Hotel Olympia

The hotel is perfect if you are driving to Brugge, lots of free street parking. It is also only a 15 minute walk into the centre of Brugge which makes it great location. Very easy to find all the city sights and tourist attractions. Also the restaurants near the bus station which you walk past as you are heading to the city do 3 course deals for 17 Euros which is a lot cheaper than eating in the centre Markt square!

The hotel was very basic and quite dated. However, saying that there was plenty of hotel water and the rooms were warm and clean.

Staff very helpful and spoke good English (I realise this is a bonus but it really helps), room and bathroom were more than adequate in comfort and cleanliness. Good bar and comfortable lounge. Location ideal for station, longer walk to city centre but not too far. Parking obviously a lottery but we managed to park fairly close by and it's free. This is an obvious advantage over city-centre hotels where parking is expensive or non-existant.

Hotel's popularity with coach parties of elderly people can be a problem for single guests or couples, who can be swamped by numbers at breakfast etc. 'Double bed' was actually two singles pushed together, I realise this is common practice but when room is booked as a 'double' the bed should be made up as such. Kettle and tea/coffee-making items in rooms as in UK would be very useful.

Closeness to centre of Brugge, free parking adjacent to hotel.

Limited breakfast menu, no croissants/pastries.