Aparthotel El Galeón

Relatively close to the city center and bus station (10 minutes walk), but need to climb going to the hotel. The staff helpfull. Very spacious, clean apartaments and bathroom as well. Equipped with portable air conditioner and nice, stylish furniture. Excellent breakfast with variety of hot dishes! What is bad in my opinion: ground floor apartament without balcony with view to the very close rock wall and street. No soundproofing at all. You can hear all the conversations from the main hall and reception. What was the worst, the street is by the wall of the apartament and without soundproofing windows you hear all the cars passing by. For light sleepers (like me) it is not a good place to have comfortable rest and sleep at night.

We had an apartment for the last two nights of our week-long hiking trip. We were happy having an apartment after staying in hotel rooms the other nights, as we longed to do our own thing food-wise and have a bit more space. The apartment was actually very spacious and clean. There were no towels but when we asked for them we got them immediately with no hassle. Not a huge selection of kitchen utensils etc. but enough for two people for two nights. We had asked for a balcony and sea view but were told beforehand that there was no guarantee. We got no balcony and a side view to the harbour. We asked the receptionist who was friendly, and she promised to see what she could do about changing it for the next day. But we had a full day's hiking program so we weren't there to change the apartment anyway. The acoustics in the apartment and the breakfast restaurant are not too pleasant. It's all tiles and high ceilings so you can imagine the noise. The breakfast itself was quite OK. The most important downside is the location. It really is a weird place to have a hotel. It's on the outskirts of the town – not too far to walk but the roads are not very nice around the hotel. And the surroundings are far from pretty. You might be lucky and able to see the harbour but other than that you look out onto a big road. Due to its location, it's hard to recommend El Galeon. The apartments are OK, but the location is not great.

This is a rather simple place which was convenient for us as it is a mer 15 minutes walk from the ferry. The room was very large and well equipped and although directly overlooking a road, rather quiet. Breakfast ok and very reasonable pricing. You should just talk with the hotel in case you show up after 8 PM as nobody’s there after that time. It’s quite straightforward though. There is also a underground garage in case it’s needed.