Quality Hotel Strand Gjovik

Gjorvik is a nice place to stay for a few days, rather close to Lillehammer, The hotel staff was unpleasant, the room was small and not really clean. The website advertised a nice view on the lake, but we found that they were building an new annex to the hotel in front of the lake. As a result, we got no view, but enjoyed the melodious noise of building works as from 7 a.m. The hotel seems to be proud of its very modern design. True indeed, but then nothing is really practical: you end up looking desesperately for a place in the room for your suitecase, you bump your head on the very strangely placed bedside lamp every time you get up from your bed, the washbasin has a very nice and original shape, but then you get all the water on your feet if your try to use it. We booked for two night, and left after only one.

front office staff very helpful, expedient wireless did not work from my room location, parking is a bit tricky to understand around hotel.

Nice location in a beautiful place in Norway. For some the spa-facilities would be nice, but I didn't use those. The rooms were not clean (stains on wall). We stayed two nights, but the room was not cleaned from one day to the other. If you bring kids and stays in weekends, demand a room facing away from the mainstreet. The disco and mad driving from locals will keep you awake. When we stayed there, the parking space were closed. It's possible to find cheap parking places near the hotel, but we were informed of this in the reception, not on the webpage, so we ended up staying at the expensive place. If you stay there: Ask for the cheap places before you park. And by the way: Some "cool designer" has decided that the drain in the bathroom is placed in the middle of the floor, with the result that all the water from the shower flows away and on floor.

A lot of cups and plates in the restaurant were quite dirty.. a dishwasher problem or.. structural?