New rooms much more civilized than the last. The last were chosen for being right across the street from the parliament, near a church I remembered from the first visit, and close to the theatres. Turned out to have a Sbux very near as well. Which, if you consider it as a systematic means of turning street-level retail space into a means for sitting quietly with a book and some coffee, is not a bad thing. And doesn't weave you into the local mode of life as much as the seated cafes with table service--have avoided the latter in every country that I've visited, with very few exceptions.
I suppose it would be possible to have civilized quarters squarely in the center of things, but those sort of digs are generally reserved for those whose minds are not their own. Not to mention that the desire for such things leads to people gaining them as ends, not means -- e.g., new New York.