This is a Marriott autograph collection hotel. It is quite lovely and in a great location within Dresden. Upon arrival at the train station, we tried to get an Uber. None to be found. Uber DOES NOT run in Dresden at all. We took a taxi from the train station here. The taxis are located at the main entrance of the train station. Do not try to exit a side or back area of the train station, there are no taxis there.
Arrival: The registration desk is also the bar. The employees checking you in are also working as bartenders. Very odd. We asked if we could have a room upgrade. There were none, we asked if our room had a tub, no tub. We asked could we please have a tub, she said please wait, she made a call and we got a tub. Room 115. The hotel runs warm.
Elevator: There is a tiny elevator that says can fit 8, but it would be a tight 8. We have luggage and 2 more joined us on the elevator and it was tight. No keycard is required to go to the rooms, but the keycard is required for the gym. Odd. The elevator is very slow when there are many customers. There is a staircase available, I used it once I realized it was a staircase. The staircase is not heated so it was refreshing to go in the stairwell.
Room: It is a large size room with a King bed, really two separate bed combined into 1 and two separate blankets. There are two nightstands, only one nightstand has a USB-C charging port. There is a desk, TV, and a nice chair for sitting. Nice wall wardrobe for storing your clothes. Krups Nespresso coffee machine with pods. There are 4 coffee pods and 2 tea pods available. The mini fridge is packed with stuff for purchase, so it is hard to use.
Bathroom: tiny sink area with limited countertop space, but there is two shelves under the sink area to store stuff. There is a heated towel rack mounted on the wall. HOLY TUB! Now that is a tub! It is tub with jets and a light! The tub is huge and you can easily fit 2, but for one is a treat. BUT, the tub I do not think gets much use because after 4x of use, it was still spitting out down chunks of mold I think? Big brown flakes were floating in the water with each use. It was really bad on first use. The water takes forever to fill the tub to get the jets to turn on, takes roughly 7 minutes. And the water temperature fluctuates based on use of others in the hotel. The jets are very strong and rough and does feel nice after a long day of walking. I opened the windows to get a nice cool breeze as I was soaking.
Sleep quality: pillows were odd shaped and not too fluffy Andy's bed is hard but the hotel gets quiet at night and sleep was good.
TIP: Inside the Gallerie mall there are two grocery stores in the lower level. One is like a Rewe and the other is Go Asia. Great selection of beer, wines, whiskey, bakery, snacks, and typical grocery store.
Gym: You can only access from the elevator even though the stairwell says gym, you cannot get to the gym. The door is locked. Enter the elevator, scan your keycard and hit -1. When you exit the elevator, you see the locker room for men and women. Turn left and you enter into the pool area with seating. Looked shallow and kids were enjoying the pool. Directly in front, you will see the gym equipment, tiny area. To the left there is a door, the water station is there and then you will see some showers. To the left to the showers are two doors: dry sauna and wet sauna. The dry sauna was more popular, but i prefer the wet sauna. Both are not very big spaces. 5 could fit sitting only but you will be touching each other. If someone is lying down, maybe 2 could use the wet sauna. I wore my bathrobe down from the room. All guests using the gym walked around in the public areas wearing their bathrobes, so I did the same. The wet sauna was hot at all. I added some water and the wet sauna started to heat up. It took 3 rounds of heating up for the room to get hot enough for me to sweat. It was a nice treat to enjoy the wet sauna. read more