Globales Reina Cristina

Anne O1 year ago

Having read the reviews of this hotel, we were a bit concerned about our stay there before we arrived. Glad to say that, despite our apprehension, there were absolutely no problems at all. Indeed on the contrary. The hotel is very noticeable from the road, standing as it does on a rise overlooking Algeciras harbour in its own extensive and very well maintained grounds. From the outside, the hotel is very impressive and reflects the English style of the British who built it and, I think, its sister hotel Reina Victoria in Ronda. The latter has recently been restored and is now owned, I think, by a French hotel chain. Historically the Reina Christina is fascinating, having been the setting for the Algeciras Conference of 1906, a Conference on which a young Winston Churchill reported as a journalist. Our room was immaculately clean, as was the rest of the hotel. Our room was spacious, with its own small balcony and, though some slight repairs were needed, the decor was fresh and pleasant. Staff were extremely pleasant and had obviously been well trained. The carpets in the corridors do need to be changed, however, since they are quite badly stained in many places by what appears to have been spills of bleach. Breakfast, too, was disappointing - too much processed meat and cheese for our taste while the orange juice wasn't freshly squeezed. But at only €9 each it was fair value. All in all we thoroughly enjoyed our stay in this delightful, extremely clean and very professionally run hotel which fully merits its four stars.