Luz Del Mar — Hotel in Los Silos

A well chosen hotel by Travel Counsellor, Kim Ward, who picked this hotel for us a we wanted something preferably child free (not totally it was Xmas and there was one small family), away rom the “crowds” and in an area that has some culture. ||We nearly got all three. This is a hikers hotel. We do not enjoy this type of recreation so we enjoyed visiting other villages and towns within easy drive or if you prefer electric bike ride, an experience that we thoroughly enjoyed as a first time to this particular type of transport. It makes cycling so much more enjoyable especially if like me you have walking issues due to hip and joint issues.||The hotel was very clean and staff so friendly and apparently happy. Yes it is 95% German but even though we did not speak the language many of the clients speak good English and it gave me the opportunity to try out both German and Spanish (think you Google!!). My only issue perhaps an update in the bathroom(s) and a slightly larger eating area? ||The pool, that we did make very good use of was very good, clean and a very good size. plenty of beds but maybe a few more umbrellas.||We’d been told temperatures may be colder, we had 22-27 degC the whole week. It is cooler in the evening. But still T shirt warm.||The local town is about a 20-30 minute walk where there are few cafes and eating places. There is nothing immediately close by but the hotel has excellent food and we had a small kitchenette in our room if we fancied a change.||The hotel is about an hour and thirty minutes drive from the airport, south, due to the climb through the mountains. The views however are amazing.||If your prepared to wander or just chill having looked for heat and short distance then this is an...

only for people with good mobility. Our first issue was the climb to our room, 95 steps, which is the equivalent of 7 floors. Yes our bags were delivered but we still had to do the climb every time we came back to the hotel (only 60 steps from the restaurant & pool). The room was great, the pool is great, the gardens are great, but to be blunt it's very dull. No kind of entertainment at all. No English TV channels, yet there are at least 6 German channels. But the biggest gripe for me was the bar being closed in the evening. The publicity photos show a welcoming friendly bar to enjoy a drink after dinner, but it was closed. I asked the waiter if it was going to open, 'no' his one word answer. 'Never?' I asked, 'no' his complete response. On our way out we mentioned it to the man on reception, and he said it should be open, and started to phone someone. But we asked him not to bother, who wants to go in an empty bar that they've had to open specially. However there is a friendly locals bar 200m up the road, so not a complete disaster. Cocktails by the pool were delicious but €7.50 each, bottled water is extortionate at €3.30. Breakfast is OK but again geared to Germans, so don't expect a full English. Eggs 4 ways (boiled 5 mins, 8 mins, fried and scrambled) but no bacon or beans etc. In summary, a decent hotel, catering to Spanish and Germans guests with good mobility. Think twice if you want a more 'fun' hotel, and definitely not child friendly (no kids pool, no swings or...

We spent a bit over one week in this hotel and hiked almost every day. We really enjoyed how well thought the whole hotel and the rooms were. The concept of the hotel was great, with most rooms with a different small garden or terrace and nice landscaping around. Everyday it was a pleasure to walk to the breakfast room down the stairs outside and enjoy a view on the sea coast. In the evening we enjoyed seating outside in our tiny garden. Our room had a very useful kitchen area, and a heated floor in the bathroom that we enjoyed as the weather was not always the best. There is a pool that we used as often as the weather permitted. The water is solar heated. We did not use the fitness room next to the pool. The village itself at the coast is not especially charming, but the original village a bit above the hotel is typical and we loved to walk uphill to have a drink at the main place or to stop there after a hike in the mountains and observe the locals. For people who love nature and quiet and do not plan on staying at the pool with entertainment the whole day and do not mind walking some stairs, this is absolutely the best place. Most others in the hotel were hikers like us and most spoke German, some French. The staff was very nice and most spoke German very well, we did not try...