Barceló Aracena

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The hotel is set in an enviable position overlooking the town below and the castle, which is especially stunning at night. The hotel is really nice with staff at reception being helpful after a misunderstanding by them with my booking where my view was spoilt by the carpark. They offered to move me and gave me a free bottle of Cava as an apology.The spa staff were amazing despite the spa facilities not fully working due to a malfunction, but they reduced the price of our 1-hour booking to make up for it.Breakfast was high quality, and the staff were engaging and professional.The pool area was immaculate, but be aware that you will need tokens from reception to get a towel, which we were not informed of.The caves and castle are worth a visit if you have time. A top tip from another contributor was to visit on your day of checkout at 10.30 a.m., and you will be back at the hotel in time to check out at 12, visit the castle the evening before and watch the sunset before walking down to the town for dinner
  : Not being given any hotel orientation or explanation of facilities or the local area other than breakfast time and location. We did, however, stumble across a QR code on our bathroom mirror for the generic hotel chain.Only being allowed 1hr in the spa area because it just flies by.The gastro pub is nothing of the sort.. the food was terrible, and the service was nothing short of insulting. We did not eat or drink in the hotel again apart from breakfast and took the short walk into town instead. We did complain to reception, who said they would let them know which personally doesn't help on wasting my money and having to go hungry. Please read the other reviews regarding the gastro pub. The majority are similar to my experience. I wish I had read them first

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : If that the swimming pool could open at 9am would be great.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Lovely hotel, nice casual bar and terrace with fantastic views.Good free parking and fairly inexpensive covered parking.Not difficult to find.Lift
  : Pillows in the bedroom, dirty stained carpet.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Fantastic location over Aracena

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Beautiful setting, good breakfast,
  : Shower over bath a bit difficult , needs non slip mat. Very dangerous road to cross to get into Aracena town.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : The selection at breakfast was excellent and the food in the evening also very good. The staff couldn't have been more helpful considering we couldn't speak much Spanish and they didn't speak much English! It's location to Aracena was also good as it was an easy walk into the town.
  : Nothing