Experience with Hotel Monopol was very good at the beginning, mediocre afterwards and quite poor in the end. Service was ok and the interior of the main entrance extremely beautiful -old-fashioned, yes, but in a modern way. However, entering my single room, the disappointed stepped in. It was old, rusty, cold and bleak. The water in the shower was so hard it hurt on the skin and I was also bitten by something at night - there were red spots on my skin (bed bugs, I suppose). I was happy with the free minibar filled with coke, juice and beer and also the breakfast was splendid. Breakfast room however needs to be updated: it was old-fashioned in not-so-nice-way. Overall, excluding the bites (of med bugs?) the experience was mediocre and the place was fit for a one-night-stay without any extra comforts. Price-value -relationship was ok (again, if I try and think that the red spots did not come from the bed, but something else not related to the hotel; hard to tell). PS. Location was perfect!