Holiday Accommodation in Valencia

Taking a holiday in Valencia? Going on vacation on the Costa del Azahar? Information on finding the right place to stay: self-catering accommodation, bed and breakfast, casas rurales, pensions, cottages, budget hotels or backpacker hostels.

The province of Valencia, including Valencia city, Castellón de la Plana, Costa de Valencia and Costa del Azahar, provides visitors with a wide choice of holiday accommodation, such as hotels, bed & breakfasts, aparthotels, campsites, hostels and rural houses.

See The AngloFILE for Hotels & Holiday Accommodation

Paradores

The government created this hotel chain in 1928. Paradors are luxury hotels or inns located in special buildings such as converted Moorish fortresses, castles or monasteries. There are 85 of them around Spain and they remain state owned.

See these websites for more information and to find paradores:

Paradores
Paradores of Spain

Hotels

There are over 10,000 hotels in Spain falling into four category types recognised by a letter symbol:

H: Registered hotels
HR: Residential hotel with no dining facility
HA: Hotels with self-catering apartments
CV: Holiday complexes

Hotels in Spain operate with a star rating:

5 star: Outstanding, luxury hotel
4 star: Highly superior hotel
3 star: Highly comfortable, tourist hotel
2 star: Good standard, tourist hotel
1 star: Average standard, tourist hotel

Valencia offers a selection of different kinds of hotels. See The AngloFILE for:

Hotels: Castellón de la Plana
Hotels: Costa de Valencia
Hotels: Costa del Azahar
Hotels: Valencia

Hostals

Do not confuse a Hostal with a "hostel". A Hostal is small private hotel with limited facilities and services; a competitively priced alternative to a hotel.

Pensión/Fonda/Casa de Huespedes

A pensión is a small but basic hotel usually offering a room but no dining facilities. A fonda is similar but has a small restaurant or dining room. A casa de huespedes is similar to a guest house.

Bed & Breakfasts

Bed & Breakfasts are smaller than most hotels. They often provide only one or two rooms and are privately owned. They are not usually equipped with a restaurant, but they offer rooms or mini-apartments and breakfast in the morning.

See The AngloFILE for Bed & Breakfasts

Habitación

These are bed and breakfast-style accommodations sometimes regulated sometimes not. Quite often it is a private house owner renting out rooms. Breakfast is not always offered.

Self-catering Accommodation

See The AngloFILE: Self-catering Apartments

Casas Rurales/Fincas/Villas

These are country houses available to rent. They range from large sprawling houses with large gardens to small, compact cottages in the country. Fincas are rural properties, often former farm houses that have been converted into tourism properties. Villas are often located outside the main urban centres and are a perfect accommodation option if you have transport. Villas often have good amenities including swimming pools and kitchen facilities.

Apartment/Apartamento

The self-catering options can vary in size and standard. They are often in large high rise buildings, sometimes with no lift.

Aparthotel

As the name suggests this is halfway between an apartment and hotel in that it is an individual accommodation unit but is usually within the grounds of a hotel and the hotel's services (cleaning service and dining facilities) can be used by the guests in the apartment.

Youth Hostels

Known in Spanish as an Albergue, these are competitively priced and ideal for those travelling on a budget. They are marked with an Hs symbol issued by the tourist board. A feature of hostels in Europe is the shared, dormitory-style bedroom and bathrooms.

See The AngloFILE for Valencia-based Youth Hostels and Backpackers

Camping

The Spanish word for a campsite is camping.

Campsites usually include plots for tents and cars, bigger plots for caravans and campers, bungalows or chalets and public facilities such as showers and toilets, one or two restaurants, a bar and a supermarket. They may also be equipped with sports facilities and swimming pools.

Some campings also rent out caravans and campers and are equipped with Internet points.