Clarion Hotel® Stockholm

Great hotel for a conference. The check-in was straight forward and the desk was helpful with orienting a first time Stockholm visitor to the surrounding area with a map and directions. Very convenient location to walk to many local destinations such as parks and museums. The room was smaller than expected, especially give I had a premium room. The bathroom was the expected size, the remaining space was smallish. It reminded me of rooms in Tokyo. The bathroom towels were first rate, very nice quality. Overall an acceptable experience.

The hotel was nice, modern and comfortable. I recently became of member of Clarion Hotels as I like this group of hotels that are clean with locations all over Europe. Room was reasonably big with all amenities one can desire. There was no iron box in the room and they asked me to go to another floor to do that which is silly for a Hotel this size. It hardly costs anything to keep an iron or get it over to you when you ask for one instead of expecting your guests to go to any other floor and waste precious time. Breakfast spread was ok but the live egg counter was not operational even at 7 in the morning when breakfast commences at 6 30. Croissants were also not warm. I liked the selection of breads. Hotel is located a bit away in the South, at least a 15 min taxi to City Hall or the Central station, even by Subway, though it is 4 stations away, by the time you get a ticket and reach central Stockholm, it will be 20 mins. Stanskull station is the closed to the Station. It takes about 200 Kr from The Hotel to Central station by taxi and 500 kr from Hotel to the Airport. If you have a light bag and wish to conserve, from the hotel take the subway to Central station, take the 25 min express train from Station to Arlanda. It is faster and convenient.

I stayed here for 3 nights and was absolutely satisfied with the room. Everything you need is foreseen. Clever use of space. Wonderful breakfast buffet, also for people with allergies. A pity the spa and swimming pool were not included. Very good conference organizers too. We were over 500 people and everything went smoothly, wow!

Found the room to be clean but unremarkable. Again, the faux thermostat left the room stuffy and warm. The morning breakfast buffet is a good size with much seating that it shares with the bar. Despite World Cup, the bar one cannot get a beer until after 3pm. For creature comforts left at home, there is a grocery store across the street at the end of the block. Many small restaurants nearby if one feels like venturing out. If one wants to explore further, the subway is at the corner of the block. Discovered that one cannot use a credit card to buy a transit pass unless ones card, even a chip card, IS setup with a 4 digit PIN. Mine was not so I went off in search of an ATM and found one about 4 blocks away. Only thing harder to find than an ATM was a money exchange. This was our 3rd country on this trip and the first that necessitated the use of cash. Depending on ones bank, my bank charged a flat $5 fee with a good exchange rate.

The hotel is nicely located within the vibrant Sodermalm part of the city. very conveniently located next to metro, busses and commute train. rooms are spacious and quiet. breakfast room is very nice with large variety. staff members are helpful.