In Europe the first floor is our second floor in North America. If you are thinking you can make it up and down one flight of stairs you might be in for a surprise as you climb to the US equivalent of the third floor.

Because the buildings are older they don’t have a lot of room to add an elevator. It might be a challenge to fit a wheelchair in some of them.

Be aware that we have been in hotels that had an elevator and yet we were still required to climb a few stairs to get to the room. If this would be difficult you should call the hotel directly to make sure there are no steps from the elevator to the room AND that there are no steps leading into the hotel.

Also, the main floor is the “zero” floor as shown in the picture.  That means that any floor below will be shown in negative numbers.

Smaller hotels will not have anyone to help you with your luggage.