Clarion Collection® Hotel Hammer

Hotelli Clarion Collection on mukava ja tyylikäs hotelli aivan Lillehammerin keskustassa. Betonilaaatikkohotelleihin tottuneelle kodikas puutalohotelli tuntui mukavalta vaihtoehdolta, jo eteisaula oli kodikas. Huone oli siisti, hiljainen ja kodikas. Kaikki pelasi mainiosti. Aamiainen oli maukas ja runsas, erikoisruokavaliot oli huomioitu. Henkilökunta oli ystävällistä. Jos Lillehammeriin osun toistekin, tätä hotellia olen valmis harkitsemaan uudelleen!

Hankala päästä autolla ja saada parkkipaikka. Todella omintakeinen interiööri ja look. Huoneeseen mentiin receptionista rappuja alakertaan, tosin hissikin oli. Melko vaatimaton aamiainen. Muutenkin ajan patinaa.

I chose this motel based on its reviews. We have been traveling though Iceland, Denmark, Sweden and now Norway, which tends to be pretty expensive. This motel offers dinner and breakfast for 2 in addition to the room. First, parking was easy. Lillehammer is a wonderful place and we parked right out front and is just a few yards down the street from downtown. The room is large and clean with a desk and other areas to unpack your bags. The dinner was pork, pesto, mushroom soup, salad and a shrimp dish which I didn't eat. This is not s Michelin restaurant but I paid $160 US for this place and the dinner alone saved us $40 or more. Breakfast was also wonderful. They also put out coffee and a sweet at 3-5pm daily. I truly think this motel is one of my favorite places I have stayed in Scandinavia and if you are going to Lillehammer I definitely strongly recommend staying here and would stay here again anytime.

We arrived by bus from Oslo and as it was an arrival before the check out time of 12pm, we anticipated that a room would not be ready for us. Marthe who was at reception suggested that we leave our luggage in the storage room to enable us to then explore the town. We opted to have breakfast and enjoyed the assortment of food which was being offered. We indulged in some “hygge” by having “fika” after an afternoon spent at Maihaugen. The evening meal which was a buffet was good with a selection of pastas, stew with rice or cous cous and salads. It’s much appreciated that “fika” and dinner are included in the cost of the stay. The room was clean, adequately spacious and comfortably furnished. We would have stayed more than a night if we weren’t part of a tour. It’s central location is definitely a plus and friendly staff added additional value to our stay.

This hotel in conveniently located in the downtown area. Easy to find restaurants and many cute shops on that street. The room is simple but comfortable. The shower is on the smaller size. There is no refrigerator in the room. The breakfast was very standard.