakopane. We had a lovely time in both places and they're both well recommended for a short city break. However our impressions after staying in Optima were not all positive. Optima hotel is well signed on the way if you're going by car. We also had a warm welcome... More