Gijon was our second stop on our week long tour of Northern Spain. I booked the hotel directly from their website and chose thier Asturian Weekend package which included half board.

The hotel is situated at the easten edge of the main beach - a good mile from the centre of town and quite a trek if it is a cold and foggy evening in Asturias, as it often is in October. The carpark is underneath the hotel and attracted the standard EUR12/night that every hotel appears to charge in Northern Spain. The room was as one would expect from an "international" 4-star hotel. They charged for internet access, making it more expensive as a package than our 5* hotel in Aviles.

The meal in the restaurant was excellent, despite our trepidation about being almost the only people there. Breaskfast was also generous and varied.

The pool was closed as it was off season. In fact a lot of Gijon was closed as it was off season. We found good bars and good eating in the Old Town but we felt it to be the least successful stop on our tour as we ran out of things to do.

I suspect that the hotel is very different when Gijon is more alive. I would only recommend staying one night in the off season as we found more attractive town/villages down the coast that probably deserved a bit more attention.

I stayed in the Abba Playa Hotel for 2 nights and had a very enjoyable stay.Even though i checked in at 11.45pm i was still made to feel very welcome by the check-in clerk.
The room was very nice,comfortable and clean.The room had a well-stocked fridge with a fair seletion of alcohol,soft drinks and mineral water,there was also a wide screen TV set.
The bathroom was clean with a good supply of towels,soap etc.
Breakfast was contenental,staff were very helpful and i can only commend all who work in the resturant during breakfast hours for being very effiecient.
Check-out was very fast and i did not have any problems at all.
I cannot recall any minus signs about this hotel and would have no problem about staying there again.

I stayed for a week for business purposes. The hotel has all the needs for business travels, although I would prefer that the Wifi service was a little cheaper or even free as in other hotels.
Breakfast was rich and tasty and managed to keep me on my feet until lunch, which in Spain is quite late in the afternoon.
Staff was freindly and helpull.
My next trip to Gijon is on September and I already booked this hotel for 9 nights.

Very modern hotel, kept perfectly clean inside and outside of the rooms. The rooms are on the small side, especially for a 4 star hotel. As mentioned elsewhere the shower curtain attacks :-) but the cupboard doors also seem to attack due to the room's small entrance hall.

The hotel is sold on the sea view, but I had a back room view and there appear to be quite a few back view rooms, but less than 50%.

Paid 75 Euros a night for a weekend in late September. A bit Expensive really given the room size.

Reception staff as good as you're likely to find.

Finally location, right at the far end of the beach from the old town, a 15-20 walk for me, but this would be quite a bit more for others.