Hotel Alborán Algeciras

Hotel in a very busy urban area but only a bus ride from the centre and the beach. We visited Ronda, Tanger Ville, Gibralter, Tarifa for whale watching and Castella De Frontera. Would have been easier with a car and the hotel offers free parking but very manageable without. Staff spoke very good English and were very attentive to our needs. Excellent restaurant and cafe, which was good as we were out of season for many Algeciras restaurants in the town. Bus stop outside of hotel will take you to the bus and train station in 10 minutes and the bus on the other side of the road will take you to Gibraltar in 30 minutes.Be warned though, the road is extremely busy and possibly hard to cross with small children. We managed to see everything we came to see using public transport. A dip in the fantastic hotel pool on return from our our adventures was brilliant.

totally stuffed up my book so ended up in a small no balcolony noisy part of hotel night 1 Swimming pool not accessible due to four functions so they fenced off the pool but told us they would let us in well I tried and the staff member redirected me to the fenced off area again on the wrong side. Belen on reception was extremely helpful but after noisy neighbours with a yelling dog to late at night and noisy function guests in the car park the whole concept of three nights to relax and work where done. She did get me the room I ordered and had my packed luggage delivered to that room for night 2 & 3. Guess what day 2 another set of functions, kids running around pool still fenced off. Not a lot in the area apart from a supermarket opposite and one small restaurant. Hotel Cafe bar staff too busy with function guests to offer good service. Cleaning staff spent most of their shift chatting to each other and would not move out of the way for guest movements. If a function is on virtually forget parking until say 11pm Dining room doesnt open until 8pm too late!