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Reviews of Hacienda Minerva

4 out of 5
Hacienda Minerva
Ctra Dona Mencia Km 9 8, Zuheros, Cordoba

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 44 out of 81 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 25 out of 81 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 81 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 81 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 81 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Mehmet, Urla

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The room is OK. The hotel and restaurant both are good. There was a lot of cats around.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

4/10 Poor

Benjamin

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
This hotel has a beautiful location. The terrace where we had breakfast had a wonderful view. We also had a great meal in the restaurant at a reasonable price. However, several things were disappointing. The shower was too cold to use - would be OK in the summer, I’m sure. The breakfast was very poor value with no hot food. For the breakfast we paid £40 for 2 adults and 2 kids on Expedia - the hotel said it should have been €9 each but didn’t offer a refund, and that still would have been overpriced. There are a large number of cats around the place, which is cute but proved not terribly hygienic. The TV didn’t work. The shaving mirror in the bathroom was broken. These last 2 things are minor quibbles but for a “4 star” hotel with an 8.8 Expedia rating, it was not what I was expecting. Without those, I would booked a cheaper place. I will be wary of relying so much on ratings/stars in future.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Helen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely remote peaceful authentic hacienda
Lovely quiet remote hacienda surrounded by olive groves. Wonderful ambience to restaurant and breakfast roof top terrace room. Delicious meals and great coffee.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

A

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great property with a top restaurant. Absolutely charming.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Vesna

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Wonderful place , felt like traveling in time yet with all the modern comfort . The whole area is stunning , hidden gem
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Special
To find such a place and stay. Very special. Great evening meal and breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good for a little break
Very friendly staff and beautiful location
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eugene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tessa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Dreamy location with great facilities. We found the hotel on spec and couldn't believe our luck. It was everything we wanted and more. We spent five days here - hiring bikes from the Hacienda and cycling along the Via Verde, returning for a dip in the beautiful pool, followed by drinks on the terrace which offers panoramic views of olive groves, ending the day with a delicious supper in the restaurant. Heaven!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Julia Massiel Estevez

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Nick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Amazing stay. Superb location. Great on-site restaurant Only the bed was rather old and uncomfortable after 2 nights.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

8/10 Good

Derek

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely property in great location, poor service.
Beautiful building in a stunning location, but falls somewhat short of the expected standards of a 4* hotel at that price range. Reception staff were delightful, but service for our party of eight at dinner was very haphazard. We ordered bottles of wine for the table, and the wine was poured into our glasses from opened bottles and we were charged 'per glass' prices! Very unimpressed at breakfast that tables weren't laid up, and when the waitress brought our coffees she made no attempt to clean rubbish and crumbs from previous people off the table, she just dumped the coffees down and walked off. Not the sort of service I'd expect in a 4* hotel charging Parador prices! One of our group had stayed in the hotel a couple of weeks earlier to check it out, and had enquired about the swimming pool, as all the advertising for the property features the lovely, big, blue pool, and we all particularly wanted to use it, and she had been told that it would definitely be ready for our stay. We were very unimpressed on arrival to find it was a dirty green puddle due to broken equipment. We accept that the pool isn't usually opened until June, but we had asked, and we were expecting to have the use of it. My wife and I used the Arab Baths, and they were excellent, with a charming receptionist and all very clean and thoroughly enjoyable. Overall a pleasant stay, but the serving staff need to raise their game somewhat to justify the prices and the rating.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

thomas, Brooklyn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic breakfast and epic views from both bar and breakfast terrace. Lovely staff.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A wonderful situation and beautiful building

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel in the mountains away from busy town
Far away, quiet and the ride took too long before we got to the final destination. Our GPS could not find the hotel so we stopped and asked for directions like the old days

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointing for the money
Poorly run down and overpriced in comparison to say a Paredor. Save your money and stay elsewhere.

6/10 Okay

Eric, Melbourne

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Old is OK rundown is not!
About what we expected from old Spanish country hotel. Did not expect mould in shower and significant grime on floor however. Food was average at best.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place
Very relaxing one night stay in beautiful location close to Zuheros. Pool was closed due to the weather but otherwise couldn't fault it

10/10 Excellent

Mel & Dot., Scotland, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A uniqui hotel
A unique hotel with a very friendly and relaxing atmosphere. An oasis of calm. Spent relaxing times wandering around the internal courtyards. A lot of thought and care has been put into the layout, with plants and small fountains etc. We stayed here as a base for hiking in the nearby national park. The small hill town of Zuheros is about half an hours walk away along a wide track. If we are ever in the area again we would definitely stay at this hotel again. Mel & Dot (Scotland)

10/10 Excellent

Lara, Montreal, Quebec

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful stay in Spanish countryside
After spending a week touring around southern Spain, we wanted a last day to relax and somewhere a bit off of the beaten track. we chose Hacienda Minerva and were not disappointed. It is situated in an olive grove (there are olives as far as the eye can see!) Luis at the reception was extremely helpful and accomodating. The restaurant was SUPERB and Fernando, our waiter took excellent care of us. Couldn't have asked for a better place to sit by the pool and read. The rooms were spacious and comfortable.

