El Establo Mountain Hotel

“A constructive and honest point of view”

Warning! You will read many polarising reviews that may leave you a little confused. I'll do my best to be constructive throughout. The resort is set out on a VERY STEEP incline. The picture you see of some of the rooms overlooking a 45 degree hillside is a perfect indicator of what to expect. The… lisää

Warning! You will read many polarising reviews that may leave you a little confused. I'll do my best to be constructive throughout. The resort is set out on a VERY STEEP incline. The picture you see of some of the rooms overlooking a 45 degree hillside is a perfect indicator of what to expect. There are 8 rows of rooms starting at 200+ then onto the next row of 300+, etc. The top row (900+) is about a 40 minute walk (and that's purely because the incline is so steep), I can't be exact on the walk up but our walk down took us 30 mins!. It seems a lot of the negative reviews are based upon the lack of efficiency of the shuttle service, they may have been short on staff or perhaps short on shuttle buses, I can't be sure. Some other reviews have said the rooms were substandard, we were happy with our room, it was clean and all of the bug screens were in good condition, although the lighting is very poor leaving half of a very large bedroom poorly lit, surely a simple fix for the hotel? The reception is at the entrance of the resort (the bottom of the "hill"), the breakfast room is also at the bottom (nice eclectic breakfast), the restaurant for evening meals is half way up the hill, as we were fortunate to be on the 200+ row we found it easier to pop out to the local restaurants rather than wait for a shuttle uphill. There is also a gym about a third of the way up, your warm up will be the walk there! I'm really not exaggerating how debilitating the incline could be to anyone light of fitness. Both myself and my wife are in very good condition but our ascent to the top was a lung buster! If their shuttle service was on point they could eliminate so many of the poor reviews. I hope the hotel take note! If you can, try to book rooms 200+ or 300+, any higher than that becomes a physical and logistical challenge!

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“Overpriced and away from town”

I stayed here for 2 nights as a solo traveler. You need to take a shuttle to get from your room to reception or the restaurant due to hills. I had black mold in the ceiling in my bathroom. It’s a beautiful property, but not worth the money and too far away from town to walk. I had the furthest room… lisää

I stayed here for 2 nights as a solo traveler. You need to take a shuttle to get from your room to reception or the restaurant due to hills. I had black mold in the ceiling in my bathroom. It’s a beautiful property, but not worth the money and too far away from town to walk. I had the furthest room down the building, and it was dark and cold. I would not stay here again.

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