Hotel El Ancla

Recently stayed in this beautiful town on our Camino adventure. The hotel is somewhat olde world and while some reviews I had read were quite critical of the state of the rooms and indeed the service, that was not our experience. Hotel is located one block back from a magnificent beach which has a 4K promenade. Check in was seamless and receptionist was very friendly. Our room was a decent one, clean/ quiet albeit we could have done with aircon as weather was quite warm. While breakfast was served on site (typical continental breakfast), there was no facility to eat at night ( staff however provided decent recommendations). The town has multiple bars/ restaurants within 5/7 minutes walk of the hotel.

What an abomination! Simply put, this place makes fawlty towers look like the peninsula in HK. First no hot water, then no water at all. Bed mattress filthy as if it was collected from the rubbish tip, Springs coming through mattress. Room Filthy, paper thin walls, staff rude and disinterested. Everything about this property was dated, broken, old etc. This is without a doubt the worst hotel I have ever stayed in anywhere in the world. Do not stay here. One more piece of advice, do not stay in this town, it’s a s**t hole

Good rooms and helpful staff. Breakfast was mediocre — no cheese, no eggs. The dining area where they put us was dark — a bar. The reception area too was very dark. They did offer coffee early as I requested.

We stayed here on our stop-off in Laredo on the Camino. This is a shabby establishment, with not a lot to recommend it. The staff did their best but the rooms were badly in need of an overhaul - very old stained carpet in our room, and dusty curtains, and cobwebs around the windows. It looked like no money had been spent on the place in years. They sent us to a pretty poor restaurant called Manolo down the road for dinner. We didn't stay for dessert... To be fair we had a nice drink back in the hotel bar after dinner.

Nice hotel in Laredo. Room was good size and had everything we needed. Owners were very helpful as we arrived a good three hours too early but they accommodated us. Bar was good. Very quiet as off season but not a problem

This hotel is located about 1 km from the main town 2 streets back from the beach.||||First impressions are OK when you go through a courtyard but after that it is like going back 30/40 years as nothing has been spent on the place. The carpet is frayed, the shower curtain reminds me of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and has probably been around as long!||||The beds are uncomfortable, the room smells and is in great need of TLC and a thorough painting and serious updating.||||We managed to leave after 1night.||||The breakfast was pre prepared and Continental with croissant, jam, pate, bread fresh tea and coffee plus yogurt.||||Overall not a pleasent experience I regret to say

Stayed here one night on our way back to Bilbao for the ferry home. Booked on the day and found it easily. Free on street parking next to the Hotel worked well. Lovely gardens with chairs and tables where we had an evening drink and breakfast.||Our room on the ground floor was very tired, especially the bathroom, but was clean with a comfy bed. One member of staff at Reception spoke English. Easy walk from here to the marvelous beach and restaurants and bars for evening.||Continental breakfast was very good.

Very nice and comfortable stay.