Seville · Spain
Hostal Giraldilla
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Por no poner 0, el establecimiento en si es una basura, al entrar hueles un montón a humedad y las puertas de la habitación está un poco desgastada, las sábanas están sin lavar, creía que había chinches en la sábanas y no he podido dormir nada. No puede aguantar más y hoy mismo he dejado la pensión por sus malas condiciones y su olor a un humedad. No lo recomiendo ni para pasar una noche.
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79,66€ por esta habitación y servicio es un absoluto fraude. Para las personas que han pagado 20 o 30 €, entiendo que la valoración sea intermedia, e incluso positiva, pues efectivamente, es mejor que dormir en la calle, pero ya está. Nada más entrar en la habitación, un pestazo a humedad y a tabaco inadmisible para una habitación donde van a dormir personas. Que un almacén huela así, de acuerdo, no es el caso. Al entrar en el baño, el olor empeora. Bajantes tremendamente antiguos y sin mantenimiento. No hay persiana y la "cortina" es absolutamente translúcida. Tuvimos que poner toallas para evitar que entrase el sol, pero imposible. A las 7:00 de la mañana, sin posibilidad de dormir. El "alojamiento" es una antigua casa de vecinos reformada, no existe insonorización, se escucha a la persona de la habitación de al lado lavarse los dientes. En el baño, hay pelo pegado en los azulejos. El techo y las paredes de la habitación sucias y con humedades. Uno de los enchufes no funcionaba. El olor de la habitación es tan asqueroso que no tenemos claro si las sábanas estaban usadas, pues, como toda la habitación, también olían mal. Sinceramente, no entiendo cómo las autoridades permiten que un establecimiento así tenga licencia de apertura. No nos hemos encontrado sangre, ni chinches, como mencionan en otros comentarios, pero sinceramente, ojalá hubiera leído las reseñas antes de reservar. Por último, la "atención al cliente" es, por decirlo de algún modo, desagradable. Llamamos para preguntar dónde debíamos dejar las llaves (pues no hay personal, ni recepción), y la respuesta fue antipática y deshumanizada. Tenemos experiencia profesional trabajando en albergues municipales, alojando a personas en situación de sinhogarismo. Las instalaciones que conocemos son mejores y están más cuidadas que esta. 1 estrella porque no se puede poner 0.
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The main problem we had were the dirty sheets, there were stains and hair on the sheets and it was obvious that they had not changed and cleaned it from the previous guest. On our first night sleep, we had bed-bug bites all over our hands and feet. Found two bed-bugs and killed them so we had less bites on the nights after, but extremely uncomfortable sleep with the dirty old sheets. The room is very small, Bathroom has no ventilation - constantly smelled of sewerage and humidity in the entire hostel. Super thin walls between rooms, so we could hear all the sound from the TV next room. The common kitchen downstairs looked terrible, dirty fridge, microwave, boiler :( . Clearly the owner does not care about the ambience, smell and cleanliness of the hostel. There were no check-in instructions in the emails we received, only a phone number to call where nobody picked up. Arrived at the property, the door was closed with a small note and a different phone-number to call, the lady picked up but did not speak a word of English, asked a random guy on the street to help us check-in. They could at-least emailed us the instructions for picking up the keys from the box in front of the door. If that person hadn't helped us, we were completely helpless.
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Hostal Giraldilla is a basic Sevilla base with its strongest card in the location: close to the bus station, the old town, Mercadona, and walkable sightseeing. Reception can be open around the clock, and there are signs of helpful staff in isolated moments, including parking help, quick fixes, and room changes. This is not a comfort-first pick. The building seems old, compact, and poorly soundproofed, with rooms that can feel dark, cramped, and short on airflow. Ground-floor rooms near reception are a recurring weak spot, especially when the window opens to reception, a corridor, a utility space, or an inner patio instead of outside. Sleep can be rough here. Noise travels through walls, reception, lobby areas, nearby rooms, and sometimes the street, while beds, pillows, and room layouts can be uncomfortable. Bathrooms range from modern or acceptable in better cases to cramped, smelly, leaky, or poorly maintained in worse ones. There are serious consistency problems around cleanliness, smells, insects, maintenance, and payment handling. Cash requests, unexpected extra charges, card-payment friction, and disputed double payments make this a risky choice unless the price and location matter more than comfort or polish.
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- Rooms may be very small, dark, poorly ventilated, or without an outside-facing window.
- Ground-floor rooms near reception can be especially noisy and low on privacy.
- Sound insulation is weak, so sleep may be disrupted by lobby, hallway, street, cleaning, or neighboring-room noise.
- Cleanliness is inconsistent, with recurring issues around sheets, towels, floors, bathrooms, insects, humidity, mold, and drain smells.
- Beds and pillows may be uncomfortable, old, short, or noisy.
- Payment can be awkward: cash pressure, extra charges, deposit-style handling, and disputed duplicate charges are recurring risks.
- Air conditioning, heating, showers, bathroom fixtures, windows, doors, TV, and electrical outlets may not work reliably.
- Parking and luggage storage may involve extra cost, uncertainty, or limited help.