Hotelik Elka-Sen

Szczecin


Sounding like a cure for indigestion, these lodgings have a location almost as strange as their title. A lift acts as the front door and rooms occupy a basement in the incredibly ugly School of Economics, itself next door to the local prison. The foyer is gloomy but the pine-furnished rooms receive natural light from half-moon windows, and bathrooms twinkle.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Szczecin attractions

1. Town Hall

0.16 MILES

Szczecin's huge former town hall is a red-brick colossus dating from the late 19th century. It now houses various obscure maritime institutions.

2. Cathedral Basilica of St James

0.31 MILES

Head downhill from the city centre to explore Szczecin’s 12th-century cathedral, partially destroyed by Red Army shells in 1945 and reconstructed in 1972…

3. National Museum's Department of Art

0.39 MILES

The National Museum’s Art Gallery resides in an 18th-century palace that formerly served as the Pomeranian parliament. It displays a collection of…

4. Historical Museum of Szczecin

0.47 MILES

Szczecin's 15th-century Gothic Town Hall, one of the most architecturally fascinating buildings in the city with its monster red-brick gable, is the only…

5. Castle of the Pomeranian Dukes

0.52 MILES

This castle is the mother of all Szczecin monuments. This vast, blocky building looms over the Old Town, but the square central courtyard and simple…

6. Museum of Technology & Transport

1.73 MILES

This surprisingly good museum 2.5km north of the centre has a fascinating collection of vehicles, mostly of Polish origin – interesting as today Poland…