International Palace

Mmmmm, Having seen RAVE Reviews on another site, some of which, I have to say DID LOOK a " Bit Suspect" ( Veles was THE Centre of, The Trum (alleged) " dirty internet Campaign) thought we would give it a whirl. Super location for what we needed. I am an " ex-pat"( Brit.) living in Skopje so booked direct. Even with the " Cheaper" price as a result, was a bit pricey for Veles. Arrived where Google Maps said it was. Whilst The International Restaurant was well Sign Posted. Parked the car and took us 10 minutes to find the hotel! There IS a sign but faces away from the flow of traffic. Negotiate various stairs, NO HAND RAILS, and get to reception.. Receptionist more concerned with dealing with a problem her colleague had than checking us in. Put that down to we are " Local" and "used to it/expect it". NO information about ANYTHING/ checkout time/Parking blah blah. Ask about the parking " It is at the back by the restaurant".. Twice around the block having ascertained the Small Parking.place has a BARRIER ( who knows how to get that raised?) Park on the street.. The room TINY ( about 7 x 10 meteres perhaps) Shower room, one wall almost TOTALLY made up of a clear glass panel! OK, some sort of blind covering it, but not effectively. VERY WEIRD. As my wife said ( Very Macedonian this) " Probably one of the rooms they rent out to lovers here just for a short time". Shower room also LETHAL after one shower with the floor being marble and the water spreading over the whole of the floor. (Perhaps why there was an emergency alarm.Not labelled of course) Kettle but only tea, no coffee or even milk... Checked out 0930 hours ( given we had NO IDEA when we we were supposed to be gone) NO ONE on reception, found them drinking coffee in the restaurant.. Used the restaurant the evening we got there,, and again, probably because " We were Local" no table could be found and we got dumped on on the table, I suspect usually The Staff use. Staff were nice though and service good.. Although clean and looks super, NO WAY 4 Star or worthy of the price charged. Then again has a good location..

Newly renovated hotel with amazing rooms and great breakfast. It was located in the center of the city, so everything that we need was a walkable distance. The room was warm, bed was queen size, buffet breakfast with amazing variety of choice and we will be back again, for sure.

Very clean room with nice and new furniture. As a welcome I got a coffee and juice and the receptionist was very friendly and helpful. A supermarket is close by and parking is free throughout the city. The food in the restaurant was very tasty, huge portions and very affordable.

We had a group visit in this hotel where we stayed 3days, the only good thing about this hotel was the food and maybe the black interior design. Otherwise, the rooms were too small on the 3rd floor you couldn't open the wardrobe, there was an option to put a card on the door if you want the room attendants to clean your room. We did that but our room was never cleaned, even though all we needed was only new clean towels. Also because we visited when the weather was cold, the rooms weren't heated before so we had to wait the AC to work and sit down in our jackets till that happen cuz the AC was so slow and it was still so cold in the hotel. There is a glass window where you if you take down the curtains you can see the other one having a bath which is maybe good for couples but not for friends. And on the top of everything if u forget something in your hotel room have in mind that you won't have it back. I guess the room attendants are the ones who are immediately getting the things from the room so you cannot have a proof that they stole it. All in all this 2 stars are only bcs of the location, food and karaoke possibility because of microphones you can use for free in the conference room