We arrived early evening but the hotel had previously phoned up to arrange a taxi to pick us up at the airport for us which was £25 for the both of us one way which was convenient as we were tired and finding the hotel dragging heavy bags was not on our agenda.
We arrived at the hotel and were greeted by a very friendly night recepetionist who during our stay helped with every single of our needs, recommending us where to go to watch the copa del rey football match, bottle opening, borrowing plates etc.
The room was very large and had two extra single beds we did not use, the bathroom had a shower and washbasin and all regular facilities. There was also a lovely terrace outside where we had a cmall crack view of the sea but not the best as a majority of other guests had a sea view so we felt a bit let down. The terrace was lovely though to absorb the evening atmosphere and sunset everyday to a bottle of red wine. The room also had lots of storage space, a tv and a fridge.
The rooms were very clean although the decor was very old and could do with a refurb. There were lots of fresh towels. The breakfast in the morning was lovely, there were the most amazingly fresh tasty croissants in the world, as good as french standards, there were also biscuits, cereals, yoghurts and other pastries and butter and jams to feast on. There was only a cheap nescafe coffee machine which as everyone else has commented makes pretty rubbish coffee but there were teas aswell. The only other issue was the maid coming very early every morning around 10 o'clock so you had to ask her to come back later/ not clean for the day, this was a bit annoying but we worked around it by going to the beach.
The immediate surrounding area has lovely views of the town and sea as the hotel is in the east side of the town which is more pretty, lovely for watching sunsets on the benches. there are a few small beaches close by but they are not well maintained and a very dirty with lots of rubbish and mess. The best beaches are out of town where the water is nicer to swim and there is less rubbish. I would highly recommend hiring some pedal bikes to explore and double check always when ordering at restaurants as they can charge you extra for things like vegetables with your mains.
Pizza restaurant below villa is lovely where wine is good value, 7 euro for two carafs whilst we watched the football but the food looked amazing also, very fresh open plan kitchen.
- Piras Hotel Alghero
