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Cordoba Hotel Reviews

Reviews of eight of the prestigious hotels of Córdoba. The city has its fair share of historic hotels, as well as some excellent modern ones, and in all sizes, so there’s something to suit everyone tastes and needs, all within easy reach of the star attraction – the mosque-within-a-church.

Hotel Viento 10

This family-run hotel, hidden away down a quiet street near the river (former name, Calle del Viento), has just seven slickly-designed rooms. Officially two-star rated, it’s a converted 16th-century house which marries original architecture – stone columns, arcaded patios - with contemporary design – angular furniture, natural materials and neutral colours.

Hotel Boutique Convento

This new one-star hotel is in a stunning historic setting: a converted Dominican convent dating from 1635. In addition to the magnificent original arcaded patio, complete with chequered floor and stone-and-iron wells, it still has cloisters, a church (Santo Domingo) and chapel. Monks still inhabit the building today.

Hotel La Catedral OLOM

Hotel la Catedral OLOM

This small, friendly hotel in traditional building has just 12 rooms, decorated each themed around an aspect of Cadiz’s history – people, books and paintings. Rooms, decorated in clean, modern style with wooden floors, offer satellite TV, safe and minibar; some have balconies with French windows – try and get one with a cathedral view.

NH Hesperia Cordoba

This four-star hotel is located on the river Guadalquivir, just across from the Mezquita. A short walk over Book now!the Roman Bridge will take to the old centre. A striking pink building with towers, its location on the riverbank allows it a feeling of space.

Senator Spa Hotel

This hotel has a bright and cheery patio, in traditional Andalucian style, complete with colourful tiles, green plants and a fountain. Rooms, some of which are apartments, are decorated in warm colours, with a 32”LCD TV and tea and coffee tray (junior suites have espresso machines). Interior rooms look onto the patio.

Playa Victoria Hotel

Playa Victoria Hotel in Cádiz.

This four-star hotel, with smoked glass façade, looks over the long sandy beach, and is located about 30 minutes’ walk from the old town. Each of the spacious rooms – there are 188 – has a 1960s-style pod-like curved white balcony, with décor in muted, neutral tones; 32-inch TVs offer multimedia applications. Suites have their own private terraces. WIFI is free.

Palacio del Bailio

Part of the excellent Spanish Hospes group (they also have hotels in Granada and Sevilla), known for their sensitive conversions of period buildings, excellent food and first-class spas, this was the first five-star hotel in the historic centre of Cordoba. Located near the Plaza de Colon, the hotel offers modern comfort in a historic setting.

Eurostars Palace

Eurostar Palace

This large five-star hotel has a contemporary design, with light-coloured wood and sleek, modern touches such as statement lights and chairs. A newly-built, six-storey building with distinctive exterior of perforated, rusty metal, it has stylish furniture and a feeling of space and light.

Hotel Monte Puertatierra

Located in the new part of the city, this hotel in a classic-modern style is a short walk from the old town. It is very near Santa Maria del Mar beach, and you can find many shops close by. Spacious rooms are simply but stylishly furnished, with wood floors, and tea and coffee-making facilities, plus a flat-screen TV with satellite channels and choice of pillows. Note that rooms at the back of the hotel are quieter, although with no view; second-floor rooms have been refurbished.

Hotel Exe Conquistador

The four-star hotel features a traditional, leafy arcaded Andalusian courtyard with cobblestone and bricks floor, where meals are served in fine weather, as well as a garden with wrought-iron benches surrounding a fountain, shaded by orange trees.

Parador Hotel Gibralfaro

There is no better way to see Málaga than from the Gibralfaro Castle Parador. Built on a hilltop, next to the Alcazaba fortress and overlooking the city, the port and especially the bullring.

Parador de Malaga Golf

This Parador is the only golf hotel in the chain.

This hotel is a unique concept in Paradores as it is the only golf hotel in the chain. A comfortable, modern and cosy facility with banquet facilities and a lovely dining room, this Parador is right on the edge of the Costa del Sol with an undeveloped stretch of beach right in front of the hotel and a beachside promenade to the right (if you are looking at the hotel towards the sea) that now provides a thoroughly enjoyable walk to nearby Torremolinos.

Gran Miramar Hotel

Grand entrance © Gran hotel Miramar, Malaga

This is Malaga's most luxurious hotel, reopened in 2017 after a massive refurbishment with the top five-star GL rating (Gran Lujo, or Grand Luxury). Formerly known as the Palace of Miramar, it was a government office for many years, and dates from the 1920s. Now it has been returned to its original splendour.

NH Malaga Hotel

NH Malaga

This hotel, part of a reliable Spanish chain, is located just outside the old town. It has 133 comfortable guest rooms with hypoallergenic beds, parquet floors and satellite TV, however be warned: Book now! unusually these days, WIFI comes at an extra cost (the first 30 minutes are free). Ask for a room facing the river (more accurately, dried-up water course), as these are less noisy.

Vincci Seleccion Posada del Patio Hotel

Vincci Seleccion Posada del Patio is one of Malaga’s few five-star hotels, and has style and character. While the façade is traditional, inside Book now! the décor features flashes of strong, bright colours – the 106 rooms have yellow, pink or red bedspreads - and textured wall coverings. Suites are on higher floors (and therefore quieter): duplexes are in attic rooms with sloping rooves; others are sunnier, and some have balconies.

Eurostars Puerta Hotel Malaga (formely Silken Puerta Hotel Malaga)

Eurostars Puerta Málaga

This hotel has a striking façade, with a swirling celosia (Arabic lattice screen) design. The reception is large with a double-height ceiling, and furnished with modern, woven garden-style furniture. Located Book now!next to the train station (handy for getting to the airport, and to beaches such as Benalmadena, Torremolinos and Fuengirola), it features a sixth-floor spa and fitness suite, with outdoor jacuzzi-with-a-view.

Villa Guadalupe Hotel

The Hotel Villa Guadalupe

Located 600m above the city, this sprawling white hillside villa has a stunning setting offering vistas over the city and coastline. The views are especially beautiful at night, when you can admire Malaga’s lights through the huge picture windows.

Hotel Petit Palace Plaza Málaga

Petit Palace Plaza

The Petit Palace Plaza Hotel Malaga occupies a late 19th-century palace. Located in the heart of the city, just off Calle Larios, the building has been refurbished and updated for the 21st century. The impressive architecture is perfectly conserved while at the same time the hotel offers all the comfort and high-tech facilities you’d expect to find in a four-star establishment.

Sol Guadalmar (formerly Tryp Malaga Guadalmar Hotel)

Sol Guadalmar

This modern nine-storey hotel, part of the Melia group, is set in beautiful gardens next to the beach and the close to the Parador Malaga Golf. About 5km south of the city centre, it is also well located Book now! for the airport. The 197 rooms and suites are comfortable, with pine headboards, pale bed linen, marble floors and sea-view balconies.