Top 10 Hotels, Hostels and Pensiones in San Sebastián, Spain

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Lights, camera, action ... every room in the Hotel Astoria 7 is named after a film star

Trevor Baker

Wednesday 6 August 2014 06.30 BST

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Hotel Astoria 7

Walk into the lobby of this sleek, modern hotel, 10 minutes walk from San

Sebastins old town, and youre greeted by a cheerful-looking, life-size model of

Alfred Hitchcock. If the great director was here during the citysSeptember film

festival,hed be moaning that he wasnt at the five-starMaria Cristinaup the

road, but this is the next best thing for cinephiles. Every room is named after afilm star and includes a giant portrait of them, smiling benevolently down at the

well-equipped rooms of polished wooden floors, comfortable beds and big,
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glamorous windows.

+ 34 943 445 000,astoria7hotel.com.Doubles from 69

Villa Soro

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The Spanish describe San Sebastin as seorial, which means elegant, well-

dressed, a bit posh. This sums up the 19th-century Villa Soro. Its just outside the

old town, and from outside it looks like a mini Downton Abbey. Inside its

decorated with similarly refined taste, all high ceilings, big bay windows, dove-

grey walls and carpeted floors. Downstairs, theres a living room with an open

fire and an old library thats been turned into a cosy bar. Perhaps the best thing

about staying here, though, is the breakfast (13.20), which includes some of the

best sliced embutidos(chorizo and other sausages) youll ever have.

+ 34 943 297 970,villasoro.es.Doubles from 88

Hostel Green Nest
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When the windows are open in summer, life at Hotel Punta Monpas plays out to

a steady roar from the waves on Zurriola beach. Aimed at young surfers (it says a

large proportion of its guests are Australian), it has just 10, small, simple rooms,

six of which have views over the sea. They used to rent out the basement too, but

its in the process of being converted into a studio for teaching Spanish and

Basque.

+34 943 285 585puntamonpashotel.com.Doublesfrom 75

Hotel Arrizul
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With its thick, early 20th-century exterior walls and bright interior design, this

hotel is almost exactly pitched between the elegant traditionalism of the Old

Town and the younger vibe of the Gros district and Zurriola beach. The 12 rooms

overlook either the street and the gigantic, space-age greenhouse of theKursaal

exhibition centreor the peaceful interior patio. The same group runs another

hotel, the bland but clean and convenient Arrizul Gros a few minutes walk away.

+34 943 322 804,arrizulhotel.com.Doubles from 67

Pension Nuevas Artes

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The exposed, thick stone walls of this small pension add a touch of style and

class to a place that (by Old Town San Sebastins expensive standards) is a

budget option. Owned and run by Argentinian Susana and her Spanish husband

Fran, its basic, without any communal areas, but scrupulously clean and well-

decorated with comfortable beds and one room adapted for disabled visitors.+34 943 474 905,pension-nuevasartes.com.Doubles from 69
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Hotel Niza

Hotel Niza is owned by the family of one of San Sebastins favourite sons,

sculptorEduardo Chillida,whose dramatic abstractPeine del Vientosculpture

(the wind comb) challenges the elements at the far western corner of Conchabeach. The hotel still has many of the original features from its opening era,

including an elegant lift that dates back to 1911, and many artworks by Chillida.

While the rooms are simple and basic, painted in pastel colours, there are few

better places to have breakfast than in the Nizas Bar Biarritz, looking out over

Concha and the sea.

+34 943 42 66 63hotelniza.com.Doubles from 89

Hotel Londres y Inglaterra
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Occupying one floor of a residential building in the Old Town, Pension Ur-Alde

has come up with some innovative ideas to differentiate itself from the other

small hotels in the area. Each of the six rooms is themed around a different city,

so you can, if you so desire, sleep in Glasgow (tartan curtains and wallpaper, big

double bed) or Rio (swirling, psychedelic yellows, twin beds). Co-owner Luis is a

photographer, so there are also great pictures in the lobby and a gorgeous shot of

the Peine del Viento sculpture in the Donostia (Basque for San Sebastin) room.

+34 943 422 581,ur-alde.com.Doubles from 50

Hostal Alemana
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Although its more modern and better equipped than your typicalhostal,

Alemanas owners, brothers Luis and Roberto, arent allowed to call it a hotel

because it shares a main entrance with apartments. This means it is the cheapest

place by Concha beach, and the four-bed family rooms are particularly good

value for those who dont mind sharing. Rooms facing the street can be noisy butdo have sea views. Other, quieter, rooms face on to the interior patio.

+34 943 462 544,hostalalemana.com.Doubles from 55, four-bed family

room 66

Flights were provided by Vueling (vueling.com), which flies to Bilbao (an hour

from San Sebastin) from Heathrow from 78 return. Rail travel from San

Sebastin to Madrid, which costs from 17 one-way, was provided by Renfe

(renfe.es)
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