Habitaciones la Mar

We stayed two nights here in early September. The hostal is very close to the train station and bus stop if you are arriving by public transport. It’s also very close to the seafront and at the bottom of the rather steep hill into the old town. The door was locked when we arrived as reception isn’t manned routinely but someone came to the door and checked us in quickly. I forgot to ask for the WiFi password at check in and didn’t see anyone at reception to ask after that. It’s not printed in reception or in the room so I had to do without. The room itself was clean and comfortable, the air con wasn’t too noisy and the shower had pretty good pressure. We had to go looking for toilet paper ourselves though as there was none put in the bathroom after the room was cleaned on our second day, again we couldn’t find anyone to ask but we found the closet on our floor where they were stored. I booked the room through *********** and in the days before arrival got emails stating that the card I used for booking couldn’t be verified by the property, I changed it to two different cards but continued to get the messages (all my cards were working fine in Spain) and upon arrival I paid with the first card with no issues. I then got notification through *********** that my reservation had been cancelled – literally 10 minutes after I paid. There was no issue using the room for the duration, I think the property were avoiding paying whatever percentage *********** charge them for the reservation. It was a nuisance for me though.