An overall pleasant experience at this exceptionally renovated, well-located hotel. The ambience is breathtaking, there is someone at the desk 24/7, and so much thought was put into decorative details. We were able to walk everywhere, to the mirador de San Nicolás, to plaza Nueva, to the Alhambra, to Sacromonte. It is too far from the train station to walk and I don’t think the experience of dragging luggage over giant cobblestones on windy streets when your GPS goes on strike would be enjoyable, but I’m sure some of you are more adventurous than me. The taxi was about 6 euros from the train station to the hotel and they may be the best 6 euros I ever spent. We finally discovered that we were better able to navigate if we didn’t let the GPS chart our course, but merely looked for our destination on the map and then followed the blue you-are-here dot around as we walked. But always keep one eye on the street bc those little steps and stairs can pack a wallop if you don’t see them! You will also find that you are sharing roads that for all intents and purposes should probably not be roads with large vehicles and will have to sometimes plaster yourself against a wall while a rear-view mirror comes within two inches of your face at 15 mph. But back to the hotel. The staff was professional and competent, not overly friendly but indeed helpful. Room 4 has a tiny adorable balcony from which you can get a side view of the Alhambra. For the most part the hotel was quiet, however, this city, like most of Spain, never seems to go to sleep. There are people out at 3 am and if they want to talk under your window you can be darn sure you’ll be an unwitting part of that conversation. I’m not quite sure why so many find the breakfast so great. For 14 euros pp, you will get store-bought pastries, boxed cereal, store-bought deli meat and cheese, coffee or tea, and a nice woman who makes a one-ingredient omelette out of … eggs. This is the kind of breakfast I can get for free at the Quality Inn in the US, and that is not the nicest thing to say, I’m afraid. The best part of breakfast is the cave. But you can see the cave for free. Just my 14-euros worth. There is however a lovely and oh-so-comfy sitting room off the lobby where we spent a couple of hours after we checked out. I loved this space! We had a towel rack fall down repeatedly and though we reported it, the fix was dangling it back up by a single stripped screw so it fell down again. Others have mentioned there is no coffee in the room but you can go to the cave and get coffee for free and bring it up. The other glitchy thing was the world’s weakest blow dryer. If you have more than 100 hairs it will take awhile. The bed was too firm for my taste but that’s a personal thing. The lotions and soaps they give you smell divine! If you are around 5’4” such as myself, you will be able to throw things into the safe but you may not be able to see them or get them back out. Bring a tall person who has a blow dryer. The buses at the end of the street are the tourist tram hop-on/hop-off for 8 euros pp per day, or the city minibus where you will meet all kinds of colorful characters. The minibus is 1.4 euros per ride, or you can spend 5 euros on a bus card which you and a companion can share and get a few trips out of (trips are discounted with the card) with the option to top it off. We did use the city bus to get back from a flamenco show in Sacramonte because I am afraid of the drivers at night and I would rather be the person in the vehicle than the one flattened against the wall. By the way, none of these buses go to the train station. I think there is a bus that goes from the train station to Plaza Nueva but you would still have to walk a crowded person/vehicle narrow street with disappearing sidewalks to get to the hotel with your luggage. Anyway, aside from some minor quibbles, I think this hotel is charming and we enjoyed our stay.…