AD | Novotel Poznan Malta review

Poznan is my favourite city in Poland and, I think, just my favourite city. It's colourful and gorgeous and so much fun, and so friendly, and not too big. We recently spent a week there, and we stayed at the Novotel Poznan Malta. So, what did we think?

Novotel Poznan Malta | location

First of all, the location of the Novotel Poznan Malta - it's near Lake Malta, as the name suggests, around a 5-10 minute walk from the water. This places it around a 15-20 minute tram ride from the old town, and around a half an hour drive from the airport. We got an uber to/from the airport, which was only around £7, and we each got a weekly tram ticket using the Jakdojade app. This cost us around £10 per person and was absolutely perfect, as we got the tram pretty much everywhere! The hotel has a large car park, if you're driving, and the tram stop is about a 3 minute walk from the hotel doors.

The location means it's out of the way of the city, more in nature, and has a real 'holiday' feel as opposed to 'city break' feel, if you know what I mean... there is a park, thermal baths, aqua park and more within walking distance, and you can hire bikes to get around if you want to.

The food & amenities

We had breakfast included in our stay, and every morning there was a large array of hot and cold buffet food from croissants to scrambled eggs to pasta salad to smoothies. Bread, cheese, cold cuts, coffee, cereal, juice, sausages, cheesecake, the whole shebang. We also ordered lunch and dinner a fair few times, especially when it was too hot to be going out anywhere, and we never had a bad meal at the Novotel Poznan Malta! Highlights included the Caesar salad, cheese burgers, pizza, and chocolate fondant dessert.

The bar was really well priced, given that it's a hotel, with pints of lager coming in at around £3.50 - bargain. The hotel has plenty of outdoor seating, and some indoor bar seating too, as well as sun loungers and hammocks around the small (but big enough and well supervised) swimming pool. I was SO glad to have a pool, as it got to around 33 degrees some days - jumping in was the perfect way to cool off. There is a volleyball court on site, too!

Novotel Poznan Malta is hot on sustainability; you can request no housekeeping in exchange for Accor rewards, and there is a cold filtered water machine on every floor so there's no need to buy bottled water. There's information about food waste to encourage you to only pick up what you'll actually eat from the buffet, and the hotel has their own veg/herb garden too! We were so impressed with this aspect, and definitely made the most of that cold water...

From the foosball table to the Xbox to the indoor & outdoor kids' play areas, there is plenty for little ones too. There weren't many kids there at the same time as us, but I can see it being a great place for a nice family holiday.

Our room at the Novotel Poznan Malta

We had a superior room, which was really spacious with a comfortable bed, separate toilet & bathroom, desk space, a TV, a wardrobe, a sofa and big windows. The one thing we missed was a mirror in the bedroom area, but it didn't matter too much. There was a coffee machine, plugs next to the bed, various lamps and lighting, and air con. It was a brilliantly sized, clean room with everything we needed for a chill week away in Poznan!

I'd definitely recommend a stay at the Novotel Poznan Malta if you're planning a summer trip to gorgeous Poznan - the staff can't do enough, the location is spot on, the food is incredible and the amenities are brilliant. 10/10 from us :)