this hotel beleive or not is in the biggest shopping mall in gallica
approximately 15 minute walk from the centre but was an excellent choice to stay with staff being helpful breakfast was a cold buffet with a decent choice of things to eat

A friend and myself stayed here for 3 days and 4 nights and found the hotel to be above average. We had rented a car and used the hotel parking area in the main shopping center car park. This cost an extra 10 euros per night.

The hotel is a 15 minute drive from the airport and easy enough to find with a map of the area. The reception staff were friendly and well-informed and seemed happy to help with whatever they could. As mentioned in other reviews the hotel is strangely located in a shopping centre with the lobby next to one of the main entrances to the centre. The centre itself had some nice little cafes and shops including a massive supermarket, cinema complex, clothes shops like Zara and the usual assortment of shops you'd expect to find in a large metropolitan mall.

The location of the hotel was a good 20 minute walk from the centre. Although not an unpleasant walk, it can get tiring if you want to return to your hotel during the day and then go back to the centre of town. There is a regular bus service although it can be erratic.

The room was comfortable although it did smell as if the last person to occupy it had smoked in it. The smell was easily dispensed of as we had a large window overlooking the outside of the building that we could open to get some fresh air in. When you check in to this hotel I would definitely ask for a room that overlooks the outside of the mall and not the inside. The rooms were cleaned well each day and towels and linen were always fresh.

Checkout was uncomplicated and painless.

I stayed two nights in this weird hotel but it was very comfortable. As other people said you are in a mall so you have plenty of shops and bars and restaurants. Garage for your car is at underground level and the staff gives you a special key for the elevator....but you have to pay about 8 euros per night.
My room was clean , with a/c , tv , but a litlle small even for a single use. I would definitely come back again.

I had read the reviews on Tripadvisor before I choose this hotel, it sounded quite exciting staying in a shopping centre and I promptly signed up to stay there, what a good choice!

We arrived into Santiago pretty late on a Ryanair flight from Liverpool and outside the airport there was a bus waiting for us. It was 5 euro return (good value) it was a brisk bus journey into town, we stupidly followed the crowd of loud mouthed scousers getting off at the hotel in town at the Praza Galicia, if we'd have stayed on the bus we could have got off at the bus station which was about a ten minute walk from the hotel. However, it only cost 5Euro in the taxi from Praza Galicia to Hotel Area Central.

The hotel is part of this massive shopping centre (which has a wide variety of shops including many takeaway restaurants and a giant supermarket open 10 to 10). The rooms were very nice although there was some wierd sounds coming from the air conditioning unit and also we did have a room with a window that opened up into the shopping centre so there was no fresh air to be had.

Breakfast was not included but you could go don stairs for a buffet breakfast at 7euros however, I would probably suggest going to the supermarket or visiting a coffee shop in the shopping centre called Herra or Hemma or something which has lovely coffee and cakes! But still as a treat the breakfast is good croissants, chocolate and custard buns, meat, cheese everything you expect from a continental breakfast.

The staff were very friendly and helpful and some had excellent english skills. The walk to town is pleasant enough its about a 15 min walk uphill and you go past some nice cake shops on the way. Overall a good experience was had by all at the Area Central (look out for the fat people statues in the centre they're amazing).