Albufera Natural Park Hotel Guide - Hotels with Pool Hotels in Albufera Natural Park, Valencia

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.

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!

I stayed at Sidi Saler for one night while travelling along the coast of Spain. I thought the hotel for my purposes was perfect. The beach was 100 yards from the hotel, the pool was very big cleaqn and nice, the hotel breakfast was fantastic especially the fresh orange juicer machine. There was a shuttle bus back and forth to Valencia every 30 minutes taking away the bother of trying to park in Valencia and this went on till 11pm at night. If you want to be in the centre of it all then this isnt the hotel for you, but if you want a relaxing beach or pool holiday then this is just right. There isnt anything much nearby so you are stuck eating in the hotel which was quite expensive unless you bus into Valencia to eat every day. The room was nice but not 5 star standard, nothing wrong with them just not 5 star.