After reading good reviews here, I was not disappointed by the reality. Let me focus on the fact that we visited with my 89-year-old mother (her birthday). We had two adjoining front rooms with balcony (3rd floor) for three nights. An extra outside door on our own 'corridor' gave us privacy. The rooms were quiet, even at the front (the street was empty at night). Nice view (see pic). Thankfully the air conditioner could also heat, because we were there in January and my mother feels the cold. There is a lift (elevator) as far as the 3rd floor. Taxi rank is 100 m down the hill, or they will phone and the taxi comes in 2 minutes (and they tell the driver where you want to go!). Hotel is up a moderately steep hill but my mother was OK with her stick. There are some cobbled surfaces to negotiate around the town. We gladly took the hotel's buffet breakfast to save my mother a walk in the morning--and it was very useful to stop in the dining room for a tea or coffee at any time during the day we needed a break. We all liked the firm beds! Restaurants we liked were the Salinas Taberna (200m) and Cunini (taxi). Hotel booked Alhambra visit and Flamenco evening (without food, on their good advice); the bus ride to Flamenco is fun in itself, watching the driver negotiate the narrow streets. Absolutely the friendliest, nicest, most helpful staff--all of them--with good english. We paid a lot for the air tickets at short notice, but a reasonable room rate and a friendly phone call to the manager before we booked made us realise we would be happy and not in an anonymous big hotel, and so we were!
Room Tip: Don't worry about the front being noisy at night.
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6 February 2012
Dear Guest:
Thank you very much for your opinion in Tripadvisor and your kind words. We are very glad that your stay, and specially your mother's, was so satisfactory. We really hope we can host you again in your next visit to our city.
Best regards
Joaquín Tovar
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