We needed a hotel in Cuenca for a single-night stay. Trip Advisor suggested the Alfonso VIII would suit, and so it did. Within easy reach of old Cuenca on foot, with a green park opposite the hotel and within a few yards of one of the main commercial streets, it is ideally and agreeably situated for a tourist. The accommodation is quite spacious, comfortable, very clean and adequately furnished, remembering that at the price charged, this is at the 'budget' end of the list of hotels in Cuenca. The single adverse comment is that although the room window was double-glazed, it did not keep out all of the sound of the late night (3am) street conversationalist! Maybe rooms at the rear of the hotel, without a view over the park, would be more suitable for light sleepers.
In short, we have good memories of our time at the Alfonso VIII.
