Name: Hospederia Zahara
Address: s/n Paseo del Pradillo, Barbate, Barbate, Barbate, 11393, Spain
Rating: 6

Air conditioning

Smoke-free property

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Non-smoking rooms

Fridge

Family room

Hairdryer

Shower/Bathtub

Shower

Wardrobe/Closet

Linens

Rooms

Coffee/tea for guests

Microwave oven

Coffeemaker

Kettle

Meals

Spanish

German

English

French

Portuguese

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No parking

Parking

Beach/pool towels

Next to the beach

Pool and beach

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets allowed

Pets

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Gibraltar International Airport

Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport

Ceuta Heliport

Ramon de Carranza Stadium

Victoria Beach

Roman Theater

San Juan de Dios Square

Admiral's House

Cathedral Nueva

Cathedral Square

Plaza de Candelaria

Monument to the Constitution of 1812

Plaza de Espana

Torre Tavira

Plaza de Mina

San Antonio Church

San Antonio Square

La Caleta Beach

El Gran Teatro Falla

University of Cadiz

Fortress of San Sebastian

Church of San Miguel

Alcazar Gardens

Arenal Square

Circuito de Velocidad de Jerez

Bodega Tio Pepe

Jerez Cathedral

Arabic Baths

Jerez Archaeological Museum

Plaza Mamelon

Church of Santiago

Equestrian Art Museum

Royal Andalucian School of Equestrian Art

Zoo Jerez

Garden Essenico 'El Altilo'

Hospederia Zahara

Barbate

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

11-beds

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27-beds

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3-beds

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4-beds

40-beds

5-beds

6-beds

7-beds

8-beds

9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

I only stayed one night, room was fresh, clean, plenty towels, double bed, AND 2 drop down wall beds if they were needed.   Great value for end June,  and easy access to the main village. Will def book it again, as we live further down the coast , and I came alone for a family celebration, but would like to come and spend more time in the village, nice little shops, and loads of choice for food.

Great value! Helpful Staff.

...than return to the Hospederia Zahara in Zahara of the Tunas.

Well, it was cheap. I'll give it that much. 

I reserved at Hospederia Zahara before any TripAdvisor reviews had been posted. It looked like a good option for basic accommodation, which was all we needed for a couple of days by the beach. The pictures on the hotel's website make it look like it has a little Ikea-style cheap-and-chic flair. 

No, oh no.

We were shown to a dank basement room with an ashtray, although I had reserved a nonsmoking room upstairs. It was impossible to get this switched because we have only rudimentary Spanish and the receptionist not a word of English, French, or German, the three I tried. Well, okay, it's a fairly remote area so I guess even in the tourist industry we can't expect always to be understood. We decide to deal with the basement. It's just two nights...the longest two nights of my life.

It reeked: A miasma of sewage, mold and mildew filled the air; worst in the bathroom.

It leaked: One reason for the smell was the amazing leaking partially electrified plumbing system, which I can't imagine is up to code. Looks more like something out of a mobile home, and an outdated one at that. Whenever the shower ran or the (remarkably weakly flushing) toilet flushed, the electric plumbing made a fortissimo whirr. Your own flushes were startling enough, but those of your neighbors jolting you awake throughout the night were even more of a treat. You'd think a dungeon would have thicker walls.

It creaked: Almost everything was in bad repair. The bathroom faucet had become detached from the sink and never been fixed. The toilet and shower had the abovementioned leaks. The freezer was almost entirely iced over. The batteries in the remote were dead. 

I freaked: Basic is one thing. Filthy is another thing entirely. Surfaces were coated with dust. Someone else's hairs were scattered on the sheets and on the bathroom sink and floor. The corpses of smashed bugs stained the walls. What I took from the official pictures to be white tile with black grouting was in fact white tile with white grouting that had simply never, ever been cleaned. My husband opened the kitchenette cabinet to get a water glass. He shuddered, closed the door, and urged me not to open it again. We bought plastic cups.

The only thing that could've made this stay worse would have been booking it as a 4-person room (which the hotel advertises), a feat accomplished by squeezing a pair of dusty fold-out bunk beds right next to the double bed.

At checkout, another monolingual receptionist communicated through hand gestures and our basic Spanish that he didn't know how to use the credit card machine (it was not broken or out of service; he just didn't know how), so could we please walk to the ATM down the street and take out cash to pay? It was annoying, but at that point we were willing to pay almost anything to get the h-e-double-hockey-sticks out of that troll's armpit of a place.

Hospederia Zahara was cheap, but it was terrible value for money. Stay ANYWHERE else.

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