Parador de Cádiz

The room was very spacious, we had a standard double and it was very spacious. I liked that the bathroom was separate (some hotels have taken to having the bathroom in the room - no screen)! The screen was enough to screen off the bathroom sinks and separate shower cubicle and toilet. The bath was separate and behind the bathroom sinks. Useful as you could hang washing in there. Also there was a radiator, which was on for the duration of our stay, which was great for drying our swim suits, trunks and underwear - we were very pleased with this. It didn’t make the bedroom particularly hot. Most rooms have sea views. Not much sun on the terrace till late afternoon, which suited us. Good wardrobe space and drawers located by the door, outside of the bedroom, with glass doors to close off, so clothes could stay fresh. There was a small fridge, with only a small amount of soft drinks from the hotel, but it meant that we could put water, our own drinks to chill, quite useful. We were provided with bottled water most days during our stay - 300 ml x2. On our arrival, we were given a gift of some soft donuts in a small pack and a welcome note, and on our last night we received a small bottle of local Sherry - this was very much appreciated. The pool area is great. Loads of loungers and shades. The pool is huge and there is another smaller pool with jacuzzi so you can have an outdoor spa. All looking out to sea. There is a small pool bar, we didn’t eat there just grabbed a coffee to take away. All alcohol drinks available there. It was lovely to get a fresh pot of decaf coffee at breakfast with hot milk in a separate metal jug was a plus - very good coffee.

The signature restaurant at the hotel - Bahia de Cadiz was very good the first two nights we ate there and was very reasonably priced. We had some lovely fresh mackerel the first night and I had a beautiful grilled sole, and my husband the swordfish - we are pescatarians. The wine was very good also. We would have eaten there every night thereafter, but night three we went in, the sole that I had ordered the night before, which my husband had was overcooked, and the chips which had been very good the previous nights seemed to be cooked in old oil. They gave my husband a very bad stomach during the night - he was in the toilet a lot of the night. My meal of fried sea bream was just deep fried pieces of fish and was very dry, plus the accompanying padrón peppers did not work well. We did not return after that night. I can only assume it was the chef’s night off ! Breakfast, although having a lot of options was not very healthy. All the bread was white, or white flour coloured brown with seeds added. Not very healthy. All of the breads to toast were white flour and some very sweet. The croissants were also very sweet - everything had a lot of sugar. Obviously the cakes were lovely, but also very sweet. The fruit the same. Being vegetarian who eats fish, no real savoury option available. The cheese, which I am trying to avoid due to cholesterol was actually not very nice tasting - very bland and tasteless. I think the addition of some wholemeal rolls and sliced wholemeal bread, larger salad options, and larger portions of nuts and different nuts available - there were walnuts in a tiny dish but the pieces wouldn’t have made up a whole nut ! - would make it better. Melon, pineapple and orange slices can also be high in sugar - fortunately there were some green kiwi to balance those. Lunch in the lunch restaurant had a very limited menu - not great unless you like burgers, which I don’t. White bread for toasted sandwich, plus the same for the flat bread, a roll !

Las vistas.

Gute Lage Parkmöglichkeit in der Tiefgarage Top Aussicht

Das Hotel wurde 2012 neu eröffnet. Man hat den Eindruck das seit der Eröffnung keine Reparaturen durchgeführt werden. Das Gebäude ist mit viel Glas ausgestattet. Viele der Scheiben sind beschädigt (Dusche, Fahrstuhl, Türen,…). Im Speisesaal sind 2 Glastüren zur Terrasse mit OSB-Platten verschlossen. Die Glasschiebetüren bei der Dusche hat oben keine Führung mehr. In einem Fahrstuhl war das Display ausgebaut, sodass man im Fahrstuhl nicht erkennen konnte in welcher Etage man ist. Das Loch wurde mit einer Holzplatte mit Aluminiumfolie bekleidet. Die Bar im Poolbereich machte einen unhygienischen Eindruck. Die Arbeitsplatte war verschmutzt. Das Personal war teilweise nett und hilfsbereit. Andere Mitarbeiter waren sehr abweisend und unfreundlich. Bei einem Hotel in der Kategorie sollten Reparaturen zeitnah durchgeführt werden.

La struttura stessa , la piscina e la posizione

Il ristorante

Lage am Atlantik und nähe zur Altstadt Cadiz, große Tiefgarage, Balkontür des Zimmers kann über gesamte Länge geöffnet werden, Bar mit einmaligen Blick auf den Atlantik

Personal im Restaurant und Frühstücksrestaurant macht einen sehr frustrierten Eindruck, was auf mich einen sehr unhöflichen Eindruck machte (war auch schon vor neun Jahren so). Zimmer mit Flecken an der Wand, schwarze Silikonfugen in der Dusche, Zimmertür und gesamter Flur sehr abgenutzt. Restaurant ist einen Besuch nicht wert, lieber im Ort essen. Frühstückbuffet sehr umfangreich aber irgendwie waren die Produkte nicht qualitativ hochwertig (lieber kleineres aber feineres Angebot). Cocktails übertrieben teuer).

Location and friendly staff. Very clean.

Most rooms have a door connecting to the room next door.

Fabulous hotel, balcony with sea views. Close to the beach, restaurants and old city.

Everything was good