Hotel berhampiran Monasterio Cistercense de La Inmaculada, Cordoba

We visited this hotel in October, 2022. It is located in the old city which is very nice to walk through but very difficult to navigate in a car. We passed the hotel twice, once missing the sign and a second time with traffic behind us and no place to stop, so we had to continue on. Each miss required a - -＞ very ＜ - - lengthy, very annoying loop to return. Eventually we found a place to park temporarily and we called the hotel. By this time their lot was full, but they had space in an overflow lot. I do not give out five stars without cause. The desk clerk was just getting off her shift. She came out to meet us at an intersection to which she guided us by phone. She joined us in the car, directed us to the overflow parking in a completely obscure cut-de-sac, then guided us on foot back to the hotel. When it transpired that we had two twin beds instead of a queen, she re-arranged things and found us what we wanted. This is not a fancy hotel, but the staff are excellent and the price is very good. It's a walk from the Mezquite but for us the walk was always a pleasure through the old town. 5 stars for service above and beyond.

The room: The room was small but I didn't come to Cordoba to sit in a hotel room; it was perfectly adequate, clean, and seemed well-maintained. The bed was quite firm, which I don't mind; but if that's a deal-breaker for you, then this isn't the right place for you. Hotel: The pool was very nice and had a nice patio area in which to sit and read or enjoy the sunshine. Pool-side service was good and very nice. The food was simple, but that was perfectly to my liking... something to tide you over until you head out to dinner. Staff: The staff were very friendly and welcoming. My Spanish is non-existent, I was relying totally on my DeepL translator app, but they were good enough in English to get us everything we needed and were very friendly about it. I always feel really bad about not speaking the language, but the staff were very friendly. Location: I was very pleased with the location. It was a quick/cheap taxi ride from the train station and then walking distance to everything I wanted to see. Each day, we spent hours walking around the old part of the city and it was nice to be able to return back to our hotel. One night, we walked to the Stadium Nuevo el Arcangel for the football match. I went running in the morning down to the river and then along and back to the hotel, which was a nice distance (~5km). Very pleasant experience in this location. I would absolutely stay here again.

Stayed at the Tivoli in Lisbon which was a 5* and fulfilled expectations even though the hotel itself felt dated in the décor, the room, however, was spacious and well-appointed, and the dining room sumptuous with personable service. Arrived at the Palacio del Bailio, a 5* in Córdoba, expecting similar excellence, and was grossly disappointed. The reception personnel was efficient, but rather soulless. Some of the dining room staff did not feel like they should be working in a 5* hotel. They banged plates and dropped cutlery in a rather careless manner, chat loudly to each other, and projected an unsophisticated service style. The spa was marketed a lot more interesting than it actually was. The spa staff was strangely confused about our bookings and took a while to sort timing and treatments out, and the roman bath experience that looked so intriguing on their website turned out to be just 3 pools of differing temperatures and very little else in terms of amenities. Our room, basic level that it is, was fine except the goofy bathroom. It had two showers, one standalone and one attached to the bathtub. Problem is, the standalone shower took up half of the real estate on the toilet side, which means you have to be very thin and very small to get into the toilet stall. We are small folks, and still I banged my knees against the glass partition when I sit down and cracked my forehead when I stand up. Never had I to sit on the toilet on an angle with my legs half out of the stall door, just so I don’t bruise assorted body parts. A new experience never to be repeated. The sinks were also stylish-looking, but extremely impractical. Very little space to put anything, and no way to plug the drain so I don’t accidentally flush my contacts away. The hot water was iffy at times and took a long while to get warm let alone hot. A lot of water wasted just waiting for the hot water to come out. Overall an okay to frustrating stay, certainly not what 5* should be.

The location is in a quite neighborhood, entry in a alley. The environment here is quite and excellent, didnt get a chance to use the swimming pool, but i saw some rubbish floating when i checked in in the evening through my rooms window. The lobby is beautiful, good place to have a bit resting there when day time. They are using self check in at the entry, but also 24h service in the kitchen / restaurant for help. I only stayed one night, but definitely come back here again.

Great stay at the hotel was augmented by the fantastic staff. We had interactions with three different women, all very helpful and very nice. Our first encounter was over the phone trying to find the hotel, GPS wasn’t cooperating. The room was very nice with a very comfortable bed. Breakfast is a typical buffet style with a wide variety of food. Welcome bottle of Cava was a nice surprise. The hotel is close to the Roman columns and a 10 minute walk to the river area. It’s a small hotel, so it’s a quiet place. Parking was a nightmare for me. The maze of streets and poor Google map literally had me driving in circles for an hour. I never found the garage 500 meters away even with the directions from the staff. I ended up in a garage 10 minutes away but easier to get to.

We arrived at the garage of this hotel too frightened to attempt entering with our huge car (only have a small one at home). After parking in the centre of town we checked in, upgraded to a better room for only a small increase and were delighted that Pedro offered to collect our car and park it for us even though it was a kilometre from the hotel. Our bedroom was clean, spacious and comfortable for our two day stay in Cordoba, the bathroom was large with a great shower and lots of space in there. Breakfasts were excellent with a wide range of food on offer all delivered to your table. The staff were amazing and couldn’t do enough for you. A very special mention of Pedro, what an ambassador of Spanish hotels, his English was excellent, he was obliging and even reversed our car out of the car park for us. I can wholeheartedly recommend this tremendous hotel and their staff. I’d love to return one day to this amazing city.

I love this hotel budget and clean. The most important close all the place of interest and shopping street and supermarket. All by walking distance and easy excess. Receptionist is friendly and helpful. She Try to explain in explain in English whatever i need during my stay. Everything was good just no kettle to make own hot drink.