The Deirr Wakil is an over-priced place to stay. Worn out bedsheets with holes in it. Small rooms with red hot water pipes in the wall that make your room feel like a sauna. The privat airconditioners do not work. Only the location is superbe and the staff is friendly. But they can not change the fact that the hotel does need new furniture badly. The brand new four star Riga Palace Hotel does charge only $5,- a night more for a single room. And that hotel is clean, fully equiped and does offer all facilities that a modern four star hotel should offer. more