On arrival the reception staff were welcoming, friendly and helpful. The room however smelled like an open sewer. As it was late and we were very tired after a long drive, we slept with an open window all night rather than going through the hassle of changing rooms. This room should not have been offered to anyone as, although it had been cleaned, the smell was evident immediately on entering and would have been noticed by the cleaners. This made our stay in this hotel unforgettable, for the wrong reasons. I assume the other rooms must have been the same as I find it hard to believe that smells from the sewer pipes came into just one room. If the breakfast and the reception staff hadn't been so nice we would have given a 1 star rating!!