Which Cities Have the Dirtiest (and Cleanest) Hotels?

Booking engine hotel.info ranked destinations around the world by the cleanliness of their accommodations.

Hotel.info is dishing the dirt. The accommodations booking portal recently announced the cities with the filthiest and cleanest hotel rooms based on reviews guests left on the site. “The hoteliers in Tokyo come out very well in comparison with other large cities in an international survey,” read a portion of the press release. “Guests in Warsaw could also eat their food from the floor.”

While the survey found that the most spotless hotel rooms are located in Tokyo, Warsaw and Seoul, topping the list of cities with grimy accommodations are Rio de Janeiro, London and Oslo. Despite Brazil’s attempts to clean up its image for the 2014 World Cup, Rio and Sao Paulo both scored considerably worse this year than in 2013.

Based on 6 million reviews, here are the rankings from 0 to 10, with 10 being the best for clean locations and the worst for dirty locations:

The 10 Cleanest Cities

1. Tokyo 8.93
2. Warsaw 8.76
3. Seoul 8.73
4. Bratislava 8.54
5. Sofia 8.54
6. Moscow 8.45
7. Lisbon 8.41
8. Helsinki 8.40
9. Bangkok 8.36
10. Bern 8.35

The 10 Dirtiest Cities

1. Rio de Janeiro 7.29
2. London 7.52
3. Oslo 7.53
4. Amsterdam 7.58
5. Copenhagen 7.60
6. Paris 7.63
7. Athens 7.68
8. Sao Paulo 7.69
9. Brussels 7.71
10. Kiev 7.71

Hotel.info, which provides booking services for 250,000 establishments worldwide, offers travelers the following advice: “Should the room occupant actually find lipstick on the pillow or dirty mirrors in the bathroom and only risk using the shower with their shoes on then the first step is to speak with the hotel staff or the local representative of their tour operator. The traveler should remain polite but firm and request that the shortcomings be corrected immediately or that they be permitted to move to another room.”

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