It took forever to find Hostal and then park the car, [without paying], but nice friendly staff who were helpful, especially Peter the Californian. Cheap eateries everywhere. Supermarket close by. Parking on street for 1 Euro per hour. Other pay car park nearby.
Room was not close enough to the front desk for wi-fi but we paid about £35 each for a triple room for 5 nights so can't complain,[n.b. Rm 113]. TV in room, bathroom, clean, pretty much next door Room clean enough but would not have been for my wife but I was on a skiing trip with 2 sons so we weren't so fussy, [under beds not cleaned]. Great location for Sierra Nevada, took only 30 mins in my rented Fiat Panda. Locals friendly, not much English spoken, lovely city, a few beggars about but not hostile. Good Chinese restaurant [Prospectidad], couple of streets away, parallel and opposite front of Hostel. 3 courses and a bottle of San Miguel for 6 Euros. Lights not working in room on last morning at 6am so panic stations as we already woke an hour late but reliable Panda got us to airport with 15 mins to spare! Phew!
Would use again for similar trip but if with wife would want a better room en-suite.
PS For birders there's a park nearby where I spent 20 mins watching a Peregrine hunting off the apartment block opposite. Also on hills above Alhambra...It took forever to find Hostal and then park the car, [without paying], but nice friendly staff who were helpful, especially Peter the Californian. Cheap eateries everywhere. Supermarket close by. Parking on street for 1 Euro per hour. Other pay car park nearby.
Room was not close enough to the front desk for wi-fi but we paid about £35 each for a triple room for 5 nights so can't complain,[n.b. Rm 113]. TV in room, bathroom, clean, pretty much next door Room clean enough but would not have been for my wife but I was on a skiing trip with 2 sons so we weren't so fussy, [under beds not cleaned]. Great location for Sierra Nevada, took only 30 mins in my rented Fiat Panda. Locals friendly, not much English spoken, lovely city, a few beggars about but not hostile. Good Chinese restaurant [Prospectidad], couple of streets away, parallel and opposite front of Hostel. 3 courses and a bottle of San Miguel for 6 Euros. Lights not working in room on last morning at 6am so panic stations as we already woke an hour late but reliable Panda got us to airport with 15 mins to spare! Phew!
Would use again for similar trip but if with wife would want a better room en-suite.
PS For birders there's a park nearby where I spent 20 mins watching a Peregrine hunting off the apartment block opposite. Also on hills above Alhambra saw Goldfinch, Redstart, Chaffinch, and a red squirrel.More
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