Erbil Arjaan by Rotana

Nine city

Amazing place

一般我衹有吐槽才爬上來 這次看到沒有國人評論 這個 Rotana酒店在erbil有兩家，巴格達有一家叫巴比倫Rotana。總統安保級別。erbil沒有過戰爭or襲擊，也同樣安檢嚴格，入口處有兩個持真機關槍的安保（確認了），在進入大門前會有另外兩個安保拿着小鏡子檢查車底沒有裝boomboom，會檢查後備箱等等等等，比機場更嚴格。然後進入大堂前包和人要過安檢。外牆是防爆的。我問了工作人員為什麼這邊很安全也要這樣，據説很多總統總理來都會住Rotana，但一般選擇另外一家，安保完全沒問題。 但要注意，如果租車去摩蘇爾，要詢問下司機是講庫爾德語還是阿拉伯語，我遇到的司機完全無法溝通，對方英語類似我説城門樓子他講胯骨軸子。讀音發音是最小的是，關鍵驢脣不對馬嘴很容易溝通失誤，我很難很難很難着急和生氣也被司機無法溝通氣到失語……… 我遞了手機給司機翻譯器頁面司機也不説……心很累……… 因為是找酒店訂的打電話回去給酒店他們並不能理解我要去哪裡……… 我立遮手機舉着地圖説聽我的跟着地圖走我知道去哪裡，司機就是不聽（聽不懂）15分鐘的路最後3個小時才到。 我不寫遊記所以自這邊多説一句，摩蘇爾幾個千年遺址被毀差不多了，當地並不保護，誰都可以去摸去踩。因為和他們無法溝通（主要是司機在裏面搗亂）我真的聽不懂……… 門口警察先説不讓進，我看出他們不讓進打算走剛轉身就被叫回去説英國好中國好然後説帶我進去但是不能拍照。看了幾個完全沒有保護措施的尼尼微時期遺跡（猜的）花費3分鐘，出門警察拉着司機説要200刀至少？？？？我？？？？以為聽錯了畢竟司機英語真的很差。打開了翻譯器給警察，這個時候他倒是害怕我錄音了。讓他***小孩來説，在翻譯器上説至少給他50刀幫助他？幫助啥？整個伊拉克從上到下的腐敗真的吐了，這幾個警察還拉着我跟看猴子一樣要照相。我不是窮遊的，也不是來看戰後戰區人們生活多悽慘的，也不回拍人臉，所以也拒絕他們要合影，當地人被拒絕也不會怎麼樣，警察們就很掛臉。後來機緣巧合認識了美麗國的embassy的小頭頭，從門後面幾天行程如履平地再沒被氣到過。摩蘇爾遺址的警察真的太太太太垃圾了，蛀蟲！！！！！垃圾！！！！！

隔音效果不好

極力推薦，埃爾比勒性價比最高的酒店

My visit to Iraq was, essentially, tourism, organized around UNESCO World Heritage sites but with a careful eye to security concerns. I arrived at the Erbil Arjaan after a 12-hour drive from Baghdad airport (including intermediate stops at Samarra, Hatra, and Nineveh), and I was looking forward to a comfortable room where I could unwind over the next three nights. Rotana did not disappoint. The room had every amenity one should expect from a 5-star hotel, both in the room and in the public spaces. Ms. Raquel checked me in on my arrival at the hotel reception, and she and other colleagues there were ready to help with any issue I had. (Evidently the dying art of sending postcard greetings from one's travels is already defunct in Erbil, because the question of where to find postcards flummoxed even Ms. Raquel.) The breakfast staff in the dining area was very attentive. And the attention paid to security was very reassuring. The one concern travelers might want to consider is location. The Erbil Arjaan is on an outer ring road -- a highway, really -- that is 5 kilometers from the center of the city. While the staff whom I have just lauded above was very helpful in arranging for a taxi to take me to the Erbil Citadel at the center of the city, no one at the hotel seemed to know, or at least no one advised me, that the Citadel was closed for restoration work. (I suppose sightseeing is not what most hotel guests come to Erbil for.) On the other hand, the hotel is relatively close to the airport and is on the edge of the Ankawa district, which was helpful for fulfilling one's Sunday obligations among the Chaldeans. By most accounts the Arjaan Rotana is the best hotel in Erbil, and at $112 a night I cannot complain about what I paid for such luxury. I'd happily return.