Luna Arabial - Granada, Spain 

I booked this hotel due to the price! its a good decent price for people whom don't need the extra facilities. Which for me was the case. Having been back just a week ago, the experience is still fresh in my mind. It's a 15 minute walk away from where the airport bus stoped on the Gran via de colon which is the main road and stops for buses/coaches. We found the Hotel pretty easy to find as we got a map from the Airport tourist info centre which the lady had kindly marked for us. The streets are all named so it is eady to get around and find where you are on the map too but one wrong turn and you could be going totally in the opposite direction, it's so easy to get confussed all the streets look the same! There is a bus from the Airport to Granada which only costs 3 Euros each. It took us about 30 mins to get to Granada city. On arriving at the Hotel, we were quite confussed as the name from afar was Luna Arabial and as we turned the coner to enter the Hotel the name had been changed to Hotel De Granada. Anyhow, the Hotel rooms were very clean infact spotless. We had a double and a triple room which both came with dining tables and kitchens. Be warned Breakfast is not served in this hotel, each morning we had to walk to the 4star part of the Hotel which was a 2min walk to the other side, and thats not internal either. To be honest i didnt really mind that fact as i could expect it for the price i paid. For people who want to take their breakfast to their room was a defo NO NO. The Hotel is a 15 min walk from the Centre and it took us 30 mins to walk to the Alhambra but for people who walking is a problem i wouldnt recommend this hotel at all. We decided to walk to Alhambra as it wasnt really as far as it seemed on the Map, but there are buses that go all around Granada for only 1 Euro they have 'Autobus Alahambra' on them.These can be caught from Grand Via De Colon (main road). When we asked about a bus which leaves daily from the Hotel to Alahambra at reception they told us it would cost us 45 Euros each which came with a guide and it leaves pretty early in the morning. This is way to much to pay and to be honest they lied and told us it would be difficult to get tickets if we hadn't already brought in advance. We took our chances and went anyway, We had no problems buying our tickets but there are certain times you can enter the palace. We had a 4 hour wait so we decided to chill out in Albaicin and go back at 2pm which was the entrance time on the ticket. Buying via the Net would be a good idea to anyone wanting to be well prepared but to us it really didnt make a difference. After a long days walking i was ready for a long soak in the bath but to my suprise i was dissapointed that we weren't given bath plugs and when we asked at reception they told me to go to the supermarket to buy one! not a good start! Eventually bath plugs were given, though it was a lil too late as we were going back home the next day! Better late than never i guess! There are no facilities in this hotel besides Internet, wifi and a swimming pool which is shut in Oct, even though i felt it was hot enough for it to be open. I wouldn't recommend this hotel to people who cant walk long distance or for people with young children. For food i would recommed Sol Doner Kabab which is cheap and tastey! just 2 min walk from the Hotel.