Hotel Gran Rey

“Quiet, comfortable, good food, excellent!”

Excellent stay. The hotel (and the area in general) is quiet. The hotel seems to cater mainly for German speaking hikers, but there was enough English spoken for us to manage easily. We had a room at the back looking out over the gardens and towards the mountains. It's quite dark in the rooms, but… more

Excellent stay. The hotel (and the area in general) is quiet. The hotel seems to cater mainly for German speaking hikers, but there was enough English spoken for us to manage easily. We had a room at the back looking out over the gardens and towards the mountains. It's quite dark in the rooms, but bright enough sitting on the balcony. When it was very hot it was nice to be able to escape the sun! The room was clean, the bed (two singles pushed together) was one of the most comfortable I have stayed in on holiday. There was a fridge with 2 small bottles of water. There was a safe but I believe there was a charge to use this (we didn't need to use it). The bathroom was small but adequate, the bath was very small. There was plentiful hot water. The hotel provided a plate of mixed salads for late arrivals. Breakfasts were upstairs on the 3rd floor, a bright room, with seating inside and out. Dinner for residents was on the lower ground floor, no windows but brightly lit. The food was buffet style, varied and plentiful, and very good. Breakfast had cereals, breads, pastries, dried and fresh fruit, yoghurt, porridge, cheese, cold meats, and a hot buffet, and eggs / crepes cooked to order. There was also freshly squeezed orange juice (a squeezing machine next to the hot drinks dispenser). Dinner buffet had lots of salads, cheese, cold meat or fish, hot vegetables and hot meat and fish dishes, as well as a dessert selection always including fresh fruit. One of the things we liked best about mealtimes was the complete absence of background music. There is an open air swimming pool on the 3rd floor which is big enough to get a decent swim in. There are sun loungers around the pool. The hotel is situated right across the road from the seafront. Be aware that (at least in winter months) there are strong waves and currents, but there is safe swimming at the harbour about 15 - 20 minutes walk away.

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“I hope we will return there the next year.”

Everything was really fabulous ranging from the location next to the black sand beach (the wondeful sunsets!) and the public bus stop (excursions and trekking at our fingertips), friendly staff, cleanliness, exceptional breakfests, nice dinners...

“Clean, welcoming and great views from the roof top bar.”

We had a pleasant stay in the hotel. The highlights were the roof top bar where you have breakfast (a good selection of hot and cold options including pastries, cold meats, cheese, fruit, cereal, fresh orange juice, an omelette bar, cooked breakfast), you could eat lunch (but we didn’t), or have a … more

We had a pleasant stay in the hotel. The highlights were the roof top bar where you have breakfast (a good selection of hot and cold options including pastries, cold meats, cheese, fruit, cereal, fresh orange juice, an omelette bar, cooked breakfast), you could eat lunch (but we didn’t), or have a drink watching the sunset. The food in the evening was ok, nothing to blow you away but there was always something we could choose. Lovely location, pretty chilled out, spotlessly clean and friendly staff.

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“Good but could be better”

A very good 3 star hotel . Clean and good breakfasts . Be warned some rooms on floor 2 prone to early morning noise from tables being moved in restaurant on top floor. Also double be seems to mean 2 singles pushed together !