Grand Hotel des Bains in Riccione

Rooms small and old no separate shower. No English Channel on TV. No concierge, not up on restaurants. Many things that don’t make this a 5 star. Disappointing

Good:
- beautiful classical hotel with nice decor.
- friendly and professional staff.
- good and varied breakfast.
- small but excellent spa with hot pools, nice large terrace pool.
- central location close to the beach.

Room for Improvement:
- super small rooms (Classic Double); so little space you can't even open a large suitcase on the floor. room size totally inadequate for 5* standard.
- tiny dark bathroom that shares half a window with room next door(!). ok for a hostel, unacceptable for a 5* hotel. and shows the rooms were artificially cut in half to fill more beds into the property.
- very weak and patchy wi-fi signal. impossible to work from room.
- walls and windows are thin, so you hear loud street traffic and voices from neighbouring rooms, garbage people in the morning, etc.
- disco or bars down the hotel's street playing loud techno music until after 05:00 in the morning.
- no place to relax and read (lobby dark and uncomfortable, terrace too hot, so seating area around the entrance parking is the least uncomfortable alternative but not ideal. Some sort of shaded garden terrace or lounge is missing).