I had two reasons for choosing to book this hotel :
(1) It was a last min booking and being the Christmas season, there were limited options available.
(2) It had a reasonably good rating here on TripAdvisor
I have to say that I was greatly underwhelmed by my experience of staying in Room 150.
Bad points
• The windows in both the living room and bed room are inches away from an apartment where a local family lives. Having arrived on Christmas Day, it is hard to fault the family for having a family gathering and making that much noise.
• There is also near constant noise from the ground level. Every morning, garbage bins are dragged across the cobbled pavement at 7am in the morning and every night, the sound of people walking past and talking and laughing are heard with great clarity.
• Still on the topic of noise, when I was in the bathroom, I could hear the occupant of the toilet in the next door blow his nose. It was so clear that it sounded like he was blowing his nose right behind me. I could also hear every word of the conversation he subsequently had with his partner (I kid you not).
• Last comment on noise – the front door is also paper thin. You can hear when guest are leaving their rooms and walking past your door.
• While having a kitchenette is useful in theory, the lack of a sponge and dish-washing liquid makes it all quite useless. The lack of a kettle was something I was prepared for and a lot less bothersome than the lack of a sponge or dish-washing liquid.
• Toilet also had a few flaws : no soap provided (only shampoo in a packet), loose tile right in the middle of the bathroom floor, small section of wall rotting from water leakage.
• I had quite a few hairs drop on the toilet floor while I brushed my hair in the morning and I left it there deliberately. When we returned at the end of the day, we knew the room had been "cleaned" as the beds were made but all the hairs were right where I left them.
Good points
• Central location to get around the city (but with a decent walk from the Airport bus-stop)
• Spacious living and kitchen area
• Good wireless internet signal
• Good heating and air-con
Overall, I would say that I had a very average stay, not sure that it is worthy of being in the top 10 for Seville. If there were other options available, I’m unlikely to pick this place to stay again and I would only recommend friends to stay here if they have no other choices.
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC