First time in Bilbao Hotel location is ideal…read more Everything you need is close by Clean and family owned Room has an amazing view of the river and the old town No lift available, front desk is on the 2nd floor Bed is comfy TV is cool and there's cable Check-in is at 12pm on the dot but if you arrive early you can store your luggage in the tv room by reception. The hotel offers Free WiFi and deals for the sites in Bilbao. Close to the boat cruise and great restaurants. The room comes equipped with extra towels, dryer and a chair for the balcony. I would appreciate a fridge/a coffee machine.

Nice hotel with smaller but clean rooms. Staff is friendly and it helps a lot to have free wifi and…read morefree parking at the hotel. My room did not have A/c but it might be a cheaper one as I have booked it from budgetplaces.com

Location, location, location. What did we do before Google Maps? The reality was that we only had…read moreone full day and night in Bilbao, so location was the primary consideration for Jamie W. and me as we breezed through the Basque country as a side trip to our Barcelona-based vacation. I just knew we had to be within walking distance of the Guggenheim, our primary reason for visiting Bilbao, so it was a nice bonus to be close to Funicular de Artxanda as well for our requisite panoramic views (review: http://bit.ly/2l6b6YI). Now as part of the NH Collection, the hotel itself is modern and sleek like a West Elm catalog come to life. The rainbow-filtered windows represent its distinctive exterior touch against the more traditional buildings that surround it (photo: http://bit.ly/2C30lKy). Our double standard room was comfortable and quiet considering the hotel's bustling location next to the Nervion River, and at $115 per night, it was a relative bargain (photo: http://bit.ly/2B7SvRJ). We found the front desk helpful though a tad on the curt side when they got busy since there were quite a few high-maintenance guests in dire need of etiquette lessons. One unexpected upside was the bowl of sugar-coated gumdrop chew candies that mirrored the rainbow colors of the windows.

4 star hotel that deserves 4 stars on Yelp. Besides the fun coloring on the outside, the location…read moreis super central right across the Guggenheim on the shore of the Nervión. The beds are probably new, they are superb. Best bed I ever slept in. Room is decent, a bit small, but decent enough. Bathroom is worth the 4 stars, even though small defects are showing. There's only óne thing very troublesome and that is the temperature in the room. Outside it's winter cold. Inside the room they raise the temperature up to 25 degrees. That's sick. So I have the window wide open. The airco blows warm air so can't be used yet. But really that's the only thing. The staff is friendly. I can't understand one word they speak, because their spenglish is so bad and these Basques speak a whole different language! Even their Spanish sounds different. Make sure you have breakfast included in your price. I didn't and breakfast separately costs 21€. That's crazy of course for the scrambled eggs and some fruit that I eat. Overall: very good hotel. If you don't have breakfast included, please prepare to eat for €21 which is hugely overpriced for the bit of scrambled eggs and a few pieces of fruit that I use in the morning. They were willing to accommodate me by letting me have breakfast a la carte in the bar, but I never did that of course. Alone. The bar has a good menu btw. And sushi. From 20:30 PM on of course. Spanish style. The sishi is very good!

So comfortable, in such a great location, what more could you ask for?…read more The breakfast here is great. The gym is sort of awkward to get to, but they at least have one.