Pension Areeta

Having read some of the TA reviews after booking, we were a bit anxious about what we'd find, but were very pleasantly surprised. The location is wonderful, on the main street about half way between the metro and the transporter bridge. OK, the place is a little shabby, but it is only a 1* Pension. Having booked for 5 nights I think we had the best room, room 1. The room was a reasonable size, with sufficient storage and a traditional Basque enclosed balcony, with a coffee table and two armchairs, the bed was comfortable, and the lady in charge left an extra blanket, without our asking, when the weather turned colder. The staff were friendly, and the accomodation clean. The included breakfast turned out to be coupons for the café about 50m down the street (La Kazuela), which covered the standard "coffee, pintxo, and (fresh-pressed orange) juice", but the range of pintxos was excellent - all very tasty!