Alvaro de Torres Boutique

Cute little hotel in picturesque historic town. Fantastic breakfast served by efficient friendly staff. Smallish room but lovely little balcony overlooking the plaza. Amazingly comfortable bed. Only complaint - noisy fridge and no hot water in basin. Some people may not like the toilet cubicle arrangements!

On our trip down from Santander to the Mediterranean we stayed in four hotels and this was probably the most attractive of them all. Unfortunately appearances can be deceptive and although it is undoubtedly a lovely looking hotel with very helpful staff in a beautiful city the practicalities do not match the initial impression. To the disadvantages then. The hotel is almost impossible to find by car and the only parking facility is a public car park about 30 metres from the hotel. It is also one of the noisiest hotels we have ever stayed in...not because of inconsiderate guests, but because it seemed virtually every water pipe went through our room meaning that we were constantly woken by the noise from showers and toilet flushes etc. The quilt seemed designed for mid winter in northern Scotland rather than Andalusia in mid September and the ‘en-suite’ facilities are amongst the most bizarre we have encountered...a hand wash basin in the bedroom...separate shower cubicle...and WC cubicle resembling a public loo complete with glass swing door! Breakfast...which is authentic and provided in a pleasant area is, inconveniently, not available prior to 9.00a.m...not great for those with a schedule to keep to...so all in all, a disappointment which is a pity because in many ways this hotel offers good value and has huge potential.

This hotel is a very beautiful small palace and I can not complaint about how cozy, clean and nice it is. But I just say that the check in was rather strange. The lady that helped us, I believe the owner, asked if we wanted to pay cash as we checked in and we did. We asked for a receipt and she made all kind of excuses not to give us one. At the end, she just wrote down a note stating that we had paid for the room and although we asked for a stamp from the company, just to make it more oficial she said that they didn’t have one and just signed it. I have never seen anything like that and thought it was very, very odd. Instead of the room we had reserved we were put in an attic, nice, with a kitchenette and all but no windows, just a skylight. We only spent one night, very comfortably I must say. Also, there was not breakfast available, which supposedly came with the room. At the end we had breakfast just down the street at a cafe and had delicious chocolate and cafe with churros, which was probably much better anyways.