10/10 Excellent

ProfLouise, Athens, GA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel but could be even better
We had three days to spend in Andalusia and decided to stay here because of the GREAT reviews. All the positives are true: beautiful hotel in a gorgeous country location in the midst of olive groves as far as the eye can see and a very nice and attentive staff. For example, we arrived at 11:30 p.m. on our first night and they asked whether we had had dinner and then made us a salad and cheese plate. Oddly, though, the hotel isn't set up to take advantage of its gorgeous setting. There is nowhere inside or outside the hotel or even in your room to enjoy the view, except the breakfast terrace, but the sun there was scorching. A few umbrellas over the tables would have helped! Wifi was available only in one courtyard and not in the rooms, but there was no public seating there and you're not likely to stand up with your laptop! Also the restaurant, while good, was overpriced, in our opinion, so be sure to eat before you come back to the hotel. It's also hard to bring in your own food since there is no refrigerator in the rooms. Every single restaurant we tried in Spain had delicious food, so there's no reason to pay a premium for it. The hotel is easy to find as long as you look for kilometer mile 9.8 on the road from Zuheros to Don~a Mencia.

8/10 Good

Paul, Reepham Norfolk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The quirky Hacienda Minerva
More of a village than a hotel with some great views. Signs for the Hacienda need to be rethought though. Nice.clean sitting room, bedroom and bathroom but lighting was too poor to read by. Perhaps due to its isolation they have to be carefull with electricity Breakfast and dinner restaurant staff are first rate as is the food and wines. We ate there on all four nights. Our bill was incredibly reasonable.

10/10 Excellent

rafael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very special place
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

JOSÉ ANTONIO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alberto

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Muy bien para descansar. El espectáculo de guitarra, maravilloso.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

MARCUS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
descanso rural maravilhoso
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Zelaya

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Todo correcto y estupendo. El personal super amable. El lugar precioso y la habitación confortable.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Sergio, lincoln

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Muy aislado el hotel pero muy bonito
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

yves

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Belle surprise ! Chouette soirée avec musique et ambiance.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Thomas

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Gabriel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eva

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

patrice

Travelled with partner
Nos decepcionó la habitación para un 4 estrellas: habitación muy oscura, el sofá estaba destrozado muy dañado imposible sentarse allí. Presión de agua y problema de drenaje. De lo contrario, el hotel está bien ubicado para andar en bicicleta por la vía verde.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Lydie

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

javier

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Núria

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Benito

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

2/10 Terrible

Finn Kock

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Gema

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Lisette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

6/10 Okay

Virginia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Se ve que ha sido un cortijo precioso , pero actualmente esta todo muy descuidado y deteriorado
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Arie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Prachtige locatie langs de Via Verde. Er is echter wel wat onderhoud nodig.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Personeel was onvriendelijk, eten op de locatie was teleurstellend, het zwembad was aan renovatie toe, het trappetje was zo kapot dat het gevaarlijk is. Van buiten een schitterende acco, maar eenmaal binnen valt het erg tegen.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Helio, Vilches

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
El entorno y en si la propia hacienda Lo que no me gusto es que no pude hacer uso de la chimenea
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Laura

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Estancia con mucho encanto
Hotel rural con mucho encanto e historia, a pie de vía verde, ideal para practicar ciclismo o senderismo por el entorno. El recinto es precioso y el restaurante ofrece comida muy buena relación calidad precio. Ha sido la segunda estancia, volveremos a repetir. Muy recomendable para escapadas rurales, el emplazamiento y vistas son ideales.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

ODILE

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
La situation de l'hôtel est parfaite. Au milieu des oliveraies avec une vue MAGNIFIQUE de la terrasse dès la petit-déjeuner ! Bonne gastronomie. À 15/20 mn à pieds par une piste cyclable pour rejoindre Au Zuheros.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

T., Stuttgart

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Die Lage ist traumhaft. Leider lädt der Zustand des Gebäudes nicht unbedingt zum langen Verweilen ein. Viele Dinge sind in die Jahre gekommen, werden nicht gepflegt, und die an sich traumhafte Dachterrasse ist nicht zur gemütlichen Nutzung hergerichtet (schlechte Plastikstühle, kein Sonnenschutz, keine Bewirtung). Um den nicht funktionsfähigen Zimmersafe wurde sich während des Aufenthalts trotz mehrfacher Anfrage nicht gekümmert. Die Hinterlassenschaften der vielen Katzen wurden nicht konsequent weggemacht. Das Restaurant der Hacienda war dafür ausgesprochen gut.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Junior suite was zeer mooi. Badkamer was groot en prettig.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Norbert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jaime

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Un oasis inesperado
Estupendo lugar para la recuperación y el descanso durante la travesía por la Vía Verde de la Subbéticda
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019