Exe Salamanca

Location

We stayed at this hotel because we made an ad hoc decision to break our journey between Porto, Portugal and Bilbao, Spain. Salamanca was a natural choice with its amazing streetscape,vibrant cafe culture and urban beauty. We chose the ‘Exe’ because the tariff was (to 2 senior Australians) very reasonable - of course that was not counting the €15 parking and before we discovered that it was another €13 per person for a breakfast that I’d describe as beyond ordinary & by the discontented muttering of most guests they were equally unimpressed. The upside was the spacious room, the soft bedding and the terrific location. The downside - a lift that made bizarre shuddering noises which echoed through the building, no way to adjust the aircon OR prop open a window. The insult - on checkout we were asked if we’d used the minibar, husband thought not, I said we’d used 2 bottles of water (we both thought was complimentary because the smell of chlorine in the tap water was overwhelming). Sadly that assumption was wrong @ a mere €2 - not a fortune but the final ‘straw’ on my spouses ‘outrage’ index. I had to hustle him out before he could voice his opinion! NB there was no minibar ‘list’ describing the contents and our experience has been that at least some water is complimentary throughout Spain. Conclusion - there are many other hotels in Salamanca that, if you add the extra €45 we paid will give you a far better experience than this tired, creaky and sneaky establishment.

Clean and functional, and not too far from the tourist central areas. Breakfast is good and the rooms are fine. They have 2 car parks, both of which have tiny little underground spaces. Despite e-mailing to ask for the biggest space possible, they tried to wedge us in a small corner. All the settled eventually.

Everything was spot on Really recommend this hotel

Excellent location, lovely breakfast and good parking facilities.

Receptionist very kind and polite