Stayed here for a week at the end of August 2011 - beginning of September 2011. We stayed in room 103 which is pretty much directly above reception. The room and bathroom were modern and spotlessly clean with air-con. The room was quite small but this wasn't really an issue for us and we only used it to sleep and get washed and dressed to go out. It has a very comfortable proper double bed (not two singles pushed together). The room was cleaned everyday and towels and bedding were changed. The flat screen TV (on the wall) was all spanish TV (as you would expect - no english TV channels).

The location is pretty much spot on with the nightlife being about 5 mins down the road. We had a tiny balcony over the street which was nice. We didn't notice any problems with noise at night when trying to get to sleep.

The hostal has a garden area for use by guests of which we had a quick look. If you wanted to have a bit of a sunbathe it would be nice, but we just went down to the beach most days.

Burriana Beach is about 10 mins walk away, but the beaches near the Balcon de Europe are a bit nearer.

There's a great local cafe accross the street (about 30m down the road) called Cafe Duque (I think) which we found ideal for breakfast. There is also a green grocer directly opposite the cafe which we used for some fruit for snacks etc.

The staff running the hostal were very friendly and relaxed (in a good way). Their english was ok (better than my limited spanish) and we got by just fine.

The free Wi-Fi came in handy and I could access it from my room (directly above reception) not sure about other rooms, but you have to get the password from the person on reception (I'm sure they wouldn't want me to publish it here!).

All in all, a fantastic little place to stay if you want somewhere nice and clean to stay while you explore the local area, or just chill out on the beach and eat some great food for a week or maybe two.

But if you like to laze around a pool for a week then this might not be for you.

Only other issue is that of parking your car (which can be difficult in Nerja). To my knowledge, the main Nerja car parks have started to charge now (previously free). But you should be able to find a spot to dump the car for free within a few minutes walk.

I would definately recommend this place, in fact my parents have just booked a few nights there for when they will be passing through Nerja next month.

Good value & clean accommodation. Quiet street 5 mins from main shops & bars. 20 mins from Playa Burriana. Staff friendly & helpful. Would definitely stay again.

This was such amazing value for money- we had a great room, with lots of space, lovely furniture, a fridge in the room and a great bathroom too. It was quiet and felt very safe. It was very close to the bus stop we got off at from the airport too, which made our trip simple and much less stressful! It is also just a very short walk down to the main streets and seafront.

Altogether lovely! I think we got free wi-fi in the lobby too and were welcome to sit on the sofa there when we needed to.

I was in Nerja at the beginning of April, so not in the peak season. Nerja was quite full of people anyway, so i guess in August could get a little bit stressy. April was OK.
We got a studio on the second floor, in a separated building about 200m away from the Hostal Abril itself. This second building was in a bit smaller street, called Calle del Almirante Ferrandiz, and this is maybe an advantage. However, the location in the Calle de la Pintada has a nice internal garden and most of the rooms have a balcony. In our building we had no garden and no balcony.
The room was quite simple, recently renewed, very clean and quite confortable.
The problem is that in this part of nerja you have to deal with a lot of noise from cars and motorbikes till late in the night. And to find a parking place can get tricky. At the end i always found a small spot where i could park my car, but sometimes i had to drive around the hostal for 20 minutes and more.
There is a large public parking lot in nerja where of course you always find a place, this is howevere about 15 minutes by feet to the hostal and i was too lazy to park there :-)
The family running the hostal was very nice. But don´t expect to speak English with them, try to learn a couple of spanish words! The manager specially cannot speak any English but if you talk in English with him, he seems to understand but he replies in Spanish. The sister of the manager can speak English sufficiently to help you with your needs. The woman taking care of the second building (where we were) does not speak and understand any word in English.
The price of this hostal was honestly amazing considering how clean was the studio we got. We had also WiFi and a good LCD television.

All in all, it was a good choice, specially if you don´t get nervous from the traffic on the street and you don´t get mad if you don´t find immediately a parking place right in front of the door.