Shine Albayzín Hotel, Granada

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.

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!

Amazing stay here! The front desk people were so helpful and kind. Would easily stay here again. Room was also beautiful and so clean!

outstanding experience, location, and value

Lovely room, great for visiting the Alhambra

Excellent location and amenities, rooms are small but well equipped. The air conditioning worked flawlessly, would stay here again.

What a wonderful hotel. Everything about the hotel and everyone associated with the hotel was amazing. Can't wait to return to Granada and this hotel.

We stayed in one of the apartments and were very disappointed in the quality. The bathroom and kitchen smelled of mildew and sewage, and the place could use a serious deep clean ... filthy couches, dead cockroaches in the back of the closet, mold in the shower... The walls are paper thin, so if you are facing the street or have noisy apartment neighbors (we had both), don’t plan on sleeping. The property itself has lots of potential and beautiful old architecture - it’s just too bad that it’s not better kept. That being said, it is in a very good (albeit touristy) location as long as you’re willing to walk a little from the main building. We were able to access all of the major sights by foot, including the Alhambra. The staff was also very kind and helpful and were happy to print train tickets, call us a taxi, etc.

24 hour reception. Breakfast it until 8 and we left before. Very nice, modern, clean and quiet. Walk to Alhambra.

The staff were great and very helpful. The location of the apartment is in the center of all attraction. We really enjoyed our stay