Cuevas Abuelo Ventura

The hotel was somewhat disappointing, but very cheap. During our stay the electricity went off on several instances, and the humidity inside the caves was huge. The paint inside the caves felt really old, and in general the maintenance of our room could greatly be improved. The bed structure was terrible, really flimsy and noisy. Definitely not recommended for couples 😅 The location was great, and there is plenty of parking available.

My wife and I decided to try something very different this time during our visit to Spain. This certainly was very different. Finding the place would have been quite difficult without putting in the address (not the postcode) into the Satnav and then hoping that the small road with a sign at the junction of a couple of roads was the correct one. ||||As you drive into the complex you are struck with how ranch-like it looks with wooden frameworks everywhere. ||||We were greeted at reception by a woman whom we assumed was the owner. She was very helpful but could only speak French or Spanish. Sadly, we had not received a reply to our question about pre-booking breakfast and decided not to pursue that question.||||She showed.us to our cave which contained a bed and a small bathroom. In all fairness everything was very clean although we did put a barrier of insectide down at the front door to stop the 1000s of ants which seemed to want to enter! .||||There were four sachets of bath gel provided. A hair dryer, although listed, was not provided.||||Regrettably the entire complex was looking rather 'tired' with the exception of the restaurant which was very well appointed. There were set meal times and no facilities to obtain light refreshments in between which necessitated a trip back to Guadix. The staff were very kind and allowed us to sit in the restaurant to watch TV but the TV reception was so bad we gave up after 20 minutes.||||Internet access was quite good but necessitated the use of two different passwords depending on where you chose to access it.||||The views of the Sierra were stunning and for those wanting an unusual experience away from the crowds this is the place to be. We are pleased to have experienced it but would not return.

We arrived and were greeted by the owner,shown our cave, wow amazing. Above expectations clean and tidy everything you needed. We had a lovely evening meal and breakfast the next morning served by lovely staff, nothing was too much trouble. We had a swim in the cave pool. We wished we could have stayed longer and hopefully will be back.

Attention, the management of this hotel changed recently. Although you find amazing reviews about it, they may not be updated. ||My family and I visited the hotel two weeks ago and stayed in caves 8 and 9. There was NO hot water in the shower, the TV and hairdryer didn't work at all, the room 9 was dirty, all the pets that once were there disappeared, NO swimming pool or any sorts of entertainment. Suddenly at 8 pm, the electricity runs out in the whole hotel and we stayed in the dark for hours. The owner never apologized, only came up with cheap justifications, and too unprofessional.|| The man who guides us to our rooms also had his pants dirty, like he had pissed himself, which is actually the smallest issue of it all. I think they are keeping the place for drug-dealing and not to use it as a hotel. ||||I wouldn't give not even 10€ per night in this hotel, I mean, even camping parks have electricity and some hot water. ||I give 1 instead of 0, because at least the landscape is nice.

On a recent vacation through Spain, we spent one night at the Cuevas Abuelo Ventura Hotel. It was an extremely unique experience, as the rooms were actually caves in the side of the hills. The scenery surrounding the location was breath-taking! The bright blue sky against the rugged hills was so picturesque.||||The owners were so friendly, and anxious to please. Included with room was a wonderful continental breakfast. We also had a delicious dinner there. While I was a bit hesitant to stay in a cave, I'm glad we took the chance.

We booked this hotel with booking.com beleiving it to be a 3 star cavehouse hotel, with onsite resturant and swimming pool. Was extremly disappointed, as hotel was only a 1 star, had no site resturant (had to drive 4.5 km on other side of Guadix to get to resturant) and pool was fithy meaning we could not safely use it. All of the so called sports activity equipment was damaged and unuseable. Hotel reception was closed daily from 2 to 5 and on Sunday from 1.30 onwards. Only gave it a 1 out of 5 because the surrounding views where good. Would not recommend this Cavehouse complex in Guadix.|

We stopped here in this amazing cave hotel for one night in January, the temperature dropped to single figures overnight with a strong wind but with a bag of logs purchased for €5 we were snug and warm all night. Our spacious cave was for 4 people and had 3 rooms - one bedroom with a 15 foot tall ceiling, a large bathroom and a lounge/dining room with log burning stove, table, chairs and tv. The decor and furniture could do with a little updating but all was clean and comfortable.||We ate dinner at the hotel (the only guests to do so that night) and had very personal, friendly and excellent service with lovely food and of course superb Spanish wine.||The whole Guadix area is really interesting with strange hill and rock formations everywhere you look. There are whole areas of Troglodyte homes in Guadix town as well as in many surrounding villages. One part of Guadix looks a bit like tellytubbie land with humped hills each with a chimney poking up from the cave house below.

Spent a night here just to try cave accommodations. Not regretting it. Staff was very friendly and dinner and breakfast were excellent. Nice views to many directions from the hotel area. Rooms were good and stayed warm even with outside temperatures below zero, but the air in the room was a bit bad (too much humidity or something).