OYO Hotel Miramar, Loreto

From checkin this place was a nightmare. There is no one here with a second language. The hotel is located in amongst a huge area of car breaking yards. How any company could consider this area suitable for a hotel beggars belief. There is little else there, except packs of yapping dogs that are never quiet. The parking is a confined strip outside the hotel and we were blocked in by other rude guests and missed our day trips. The place was quite clean, except for dust over the entire floor. The rooms are tiny with no water, kettle, or even anywhere to stand anything. The curtain rail is an old piece of plastic pipe. They do have a TV and aircon in the room. We didn't try the TV but the aircon remote was so worn out that we managed to get the aircon on heating, which we didn't want, and then could not turn it off again for about half an hour, by which time the room was like an oven. The bathroom is really just big enough for a toilet, but there is a shower and sink in there too. We had to climb over the toilet to reach the shower. Rhere was no hot water. The mirror is held up by an old boot lace around the light fitting. The real problem started at about 10pm when the unit next door started playing loud, building-shaking music. This continued until 4am. The dogs started yelping again at 5am. There is a tiny swimming pool which appears clean, but it's only there for a star rating as there is nowhere to sit or lie. One star at best!