Barceló Costa Vasca

I came to stay for a week. The check-in was long and drawn out, but housekeeping was doing the best they could. Thirty minutes after getting my room (after a long wait), as I am laying on my bed talking on the phone, a male employee enters my room without notice, and continues past my suitcases to restock the mini-fridge. It scared me terribly & he wasn’t very apologetic. At Barcelo, there are no extras in the lobby or reception like other hotels. The gym is an extra charge. No coffee is offered in the lobby. Breakfast is extra. This hotel is on the newer side but there are no dialing instructions on the phone, the secondary lock on the door didn’t work when I tried it after the privacy invasion. This location is fine if you are with a group or with family, but far from all the central activities if you don’t have a car. Not many restaurant or other service options nearby. It is located in a residential area. Loud slamming doors. Thin walls so you can hear snoring in the next room. I stay 70-90 nights a year in hotels. I regretted booking this hotel.

Nice friendly hotel, modern and clean with a great pool and outside area. Handy for the beach, a little bit of a walk into the centre, it’s good to build and appetite and burn off the pintxos. Only improvement would be to note that a few rooms don’t have balconies, maybe just the family ones.

The hotel was clean, air conditioned and relatively spacious so no complaints about the basics. It included some coffee/tea and a small fridge. It was on a nice leafy street up the hill from the beach, a 20 minute walk to Playa de la concha and probably 40 min to old town. I wished we were closer to the beach/old town. The amenities were also a bit lacking at this pricepoint (which was quite pricey for a family sized room.) Breakfast would have been an additional 60 euros/day so overpriced for this area thus we ended up doing other things. Max parking price wasn't clearly displayed but was maybe 32 euros/day? Street parking is possible and what we ended up doing the last day to save money (it's 3 euros/day to compare). They also didn't include pool or beach towels, which is standard at nicer hotels. The Barcelo is fine but there are probably better more centrally located choices for the money. If the Barcelo included breakfast and parking it would be a much better deal.

Good rooms (we had a second one for our adult children). Located walking distance from the beach, with some good cafes etc nearby and we walked all around town. We never used the pool but it seemed nice.

Nice hotel, very cozy rooms with a huge king-size bed. Slept like a baby. Customer service was fantastic, bartenders were really friendly! Breakfast was delicious, they’ll make fantastic omelettes as long as you let them know how you like it! Thank God it was beautiful weather because the pool was closed. Very ambiguous description of seasonal, showed mostly pictures of the pool yet it was closed when you got there surprisingly. But because the weather was so nice we were able to go to the beautiful beach for two days! Much better anyway!! San Sebastian is a wonderful city, I have been all around the world and multiple locations in Spain, I would say I like the city better than Barcelona, my opinion! I could live here for sure!!