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Excellent hotel for night stop as driving through Spain and a France. Plenty of free parking around hotel which is set away from roads. Welcoming and friendly staff at reception. Spacious and clean modern rooms and bathrooms. The hotel has very good and delicious selection of typical Spanish breakfast food to choose from for those not wanting the set hotel breakfast menu. Dog friendly hotel and with separate seating area. Hotel is also within few minutes drive of large shopping centre and supermarket.

We have stayed at Ibis Irun many times, although not for a few years. Its ideally placed, near to the toll motorway and is perfect for travellers either going North into France or South further into Spain. Its not near the town, but if all you want is a bed for the night its clean & comfy, food in the restaurant was reasonable, there is a secure gated surface car park and they accept dogs. However, on this occasion there are some issues, I want to raise. The hotel is currently housing several families of Ukranian refugees and whilst we applaud the Spanish governments reponse to the refugee crisis and Accor Hotel's help with this, I do not think that unruly, unsupervised children should be allowed to play on bicycles & scooters in the public lounge (which is not very large) when weary travellers are trying to relax with a drink. The outside terrace was similarly not a place to relax with some of the older children playing loud music on mobile phones. We had driven a long way that day to reach Ibis Irun and relaxation was simply not possible. I would also point out that allowing very small unsupervised children to play in the carpark was extremely dangerous for them and a couple of times there was some very near misses with cars coming in and not expecting to encounter small children in their way.

We had planned to stay at the Parador, but it was fully booked, so we stayed here for 8 nights instead. Despite its four star rating, Hotel Rio Bidasoa was about half the price - so our expectations were not great. The hotel is well located with a convenient car park, and the reception area is welcoming (as were the staff). Buffet breakfast was generally good, and the bedroom was spacious, well equipped and air-conditioned. My primary criticism is that the building is bland and characterless. Internal decor (particularly in the bedrooms) lacks warmth and colour - it feels spartan and utilitarian despite being very clean and well appointed (TV, Nespresso machine, fridge, safe etc). Also - be warned that the laminate flooring seems to amplify and transmit sounds between rooms - you could literally hear a pin drop!. Despite the negatives, this is a good hotel and it offers great value.

We stayed here a week while on a tour. We had room 210. It was an average size room with 2 twin beds pushed together, a desk, full length mirror, a closet, safe, 2 chairs, a ceiling fan, a fridge that had drinks which cost extra and 2 chairs. The room was very clean. The bathroom had a tub with a shower. One needed to be careful in the shower as the tub was slippery. The towel racks were so installed so high that I had to stand on my toes to get the towels off of it. It would have helped if I was over 6 ft. tall (I am 5'5”). The beds were comfy & had small rugs on either side. We did have an issue with the AC not working the first day or 2 so our room was warm. That said the staff was good about working to fix it. The Parador has lots of ambience in the main areas. The outdoor terrace is fantastic & has wonderful views of the water. It was a great place to sit in the afternoon and enjoy a glass of wine. Front desk staff were great. Our room did not have an elevator that we could use. That was a disappointment as I had checked with the tour company before booking. We had to climb up 2 stories since the lobby floor is floor 0, not the 1st floor. Breakfast was included in our plan. It was good. However, about the 3rd day, they started to run out of items like yogurt which many of would have liked. Also at times they were slow at restocking the buffet. Some days it seemed like the restaurant was understaffed at breakfast with one person working instead of 2. All in all a good 4 star experience.