Expensive Hotels!
Expensive Hotels!
Having just spent a couple of days in the UK I realise how reasonable the andalucian hotels are. Just been totting up my bills and for the price of two nights in the UK and flights I could have flown to Miami and had a night on south beach ...or maybe a few nights in a 5 star here. Not counting the 19 pounds for brekky!
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Campo Kenny
get all that for free love 
.................it's a nasty, violent and expensive place yet everyone wants to come and live here.-
Don
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Campo Kenny
For the wages? It's a bit like someone saying on here a while back, that car hire is more expensive in USA than in Spain 
¡Qué sorpresa! With wages so much higher here than in Spain, it should come as no surprise that things cost more. 
¡Qué sorpresa! With wages so much higher here than in Spain, it should come as no surprise that things cost more. Regards, Frank
No soy residente, simplemente un turista, ¿qué sé yo?
No soy residente, simplemente un turista, ¿qué sé yo?
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Don
We use paradors a lot when travelling ashtondav and yes, they are not your normal 4 or 5 star rates but they are highly reliable and usually enormous rooms in lovely locations so I can see you have an eye for a little affordable luxury. I cannot agree that they are same price and quality as London as a parador room is often around the 150 euro mark - room only - for a very large comfortable room, which is 100 quid. Where can you get anything similar in London for less than 200 quid?ashtondav wrote:Well i'm booked in to the parador in Granada this December.
And it ain't €90 a night, mate. Its about the same as London, for the same quality.
btw if you use paradors a lot it is worth becoming a parador amigo.
However, elsewhere in Andalucia you get get reasonable rooms still around the 90 euro mark if you so wish.
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Yes we should count oursleves lucky we have so many of those affordable luxury hotels in andalucia and around to escape for a long weekend, when all this sun, dreamy landscapes, stunning mountains and laid back lifestyle gets just a tad too stressful... One does like to support local enterprise and check in and chill out from time to time.
Never got the Parador thing though, my experience has always been that the service and quality of food are inferior compared to the independents in the same price bracket. Admitedly there are some fabulous historic buildings and most are good for a G&T on the terrace - assuming you can find a member of the surly ex-stasi staff who have clearly legged it down here to terrorise tourists instead.
Never got the Parador thing though, my experience has always been that the service and quality of food are inferior compared to the independents in the same price bracket. Admitedly there are some fabulous historic buildings and most are good for a G&T on the terrace - assuming you can find a member of the surly ex-stasi staff who have clearly legged it down here to terrorise tourists instead.
I agree Katy, 'Boutique' is a much overused and pretty meaningless term that does not indicate any kind of quality, bit like 'design hotel'. My absolute favourite is Los Castanos in Cartajima near Ronda - sweet village, gorgeous countryside, atmospheric little hotel and great hosts. Have been in much grander, more luxurious places but this is the one I always fancy returning to. Do book in advance for dinner because a) its good and b) there are limited options nearby.
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