Generally this was a friendly little place which was a bit remote from the city when walking, but easy to find and close to the local park. Breakfast, included, was very good and the staff tried their very best to make our trip comfortable.
Only one member of staff could speak English and when she was not in attendance attempts to communicate were simply hopeless. We had a taxi arranged to take us to the wharf for a cruise to Listvyanka, but when the taxi arrived he wanted the equivalent of some $60 for the 3 kilometers. It appeared he may have been given the impression that we actually wanted to go by taxi the full distance to Listvyanka, the information regarding the boat trip having fallen somewhere between the cracks.... Nobody's fault, but even the resolution (we caught a bus for 12 roubles) was fraught with some doubt which nobody was able to communicate satisfactorily.
