“Great deal, great location, management doesn't speak English”

This hotel is in a great location near the cathedral in Granada. If you take the bus in from the bus station, ask the other passengers where the stop is to get off near the cathedral. I definitely would not try and walk here from the main bus station if that is your mode of transport (too far!). Either take a cab or the bus in to town. The air conditioining worked well, but we had to go into the dark stairwell to use the free wifi. Ask for the password at the front desk (*in Spanish only*). I expected a budget hotel and the room was better than some rooms that we paid twice the price for. The management could have been better - workers smoking in the main lobby area was a bit unprofessional.

“Avoid at any cost!”

As much as we enjoyed our trip to Granada, we totally hated our stay at the hotel Sonia. Despite the good location (easy walk to Alhambra, bars and restaurants), I wouldn't recommend this hotel to anyone. Being a one star hotel, obviously the expectations were not very high, however, one would expect to have a window in their room. There was one, but tiny and overlooking the enclosed courtyard of the neighbours!! which made the room very suffocating. The worst thing is the fact that smoking was allowed in the hotel (despite the non-smoking signs) but who would stick to the rule if the reception staff and the owner smoke non-stop in the corridors, and not having fresh air in the room did not help! It was also very noisy especially over the week-end, but then once again the reception staff were very noisy themselves. After two nights we decided to leave the hotel. We spoke to the reception staff (only spanish is spoken there) and we said that we could not stay anymore because of the smoking and a my health issues. They were extremely rude at us, shouting and claiming that the smoke was not that bad! we eventually managed to get a room with a window which improved things slightly but it was extremely noisy as it was on a very busy main road. Bottom line, avoid at any cost. Plenty of very nice and cheap hotels nearby.