ibis Sevilla

The rooms are basic, but fine for sleeping in. All very clean. The staff were absolutely wonderful! From our immediate greeting upon arrival, even though we had to book 15 minutes before, as well as arriving really late! To the lovely chatty morning staff who went out of their way to find us a late breakfast, & treating my foster girl, as it was her birthday!

I visited this excellent hotel during September and was welcomed by a number of bilingual receptionists who helped me understand where to go and how to get into the city from the somewhat distant hotel. I was going to be exploring the city a lot as a tourist and learning the lingo, so their help was invaluable. Views from the hotel are nothing to write home about. The hotel is situated in something resembling an industrial park. My room faced across the road into a nearby business. While there were no prying eyes, don't expect to see anything of note here. The hotel does not have an upper level so you can't even get a view into the town from the building's roof. The breakfast was, as expected, very continental. With a spacious courtyard accessible through to the (similarly spacious) restaurant seating you could quite easily enjoy a meal throughout the day in the area. The "rock" aesthetic gave the place a themeatic advantage not seen in the normally modernized hotel chains which was a nice change. The location of the hotel is not ideal for getting into the city though it isn't impossible. A bus, EA, goes from the airport to the hotel - it's the first stop on it's list and you can purchase a ticket from the airport directly next to where the bus is hailed. This is ideal since it saves an expensive taxi journey. To get into town, you can get a 28 bus for around 1.40 EUR but I believe you need to use cash. My method of getting to town was to use the Sevici bikes which are plentiful just down the road from the hotel. A week pass can be purchased for 13 EUR and the first half hour is free. Each hour afterwards is around 1 EUR. Additionally, for round trips, the hotel offers it's own take on these bikes. 1 hour for 3 EUR, 3 hours for 7 and 14 EUR for a day although there is a curfew of 10pm at all times. It is possible to walk to the city though it is around 1 hour of walking through sometimes very dark and uneven ground. I wouldn't recommend this at night since the route to the nearby junction goes by a strip bar and there seems to be quite a few homeless people. However, I had no incidents myself. Overall, I didn't regret staying here. While it had it's problems with the location, it isn't really meant for that - but it is possible to overcome those problems if you need a cheap place to stay. The staff's helpfulness throughout my stay really shined through and the room was perfectly comfortable. I would not recommend this to families with young children unless you are intending on being back early due to the aforementioned. For those people, the city is the place to be. I would absolutely recommend this place for a city stay if you are either sufficiently active, if you speak enough Spanish to get the bus or if you can pay the taxi fares. If you are simply overnighting for an event with perhaps an early flight out in the morning, this hotel really comes into it's own being so close to the airport. For a particularly fit visitor, it is possible to walk to the city, but be prepared for the long haul - especially for the heat.