Hotel Carmen, Granada

This hotel is not only very ugly it is dilapidated. Our room was very smelly and had no, or broken air-con. We politely asked several times about this but were met with blank faces. I got the impression that the 'mechanic' was just a friend of a friend, and nobody really cared if anything got fixed. We had to sleep with the balcony door open due to the heat and this is very noisy because it is on a very noisy street, which means we got very little sleep. The place is really ugly, complete with worn blue nylon carpets, the cheapest gold looking light fittings, and grubby marble pattern plastic cladding in the bathroom. (strangely no extractor in the bathroom). The place is quite cheap but really it's not worth it: imagine staying awake each night in a noisy, smelly, ugly room in the sweltering heat - nothing is worth that. This is no way a 4 star, and really the best thing I can think for the future of this hotel is if it was taken over by new management and had a complete and comprehensive renovation - it has clearly had nothing done to it since the 70's. The view from the roof is spectacular, by virtue of the fact that this ugly hotel is taller than its neighbours, but despite the misleading photo and advertising the pool is just a kid’s paddling pool. Breakfast is in a windowless Stalinist hall complete with cheapest carton orange juice and seriously undrinkable sludge coffee. Perhaps reasonably functional for a family but couples stay away -this place is NOT pretty and very run down. You have been warned.

Love this hotel and have stayed several times before as we have friends in Granada and attend all the weddings!! We seemed to be the only people staying for more than a couple of days though! Staff very helpful and friendly and what's more they remembered us! Very clean and comfortable throughout.