booked a last minute trip to san sebastian and needed accommodation for 3 nights. the tryp was the only reasonably priced place we found for all three nights at 105 EUR a night. the pictures from the hotel website made the hotel and rooms look modern, clean and comfortable albeit with the sterile feel of a large chain (part of sol melia). when we arrived we thought we'd come to the wrong place. the building looked poorly maintained, the building are beside the check in area seemed to be some sort of apartment/squatter building with laundry hanging outside. we got to the rooms and they were SMALL, totally lacking in character, slightly dingy, cheap fixtures/furniture/bedding etc. we also had a terrace "view" of the interstate. i would NOT recommend this place and would NOT stay there ever again. we tried to stay out as long as possible as it was so depressing to come home to.

Nice rooms. Big bathrooms.
Good staff.
20 Km from San Sebastián. 10 Km from Saint Jean de Luc.

If you are travelling by car, and on the money. This is an excellent choice.

This is a good quality chain of hotels, this location a little dated now but quite acceptable. I found one of the managers quite short and rude with me (I had lost all my cards etc at San Fermin and trying to phone the helpline), but the others very pleasant.
They allow smoking in an "area" downstairs but this means the entire ground floor and first floor are smoky. Leave your room and you're hit with the bad air. Smoking is very important for the Basque people who haven't effectively banned smoking indoors anywhere I found..
Lastly, the first room was by the road, and the double glazing just wasn't cutting the noise, so I promplty requested an alternative, which was quieter..

My girlfriend and I stayed at the Tryp Urdanibia Hotel for four nights and were generally quite pleased with the standard of accomodation.

However, the photos of the hotel that appear on some websites are misleading. If you have good maps, it is extremely easy to get to - in fact, hotels are well signposted in Irun. But this hotel, is on a central reservation between two main roads. And far from the country retreat that its facade suggests, this is a chain hotel - not too different from a high-quality Travelodge back home.

But as the saying goes, you get what you pay for - and I could not complain about the cost of 90 Euros per night (not including breakfast) - when hotels in the centre of the town were charging more than double that.

I take great exception to the reviever who says that Irun is a "dump." It isn't. The town itself (located less than a five minute drive) has its fair share of nice bars and restaurants - and as a tourist, I was made to feel very welcome by its inhabitants.

The great feature about this hotel is its location. From here, Biarritz, St. Jean de Luz, Hendaye, San Sebastian and the delightful old town of Hondarribia are just a few minutes away - all of which are well worth a visit.

But, be warned, after a hard day's sightseeing, the noise from the road is quite considerable - so sleeping may be a problem. The air-conditioning is not too powerful as well, so be warned.

My friend and his wife are living in the area. The next time I visit, I may look for another hotel (perhaps a pension in the town centre or in Hondarribia) - but if I had to book into the Tryp Urdanibia Hotel again, I wouldn't be too disappointed.