Hotel Don Gonzalo

Would I stay at this hotel again? Absolutely not. Would I stay at this hotel again? Definitely not. (If you want to read this review in English, please use Google translator.) A few days ago, I arrived at this hotel, which is listed as a three-star roadside hotel. I booked a month in advance to attend a wedding there. My first impression was quite acceptable. Upon check-in at the front desk, I was charged €88.00 per night in advance, which is the high-season rate. This contrasts with the €67.00 I had been informed of during my phone reservation. From what I understand, May is high season in Montilla. Upon reaching the room, through a poorly lit hallway with a couple of storage carts at the end, we found a room that left much to be desired. A tremendous disaster; I haven't had a similar experience in any other hotel I've been to. My first reaction was to return to reception to change rooms, but I ultimately gave up because my partner told me we weren't going to live there forever. The room had no windows, just a small, dirty, moldy skylight in the center, with a broken blind motor. The floor was rough and stained, and the bathroom was very old and small, with a chipped bathtub from the 1980s, glued with silicone or similar material. There was long-standing dirt between the bathtub screen and the sink cabinet. The shower only worked partially; the water came out weakly from both shower heads at once, with no option to use just one. The shampoo dispenser worked, but the gel dispenser didn't. The bathroom door creaked when opened, and the entrance door was too high from the floor, so the conversations of guests passing in the hallway could be heard as if they were in the same room. There were also some ants crawling on the floor. The second night, we had to ask to change rooms because, to top it all off, the ants were already in the bed. They weren't just normal ants anymore; there were winged ones coming out of the door frame. They moved us very late at night. The second room was more comfortable, nothing special, but much better than the first, with a window and everything. Surprise! When we went to bed, the "boom-ka-boom-kam-boom" of the wedding disco music kept us awake until the early hours. The damn window I'd longed for in the first room was very old and didn't do much to muffle the noise. When I left the hotel, I wasn't given a receipt or any itemized bill, only the credit card payment slip. I think the breakfast, which was acceptable, was included in the room rate. Anyway, the gardens and facilities were...

La piscina está muy bien cuidada, limpia y agradable, y el personal es, en general, muy atento y educado. Sin embargo, la cocina de la zona de la piscina fue una gran decepción: tardamos dos horas en comer, un tiempo totalmente injustificable para platos sencillos. Una experiencia frustrante que desluce el resto del servicio. Recomendaría disfrutar de la piscina, pero sin duda evitar comer allí.