In 1859, bedrooms didn't have attached bathrooms, so when rooms from that era become hotel rooms, you have to make a choice about how to provide bathroom facilities. I really hate the choice made by this hotel for SOME of its rooms.
I stayed in the Marcella room (one of the "original" rooms). It has a toilet in one corner, separated from the rest of the room only by an old louvered room divider. The tub/shower is in another corner about 2 feet from the foot of the bed. There is a shower curtain on a rod suspended from the ceiling, but nothing separates the tub from the rest of the room.
The clawfoot tub has charm, but it could use a reglazing. I don't doubt that it had been scrubbed clean, but its interior was beat up, so it was impossible to know for sure. So a relaxing bath was not an option for me. Instead, I showered and ended up standing in a lot of water because the drain was slow.
NOT all guest rooms are like this, so you CAN avoid this problem, but I think the hotel would be better off not offering rooms like this at all, even as a last choice.This is a historical property, so I know that there are huge limitations on making changes, but surely there's a clever architect who could design something better. Something, maybe even a bedroom, would have...In 1859, bedrooms didn't have attached bathrooms, so when rooms from that era become hotel rooms, you have to make a choice about how to provide bathroom facilities. I really hate the choice made by this hotel for SOME of its rooms.
I stayed in the Marcella room (one of the "original" rooms). It has a toilet in one corner, separated from the rest of the room only by an old louvered room divider. The tub/shower is in another corner about 2 feet from the foot of the bed. There is a shower curtain on a rod suspended from the ceiling, but nothing separates the tub from the rest of the room.
The clawfoot tub has charm, but it could use a reglazing. I don't doubt that it had been scrubbed clean, but its interior was beat up, so it was impossible to know for sure. So a relaxing bath was not an option for me. Instead, I showered and ended up standing in a lot of water because the drain was slow.
NOT all guest rooms are like this, so you CAN avoid this problem, but I think the hotel would be better off not offering rooms like this at all, even as a last choice.This is a historical property, so I know that there are huge limitations on making changes, but surely there's a clever architect who could design something better. Something, maybe even a bedroom, would have to be sacrificed to make space for a real bathroom, but if you turned two bedrooms that don't have bathrooms into one amazing suite with a real bathroom, or something like that, I would think you could make up for lost revenue.
The transom window over the door was charming but it let in a ton of light, so if you like to sleep in a dark room, you are out of luck.
The property as a whole was neat. The staff seemed nice. But some of the rooms seem like they would be better in a museum than as hotel guest rooms.More
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