Albufera Natural Park Hotel Guide - 4 stars Hotels in Albufera Natural Park, Spain

It was a great location if you want to visit the main downtown area including the Cathedral/shops and the new part including the Oceonographic, Hemespheric, Science museum, Bio Parc, beaches etc. We took taxis, but if you have a car it is perfect and there are cheap buses (more in summer). I would recommend the Valencia tour bus in town as this can be over two days and you can hop off and on! The beaches are further away and harder to access in the winter (still warm) than the maps suggest as it is not possible to walk there as it is 6k away via motorways!

This hotel is in a slightly out of town location, being situated in what seems to be a not-quite-finished retail park. It's a Best Western hotel, and we had to go over the road to the main hotel to check in and for breakfast. There is a fairly good selection of takeaways and restaurants in the area, though I didn't use any of them. there is also a Lidl and a Carrefour supermarket. The hotel has a free car park and is about 10-15 mins drive from the city. It is also a nice quiet location. the staff are friendly and helpful. Breakfast cost 5 euros per person for adults and was fine if nothing special. The apartment had one good size double room with plenty of space for a travel cot, which the hotel provided. there is also a single room. the main room has an en suite with bath and shower - no shower curtain, oddly. there also a separate shower room with a toilet. There is a living room area with a two seater sofa and one armchair. there was a small table and fours chairs and a TV - mostly Spanish language but there was an English news channel. The kitchen was small and poorly equipped. there was no kettle or coffee maker and when we asked for something to boil water in, they provided a large saucepan about the diameter of a typical frying pan - hardly ideal for a couple of cups of coffee! could also have done with things like a bread knife, corkscrew and a better selection of mugs and glasses.

I booked three rooms for a three day stay with my family. Checkin was very slow and to upgrade to have a sea view w took forever. Iunfortunately my room was very smelly and I had to move out. That was done very efficiently by one of the managers. The facilitesfor golf are very good. The staff is nice but not efficient at all. It seems incredible that you have to pay touse the indoor pool. The gym is free but very small and stuffy.