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Reviews of Shine Albayzín Hotel

3 out of 5
Shine Albayzín Hotel
Carrera del Darro, 25, Granada, Granada

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

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Rating 8 - Good. 164 out of 578 reviews" "
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Rating 4 - Poor. 13 out of 578 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 10 out of 578 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Mary, Brookings

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff was great
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Boyan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daphne

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Douglas

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

beth

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Muralikrishna, Spring

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place and picturesque views and located to close to Alhambra palace
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location and lovely room
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Charming
The hotel is absolutely charming and in a great location.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Annie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel in Grananad
Lovely hotel great food in the lobby connected to the hotel. Staff extremely friendly and helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff is extremely friendly and helpful!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Edmund

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is terrific, with a wonderful view of the neighborhood. You could even see a bit of the Alhambra out the window. Fantastic, magical, location. The experience exceeded our expectations.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ray

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Axel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The place to stay in Granada
What a wonderful place to stay. Amazon view of the Alhambra from the room. The suite room is huge and the view priceless. Perfect for couples.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

DANIEL, LONGMONT

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location was unbeatable, with Alhambra views from the balcony and windows. We originally booked interior courtyard rooms, but got upgraded to Alhambra views with complimentary wine.

8/10 Good

Joseph

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Central location
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Liane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

THIERRY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location, and the staff was very nice. A lot of advise to visit the town.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Neal

Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Alma

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the friendliness of the staff , decor, cleanliness. We are seniors and it was a little difficult getting to and from our room because the elevator went to the 2nd floor then you have to navigate marble steps to 3rd floor, especially with suitcases.
Stayed 6 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Alma

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kristine, COHASSET

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location and cute little hotel. Friendly staff who is very willing to help. Wonderful cafe’ for breakfast attached to the hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

2/10 Terrible

Irina

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The picture here is very misleading. The room we had was extremely small and poorly organized. But there are two big problems that I had with this hotel. 1. There is no closed bathroom. There is a door like in a stall with un opening above. So the the smells and sounds are part of your tiny room. Unacceptable. It could be drywall’s without a problem. 2. Internet was existent but because of the poor signal was unusable. 3. Stuff is there is only until 8 pm which is not horrible but inconvenient. They were nice but could not help. I would not recommend this property.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Efrain J

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful hotel. Do well remídela Ted without loosing the enchantment. Rooms well appointed.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Randy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very Nice Small Hotel
Very nice hotel. Great location for restaurants and Alhambra tours. Only downside is distance to the recommended parking garage.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Carol

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location and very helpful and friendly staff!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Abdullah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything is Lovely
Lovely reception, awesome location
Alhambra from roof second floor
Alhambra from second floor
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2021

2/10 Terrible

Katelyn

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Kathrin

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

PBR, Wisconsin

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We stayed in 2 different Shine properties in Granada and liked both of them. Helpful, English speaking staff, and longer checkin hours than some Spanish places. Good showers. We liked our bed, kids didn’t like theirs as much. First place on Elvira had bedrooms down a spiral staircase and the kids loved that. Place on the river had beautiful lit view of Alhambra at night. My son felt like he was sleeping on the street with all the noise and not much insulation (typical). We had interior room and it was nice.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location, very clean and comfortable. Very spacious apartment
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would stay again
Fantastic location. Very clean. Spacious 2 bedroom with living room / kitchen / dining room. Good views of Alhambra from apartment 2B, but from 2 relatively small windows. Very friendly and helpful staff. Would stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Mehul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect location, book it now!
This hotel was just perfect, with the right balance between being charming and comfortable. As you enter, you are greeted with a courtyard, completely forgetting where you are. The receptionist (I forget her name) was super friendly and one of the nicest hotel staff I've encountered. We were upgraded to a suite for a small extra fee (totally worth it). The room itself was really large, with traditional furniture, two working air conditioning units (which seems to be a luxury in European hotels) and perfect views of the Alhambra. Though, I'd have been equally happy with a smaller room without views, because the biggest advantage of this hotel is it's location. It's on one of the main streets of the neighborhood, which trust me, is very needed, because cars cannot go to other places which means you'd have to walk up steps or hills with your luggage. Given it's location, you can call Uber, taxi or take the bus from right near the hotel. You can walk to the Alhambra, to anywhere in Albaysin, Sacramonte or to city center. We loved it and wish we had another couple of days here. Most hotels seem to get a 4 star rating for the frills (like a separate concierge desk) but I found this hotel better than most 4 stars we stayed at though it officially has a 3 star rating.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved it
We had an amazing stay, we stayed in the top room with a view! It was indeed a beautiful view and room. Sitting by the windows and drinking wine at this hotel was one of the highlights of our trip! Would def return!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful location, friendly staff, nice room. Would stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Alex, NJ

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
16 century house in Arab Quarters converted into modern hotel. Beautifully appointed and carrying the feeling that you live inside the history of Spain with the view of the Alcasar from our suite. Extremely helpful stuff. Very friendly.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Bayard, Washington DC

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel staff got our room ready well ahead of normal check in, as we were on an early flight in to Granada. The room was tidy and well stocked. The staff was attentive and polite. The facility is gorgeous, with a central atrium open to the sky. There is a separate catering service immediately attached to the hotel. The location was central and scenic but not too noisy. Note that there is no parking onsite nor nearby.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Bradley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing!!
Amazing stay here! The front desk people were so helpful and kind. Would easily stay here again. Room was also beautiful and so clean!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel is beautiful, perfect location, people very kind, great service. I would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Pat

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved our room - clean, very attractive, wonderful staff, and great location. Associated breakfast cafe was also great. Highly recommended!! Note: Never judge a hotel by its front door in Iberia!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
wow!
outstanding experience, location, and value
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Maria, St. Jérôme QC Canada

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Shine Albayzin is located near the Granada Catedral and main attractions. Very nicely decorated. Comfortable beds and great views to the Alhambra from the suites. Friendly staff, would definitely recommend this hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Room was nice. Bathroom had nice shower, large mirror for two. StFf was efficient but not overly friendly, always seemed to be on the phone. Close to the palace. Nice sweet tea in the lobby. Bottle of wine in the room but no one said it was complimentary so we didn’t drink it. At check out we were asked about a mini bar. What mini bar? The bottle of wine?
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019