“15 Minute Drive to Alhambra”

The Villa Blanca hotel in Albalote, is an easy 15 minute drive away from the Alhambra and downtown Granada via the freeway. The address provided in Expedia is rather obscure and would be very difficult to find if it wasn’t also listed on the Garmin GPS data base. The hotel is part of the Maxi Hoteles chain and it was OK but a bit run down. In our first room, the toilet wouldn’t stop running so we changed to a second one. Our second room had tiny balcony that looked over a green area and the glass door provided ample fresh air at night but included some traffic noise. In both rooms, the fridges didn’t work. The air conditioning was quiet and effective. WiFi only picked up in the lobby. Breakfast was plentiful and included a good variety. The staff were friendly and spoke some English. They were very helpful in having our lost luggage from Royal Air Maroc delivered to the hotel.

“Good value”

Basic 3 star hotel. Clean and functional. We only stayed for 2 nights and used the hotel for a base for travelling into Granada. Staff were pleasant, one waitress was very nice. Bus stop close to hotel so very easy to get to and from Granada.

“As basic as it can get”

If you plan on renting a car during your stay in Granada then the hotel would be good in terms of parking availabilty and distance from the city center. As for the overall hotel experience, I would rank it as basic to bad. The doors are still accessed with ancient looking keys that get jammed somtimes, the hot water only starts to show up 15 mins after turning the tap on and their breakfast is limited. If u want a clean bed and a washroom, then it's a good value for money.

“Not three star yet”

First, let me say that the desk clerk lied to us at check in. He was pushing insultingly hard on selling a guided tour of the Alhambra which is completely unnecessary at the time of year we were there. If this is really a 3 star hotel that practice should be eliminated. The hotel is very hard to find even though it's right on one of the highways. Expedia does not give you complete information on finding the hotel and it should. The room is nice if small. The hall to the room was under construction and not nice enough. It's a cheap place to stay and if you're driving and can get good directions (we used a major mapping web site for driving directions and the directions were not very good as I couldn't recognize the address Expedia had given), it's ok. Breakfast is not included.