Crisol Monasterio de San Miguel

We chose to stay here as the historic nature of the hotel appealed to us. It's a lovely building and our room was very comfortable with a balcony overlooking the pool. There were plenty of sun loungers though as we arrived early evening, we didn't get to have a swim before the sun went behind the building (c. 6.30pm in June). Parking nearby in the Interparking underground car park was only 9.95 euros for 24hrs. We didn't book breakfast, and the cafe/bar area is only open from 4pm to 10.30pm so quite limited. We found some great restaurants nearby (La Bodeguilla was fabulous!) and took the car out each day to go to Valdegrana beach - 8 min drive (as they have sun loungers and umbrellas to rent (12 euros by one chiringuito bar and 17 euros on the other). Would visit again if we were over that side of Spain.

Room (we had a jr suite) and breakfast were great. The hotel is perfectly situated in the center of the town and everything is walkable. The garage was nice but they should include it in the price of the room since parking is virtually non-available outside.

The hotel is lovely, full of history and religious artefacts, being a converted monastery. There is a beautiful quadrangle in the middle which is great for an evening drink in the relative cool. Lots of places to sit to chill out or read a book. The hotel is situated quite centrally and has it's own car park. It's a thirty minute walk to the beach at the bottom end of town and fifteen minutes to the ferry which will take you over to Cadiz. There are some interesting buildings about including a castle and a fantastic church or two and lots of little squares with bars for tapas and beer. It all felt very safe around and about. The rooms we had both had balconies overlooking the pool area. We are a family of four and we were given adjoining rooms, which worked very well. The rooms were cleaned every day and the sheets changed. Thanks to very friendly staff - thank you. Our room had the largest double bed I've ever seen in my life. Very comfortable. The bathroom was spacious and well set out. Shampoo, conditioner and hand soap were provided in large push down bottles. Not very fine, but saves on plastic. The room had a fridge/mini bar stocked with beer and soft drinks. There were no drinks making facilities, which I guess is a British expectation, but would have been good because there was no bar to get refreshments during the day. The restaurant was self service buffet style for both breakfast and evening meal. For breakfast, there was a range of hot and cold food eggs bacon sausages and pastries and breads. All excellent, except for the yogurt on offer, which was some artificial concoction with beef fat in it! There was a very good coffee machine using real coffee beans. Supper, also self service was good. There was usually a meat, fish and vegetable dish on offer and a range of salads and starters, including cold meats. We stayed half board and everyone, including the vegetarian in our family was satisfied. Breakfast 07:30 -10:30.

Central location good sized room and good choice for breakfast. Huge hotel with beautiful features. Staff very friendly.

Excellent breakfast. Peaceful traditional hotel in an old Monastery. Helpful staff. Easy walk to many bars and restaurant. Clean, good size pool. Our second visit and will return.