With all of the of the marble (and there is acres of the stuff) there is definitely a kind of luxurious-ish feel. That said, the bit of marble glam is undermined by the dated room furnishings. Its like the hotel was furnished from a cruise ship heading to the scrap heap. But what do you expect for 41 Euro? I found it to be excellent value.
The Location - very solid. 2 Minutes from the metro... right next to the Valencia bus station... and 10 minute walk to the old city. There was also very fast free WIFI in the lobby.
Some of the things the hotel did when furnishing the place makes you wonder if they went out of their way to be unhelpful. What hotel designs rooms with only 1 plug that the TV uses? What hotel then buys splitters that cant accommodate foreign adaptors? Hotels by nature host foreigners! What hotel installs ac controls that have only L, M, H but has no seeming effect on the temp that comes out (which always felt just a degree or two above what I'd actually call cool [to be fair it was 95F/35C outside])? What hotel wires the alarm clock into the key card enabled power system? They even manage to take something I'd consider an unusual luxury in a hotel these days - 100 channels - and undermine it with a TV thats really slow changing channels and remote that has only 5 buttons (Volume Up, Down, Mute - Channel Up and Down). To be fair - since it was a short stay... these kinds of quirks totally amused me.
All those design sensibility questions said - My impression of the place was overwhelmingly positive. It just worked and at minimal expense. Maybe I'm a sucker for marble? I would totally stay here again.
PS - The fire stair way on the North end of the hall provides excellent views of the city.
- Turia Hotel Valencia
