El Ancla

Rustic charm in the public areas & good breakfast. Spacious room. A bit of a walk into the old town but worth it for atmosphere & good food. Surf beach a drive away but whole beach was great. Easy parking (out of season)

Room a bit tired with eccentric decor (green bath and assorted cupboards) & sheets not duvet.

Interesting but, unexpectedly, a very old fashioned hotel. We had a different room for our second night (we had only intended to stay one night initially) and our room on the first night, particularly the bathroom, was much better, even tho' they were almost adjacent. Our host was very friendly and accommodating, as were most of the staff, nice outside seating area for better weather than we encountered, good bathroom and shower (in our first room), clean, short walk along the promenade into town, just one street back from the promenade & beach, plenty of on street parking and bonus that we were allowed to park our motorcycles just inside the gateway.

Breakfast arrangements are a little strange as there's not really a satisfactory place to sit and eat - outside there are tables but not much good if its cold and raining. Breakfast itself was a little limited and served on a tray which you either had to keep on your knee or search out a coffee table somewhere to plant it on. The hotel is quite dark and oppressive in its reception/lounge/stairs areas with masses of nautical memorabilia. There's no lift but for some reason we were put on the top floor even tho' there didn't seem to be many guests. Its really a little too expensive for what's on offer.