Jerez.-Hotel La Albarizuela -Excellent value.
Date June 2007
Reviewer. A trip advisor member.

Stayed here in June 2007 with my son,his wife and grandson age 2. Excellent hotel conveniently situated for visits to the historical city on foot. Very friendly and helpful staff, good garaging and excellent breakfast. Highly recommended. A little diificuly to find, recommend you have sat.nav.

A good hotel with very helpful staff, located 5-10 minutes walk from the centre of old Jerez. Rooms were fine although a little dark; the facilities were all working and everything was very clean. Breakfast was fairly simple; a selection of juices, cereals, cakes and toast, plus tea/coffee. It was provided for free though, so no complaints. Parking for a people carrier required a little manouevering to get into the garage.

I wonder how Albarizuela got 3 stars: maybe just because they have a fairly modern entrance, otherwise difficult to understand. We had booked a double room, and after staying in the magnificent Barcelo Jerez the night before we knew we would have to lower our expectations- but this was too poor. To start with, and worst of all, the room was very dark which created an atmosphere of being in a third world country. It was even impossible to read!. Impossible to find the remote for the TV either. Furniture looked old. The bathroom was clean, but I guess this is the minimum you can expect.
Then, the service was not very helpful: i asked the guy in reception for some tourist info and he told me i could check myself on the internet: a very old PC with dial-up connection. And they tried to charge me for using that 10 minutes... (it would have taken 30 secs with broadband).

My advice: if you go to Jerez, don't stay in La Albarizuela. For the same price, and also 3 stars, there is Hotel Tierras de Jerez, much more decent and reasonable (I stayed there two nights). And if you are ready to pay a bit more, check the Barcelo Jerez (4 stars), it really makes a difference.