We are currently in Greece and have been staying in a few different hotels. On our arrival in Santorini we had just one night in a hotel in Fira. I got up in the morning and took a look at the 'shower' and thought to myself, I don't know if I can be bothered with that! I forgot to take a photo, but I am sure you may have come across a similar set-up before. It was a tiny cubicle, with two half doors (i.e. a large open section!). There was a hand held shower that could not be attached to the wall. My husband decided to skip on showering, in the hope that out next hotel had something better. I gave it a go, only because I usually need a shower to help me wake up in the mornings. I was pretty careful and was only in there a few minutes, but I still managed to get a fair amount of water over the bathroom wall and I made no attempt to wash my hair. I've stayed in places before where we have only had a solar shower or outdoor shower, other places with just cold showers. One place where you had to push the tap every 10 seconds to get a burst of water and other places that only have a bath. When I was younger and went to Florence for a couple of months to try and learn Italian I stayed in an apartment where the shower was attached to the wall but had no curtain or wall or even separate floor area to the rest of the bathroom, so after every shower you would need to wipe down the basin and toilet and mop the floor! It's possibly a sign that I am getting old, but I consider a decent shower to be a holiday rental essential these days. Unless I happen to be camping, I would hope to find a shower that is attached to the wall at a decent (or adjustable) height. The shower should have a clean curtain, or doors, or a design that prevents water from getting all over the rest of the bathroom. And you should be able to easily adjust the temperature and hopefully be closer to the rainfall vs. trickle end of the spectrum. What are your thoughts on showers? Are you happy to make do on holiday, or do you prefer something more like what you have at home?
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