I am a lover of tripadvisor, Rick Steve's, and Frommer's hotel reviews, however, this time I was very disappointed. Maybe it was the time of year, but our 2 day stay at Hotel San Gabriel was not what I expected. We stayed in mid-December, 2011. First, no one offered to help us get our bags into the hotel, and there was someone there to help us if he wished to. Next, the junior suite they had for us smelled horrible, like a combination of "old room" and smoke. After bringing this to their attention, they kindly offered us other rooms, which smelled much nicer. We moved to one. Seeing the other rooms, I realized they reserved the worse room for us. The first night we had no hot water. It was barely warm, even after running it for 5 minutes. Also, the room was very dark and we even had a window. In addition, our room was very cold and the bed not very comfortable either. The hotel advertizes WiFi in the rooms, but it did not work. The owner did make a good effort to repair it, but could not. It was not working in any of the rooms they offered us. They owner was concerned. The next morning I told the staff about no hot water and they moved us again. We had hot water now, it was a warmer and brighter room too. We really liked Ronda and were glad we visited, but would stay at the parador next time. It was about $70 more per night, but I think it would have been well worth it. We visited the parador and prices that day were much less than on the internet. Hotel San Gabriel was decorated beautifully, but not at all what we expected. The only hotel on our trip we were disappointed in.
- San Gabriel Hotel
- San Gabriel Ronda
