Sweet Hotel Renasa

Room was fabulous and spotlessly clean. The location was fabulous, only a short walk to Aragon metro station which brought us straight into town and to and from the airport. The number 5 train is excellent for city and airport. The no. 71 bus is just around the corner from the hotel and goes straight into placa ayuntamiento, the centre of the action in Valencia. The number 90, just across the the road will take you to Palau de les Arts, museo de Ciencias, etc. Go to the nearest kiosk/ tobacconist around the corner and buy a very reasonably priced transport ticket which serves bus and metro for one/two/three days. The hotel has a gym and sauna which we did not use , but that is a bonus.

The gentleman on reception was quite unapproachable, even though I was willing to converse in Spanish and we did not feel comfortable in asking any questions. The lady on reception was really nice and smiled, especially when I used Spanish. She was happy to give information and directions. This gentleman was quite the opposite of anyone else we encountered in Valencia, which I could genuinely describe as one of the most friendly, helpful and safe cities in the world. The breakfast was served in a room downstairs . Actually, it was a self service buffet. We were quite surprised at the price - nine euro per person. This was not made known to us on the first morning until we had served ourselves and a member of staff came around asking us to sign a docket saying we had had two breakfasts -18 euro in total. We voted with our feet on the following mornings when we went to a nice bakery across the road and had coffee/croissants for two at less than 5 euro in total. This is something that management should reconsider , especially in view of the fact that menu del día- the substantial lunch menu- is available at the same hotel for 11 euro per person.