Hotel di Torrellano

We always stay at the Areca when we visit Spain and fly from Alicante. Very convenient for overnight stay for either an early departure or late arrival. Rooms are good, food is good for breakfast (bit limited) but very good for evening meal. Have upgraded a couple of times but in my opinion not worth it as the upgrade room is looking a bit tired. Staff are lovely, and if you have a hire car, there is parking underneath, (lift to rooms). Parking outside is usually easy, but handling cases up the steep steps can be difficult. If you don't have a hire car, they organise transport to the airport at a reasonable rate.

stayed here after easyjet cancelled our flight and we had to stay overnight. great little place. really friendly staff. lovely huge room with two large comfy beds. bathroom with a bath tub (happy husband!) and shower. all really good. the area its in isnt anything special but its a short cab ride to the airport and is a great place to stay.

I was on a business trip here and stayed for 1 night in room 131. Overall it was the best value for money I had in Spain (I travel extensively all over Spain staying in rooms with a rating between 35 – 50 EUR – this one was 38.5 EUR). The hotel, the room, everything was super clean (they even gave me some kind of “amenities kit” composed of a disposable mask, plastic disposable glass and bottles of liquid soap, just in case you forgot yours). The staff was very friendly and answered all of my question in a polite manner. There is also a restaurant open 24h inside the hotel and a gas station with a 24h schedule (20 m from the hotel). They have also a parking lot with surveillance cameras. Everything was excellent with a small note: when I first walked in into the room, there was a smell like in the room the windows haven’t been opened for a while to let the fresh air enter the room. Certainly I would recommend this hotel and certainly I would come back.

The people at the reception desk at check in were pleasant and helpful. This hotel is a very interesting structure with a 3story atrium . Excellent construction but unfortunately the size causes echos and one noisy person on speakerphone can disturb everyone. The room was large and spotless with a very comfortable bed. We had a drink at the bar before dinner, which we had booked and pre paid for, the waiter was friendly and efficient. We went in to the restaurant and were given what appeared to be the bar menu. We asked and were reluctantly given the dinner menu. At that point the person at the next table began coughing continuously so we moved to another table. It was ages before somebody came to get our drinks order and another wait before they took our food order. The food was mediocre generally but the cheesecake I ordered for dessert was a savoury cheese tart not a sweet cheesecake. They replaced it but then had trouble figuring out how to bill us for the already paid for meal. There was a waitress who never seemed to do anything and a waiter who appeared to wish he was elsewhere. The staff at checkout were too busy chatting to take much notice of patrons. A very nice hotel but a crook more suited to a fast food franchise

Over expections. Beautiful resort, amazing garden and pool. Very good value for money. Best choice if you have a car.

What a pleasant surprise. A great value hotel that is actually great value. Very clean, good breakfast and fantastic staff. I will definitely return if i need a place to stay in the area. I could have happily paid double and still felt it was good value.

This is a great place to stay overnight for late arrival or early departure from Alicante airport. Reception staff are friendly, thoughtful, polite and helpful in booking taxi, advising on local restaurants and explaining the Hostal facilities all in good English. Room was very clean with effective air- con and beds very comfortable. Unable to comment on breakfast service as flight left very early. Hostal overlooks open heath land with pathways for enjoyable stroll away from town traffic Only downside of stay was poor sound insulation in building so the noise of furniture being moved around in the dining area very late at night by other guests returning to premises when no staff were present became a nuisance

We booked this last minute as quick as we could in Alicante airport after the strikes and we were stranded for best part of a week …close to the airport 15 euros in taxi…close to marina and Alicante Old Town 10/12 euros in taxi each way …pool was lovely and had 2 outdoor jacuzzis …apar**ent was huge spacious and clean did the job …cheap as chips to stay here …reception friendly and so was little cafe that sold snacks and drinks …Aldi is 6 euros in a taxi one way also…got us out of a sticky situation and made some fabulous friends there too.

The Budget hotel was great value as usual, but the restaurant at the adjacent Ibis was understaffed and tables were not even set out. Food was not presented well; School dinner-ish and no table service. The one member of staff (at the bar) taking orders also had to deal with bar orders. Because the tables were grouped together there was not enough seating for diners. One at our table had to separate the tables for social distancing - there was no member of staff who showed any interest. Completed orders were shouted for from the bar area. Contrast this with Barcelona the night before. Why so different?

We had the worst meal we have ever had in Spain last night. My husband had fish. No idea what it was but it looked and tasted disgusting. I had pork with potaotes which tuned out to be tiny Duchess potatoes probably frozen and reheated. We did register our views and were given a discount of €10 which was an unasked for token but we would have preferred a decent meal. On arrival at 20.15 we were told they had cancelled our reservation as were late. We did not know there was a set arrival time. The receptionist said he had rung me 3 times but I had no missed calls on my phone. We were given a room. An awful experience and we will not be staying here again.