Hotel Villa Favorita — Hotel in San Sebastián

The hotel, as the name suggests is an old villa with the lower floors orginal and the upper floors a modern extension. The back of the hotel faces onto a large, motor traffic free sandy beach. The rear view of the hotel is more attractive than the front which is on a street. That said this a lovely boutique hotel. ||The staff are friendly and helpful, from the front desk, the waiters to the cleaners. ||We stayed in a street facing room on one of the upper floors. The street is quiet at night and the room provides both normal electric blinds as well as blackout blind, that is necessary due to the street lighting. The hotel faces onto another hotel and a hostel.||The bedroom is very well equipped with everything pretty state of the art including the kettle, the hair-dryer and, surprisingly, the toilet.||There is a pillow menu, so if the ones supplied (one medium and one firm per guest), then you call always order alternatives.||The television when you switch it on quietly moves off the wall and into a position where you can see it and reverses this when you switch it off.||The bed was very comfortable not too soft.||The bathroom is a reasonable size and well equipped. We had a shower over a good length, deep bath with a neck rest cushion at one end. The shower tap is modern and quite sensitive to adjust the heat.||There are plenty of guest usable sockets for charging/using devices.||There is enough wardrobe space for a short stay and room to hang your clothes.||There is a small desk.||The breakfast consists of options included in the rate and a la carte. Included in the rate are juice, coffees/teas, fruit, yoghurt, granola, eggs of your choice and pastries. This is all served at the table, there is no buffet. Breakfast is served in the bar area at the rear of the hotel and on the adjacent terrace overlooking the beach. Breakfast service goes onto midday, so there is no pressure to get up early. However they do prefer you to say what time you want breakfast the night before.||In terms of location depending on your speed of walking it is about a fifteen minute walk into the old town (the nicest way to do this is to walk along the promenade by the beach and turn at the former casino building.||If you want to walk to the funicular (the views from the tower are worth it), then it is around thirty- forty minutes along the broadwalk.||I would highly recommend this hotel for its location and friendly and...

Hotel is in a great location |We had a beautiful sea view terrace room for two nights then had to move to a panoramic room that was a very nice room as well both had fantastic views across the bay.|The reception staff and managers were exceptionally friendly and helpful ,The bar staff apart from one young lady were not||First night we ordered dinner from bar restaurant my main dish arrived first followed five minutes later with my wife’s dinner and both staters all together as we finished our side salad arrived, I asked for a desert he told me the kitchen was now closed?|Considering the hotel boasts a Michelin star restaurant I was shocked it was only 9pm||The cocktail bar was a jokeI asked for 2 x Hendricks and Tonic it turned up with a slice of dried orange in it? This is my every day drink always with a slice or more of cucumber I tried to explain this to be told it is the way they have to do it besides they did not have any cucumber||Following evening we decided to have a nightcap I ordered a Calypso coffee and an Irish coffee|She asked what a Calypso was e told her it was made with Tia Maria she then returned and said they had no Tia Maria we settled with Cointreau she asked what was Irish Coffee I told her made with Jameson whiskey they both turned up in a breakfast coffee mug with no cream but astonishing he used a Kentucky Bourbon it was a disgusting oak barrel taste |I was told “They had no Irish whisky”||Morning breakfast was also a joke he was more interested in his mobile phone than serving when he see we was seated he shouted from behind the bar if we wanted a coffee the buffet was very basic.||To cap my stay our car was parked by the staff in the hotel secured parking when we was ready to leave we was informed a window had been smashed by thief’s with several other motors on that level of the public car park this delayed our leaving by five hours do to temporary repairs with board and tape and repotting to...

We stayed there in february (I’ve been meaning to write a review for ages now) and it was just a PHENOMENAL stay!!! One of the best hotel experiences we ever had. The front desk staff during the day is just so kind and attentive, the concierge was so helpful, the room is extremely comfortable with an amazing view. The location is just AWESOME!

The breakfast was insanely good as well and we experienced a dinner at Amelia’s which as one can imagine, it was wonderfully delicious and a unique experience.

The only issue I had is that I got sick in the middle of one of the nights (nothing related to the hotel) and I needed some sort of fruit or milk to help soothe my stomach and spike my blood sugar levels (not the first time this has happened so I know how to deal with it). we called the front desk for help as all stores around were closed, all I needed was 1 tiny piece of fruit or a glass of milk since I didn’t have anything to eat in my room, but they said they couldn’t help. I couldn’t quite comprehend since I wouldn’t mind paying whatever they charged me for one piece of fruit I wasn’t asking for a meal. And if they truly wanted to help, I believe anyone could go into the kitchen and grab something, but not even telling them I was throwing up a lot made them create an exception which was a bummer. It was so bad I considered going to a hospital, but I just waited overnight until I could go to the pharmacy in the morning.

The morning staff however was also super helpful when we needed a last minute piece of laundry washed and it was past the laundry deadline!

Overall an amazing stay and I can’t...