Pension Haus Diefenbach in Heimbach

I booked the one person budget room for two nights for €59/night incl. breakfast.

Starting of with the positive: the host was a very kind person and the location was great to get to all places around Eifel from. I had my roadbike and walking shoes and had a very active weekend.

The negative: every time I entered the room, the smell hit me hard. It's a weird smell between wet dog and 100 years of people sweat ingrained in the carpet. It was bad enough that I thought about leaving during night one, but I got sort of used to it after spraying parfume and then finally falling asleep. I thought about complaining, but read in the booking.com reviews that this was a problem in more rooms, so it felt useless to do so. Late at night I also found a bloodstain on the back of my pillowcase that definitely should have seen by the housekeeping during room set up as it was very visible. The host solved that quickly next morning, but I still had to sleep on that for a night.

All in all I would definitely not rebook and also would advice against staying here. I didn't find the place especially cheap and thinking back of the smell makes me a little bit sick. I don't believe the owners do not smell this and I think it's quite bothersome that nothing is done about it. One star despite the positives because for me the smell of the room took away all comfort of staying at a hotel.