My first choice in Lomé was the Mercure Sarakawa (which I have reviewed also) but it was completely booked at the time. Since I had never been to Togo before, my acquaintances suggested the 2 Février as the next best thing. I was slated to stay at the 2 Février for a week but I hightailed it out of there as fast I could.

The hotel was built in the 1970s and, from what I gather, has not been renovated since. It is a 30+ floor building, built probably for a meeting of African heads of state and features an unusually high number of "presidential suites".

The first thing that struck me was the humidity in the hotel. Granted, it had rained on and off for days in Lome when I arrived but the hallways were really musty.

My room (a standard room on the 15th floor) was relatively spacious but it was a throwback to the 1970s also: bright orange carpet, a very old nightstand set up with pre-set button radio, an ancient wake-up call system, etc. The bed was... more