Hotel Albucasis

Perfect place to stay in the centre of the old town and near to the mesquita. Traditional old style Spanish decor. Lovely staff, helpful and friendly. Clean rooms. Quiet and peaceful despite being in the town centre.

Hotel Albucasis was a nice little hotel right in the centre of Cordoba.
It was a perfectly nice room, with comfy beds and a good en suite. The shower was very nice and powerful.
Something good to note is the car park, which is 15 euros extra but worth it as car parking is rare in the rest of the city.
We didnt get a chance to stay for breakfast but there are plenty of eateries and cafes around for all meals.
Overall, a lovely stay.

Room was cleaned and equipped with everything you need. Heater works fine. Staff was very helpful and open 24 hours a day. Bed was a bit soft and short, though. In general, good quality-price and unbeatable location, very close from the Mezquita.

What an amazing location for a hotel in Córdoba, literally metres away from everything. Staff were brilliant and the room was spacious and clean. Would definitely return. Córdoba is a must see! The Mesquite is unbelievable! We took a bus tour of the city which was brilliant and I would definitely recommend.

The situation of this hotel is brilliant: it’s close both to all sightseeing and local shops and cafes. It’s in the quiet place at the same time. It has it’s own parking (can you imagine it considering the hotel is in the center of small narrow streets of ancient city?). Rooms are small but clean and very native. There is a private yard with a couple of tables where you can spend some part of the evening with some local wine. Half of the personnel almost don’t speak English yet anyway they’re very calm and hospitable ready to help you. The price/quality comparison is great.

Little value for the price, rooms with funny smell, small uncomfortable beds, cheap florescent lights. Many cheaper options around with better accomodation. No sockets to charge phones, it really feels like we are back to the 80's (not in the stylish vintage way) I've stayed for one night and left for Dreamers & Co. (better price and much more comfortable)

This hotel is right in the heart of the old Jewish quarter. The hotel is very picturesque, has a lift and the rooms are well appointed. We had breakfast here the first morning but I wouldn't recommend it as we had bland coffee, orange juice, bread and a dry croissant. We found an early opening cafe nearby and had breakfast there instead.
There is no traffic in the old quarter so you will have to get your luggage from the edge of this area to your hotel and the streets are cobblestoned. We managed okay and we're in our late 60s.

It is a lovely Hotel, very close to the Mezquita.
It is cheap keeping in my mind its very good localisation.
Staff are very nice.
Perfect? Of course not... do not expect luxury and the breakfast is expensive but you have a lot of bar/restaurante/taberna near hotel (some are open at 08:00) and give you a good breakfast at medium price of 3 euros. Rooms conditions are very well explained so you can trust in what hotel´s staff write about it.
I think that one of the best options in Córdoba.
I strong recomend!
One day if I come back in Córdoba... That´s my Hotel!

Hotel is very charming, and very well situated for exploring central Córdoba. Nice courtyard to sit in, clean room, friendly staff. It is a bit hard to find, our GPS was confounded, but we eventually used Google Maps on a cell phone and that worked well. Would recommend!

Clean,good location.At no time were we made aware that breakfast was extra we do no book accommodation without,why would we? There is nothing at reception or anywhere in the hotel and we were not asked when booking in if we would be taking breakfast,which comprised one bread roll and one croissant one butter and jam,tea and juice.Only when checking out we were charged 28 euros.To charge 7 euros for a very poor meal is a complete disgrace when you can find better for 3 euros.There is a price list on the door of the room,but this makes no mention of the extra.The toiletries shower gel etc are also extremely mean.

Difficult to find but once you have navigated through the narrow streets it's a calm oasis perfectly placed if walking distances is hard. The facilities are minimal, no tv (great) a bar with some refreshments and very friendly and helpful staff. The rooms are a standard size and bathrooms adequate with plenty of pressure from the over bath shower. Air conditioning only works if the room shutters are closed, but then it is fine. Car parking on site is recommended, it's tight getting the car in, the staff are aware and very helpful with getting in and out of their garage. It is the tranquility and peace that hits you as soon as you walk under the arch and into the courtyard. The centre of the old city is hustle and bustle as expected and you are really only metres from it. Lovely lovely hotel. Rooms mostly overlook the courtyard, these I think are the nicest.

The hotel is centrally located and is close to major places of attraction.
Very friendly and helpful reception staff.
Lack of double bed which can be the area of improvement.
As a whole it is a pleasant place to stay.

The hotel is well situated, quiet, clean and has the typical athmosphere of the buildings of the Jewish and old quarter of the town, patio included. Alejandro is one of the nicest and most helpful employees of all the hotels I have been staying at during this wonderful vacation in Andalusia.

Pros -
This hotel has a fantastic location and is very clean, well maintained and soft music playing in reception. It has a nice courtyard for relaxing between sightseeing. Having traveled in southern Europe quite a bit, I can say this hotel was no harder to find using GPS than any other hotel where we have stayed in the historic areas of cities. Parking in their garage is expensive but that is par for the course in any historic area of a European city. The parking is very secure too so we didn’t have to worry at all about our car during our stay. Though we could have easily gotten our car out to drive it during our stay, we didn’t find it necessary due to our great location. The WiFi was good, dependable and relatively fast.

Cons –
This hotel seems to be overly concerned about limiting operating costs and seems to do so at the inconvenience of their guests. 1) Some examples include; The hallway lights turn off automatically and quickly. Some don’t have motion sensors so you have to grope for the switches in near darkness to keep from injuring yourself. 2) The air conditioner would only work at certain times of the day. Basically, it may have worked when we were not in the room during the day. When we really needed it at night for sleeping, it was never operational. We were in Cordoba during the Easter Holy Week celebrations so the noise outside continued till at least 1am and then the street sweepers came out for another hour, then the delivery trucks driving through those very narrow streets started early in the morning so the noise basically continued most of the night. This wouldn’t have been a problem if we could have closed our window and turned on the air conditioner but, with no air conditioner, the window stayed open and we didn’t get much sleep.

The staff doesn’t smile very much but they are helpful when asked. Also they speak very, very little English and we speak very, very little Spanish (I realize this is our problem. After all, we are in Spain so we should be speaking their language). This wouldn’t have been much of a problem except that it made communication very difficult when addressing the problem with the air conditioner. Finally we were asked to wait until 3pm for the one staff member who spoke fair English. He explained to me that the system was central heat/air and some of the guests were requesting heat so they couldn’t provide air conditioning and heat at the same time. With no cross-ventilation in the room and the evening temperatures hovering just under 80 F, I can’t imagine anyone requesting heat but even if other guests were cold, why didn’t the staff ask them to add one of the available blankets to their bed instead of depriving my wife (who is always hot these days) of needed air conditioning?

There was no TV in the room but we knew that when we booked the reservation.

This hotel has many good features so it was difficult for me to give it an average rating. This lower rating is mainly due to the staff’s less than helpful nature and their willingness to let me walk away from a conversation without an acceptable answer and without proactively trying to solve my problem.

This hotel was recommended by friends and we were a bit concerned about booking it because of the somewhat unenthusiastic recent reviews here. However we were very glad we did. We felt it was excellent value for the price -- our previous room in Seville was 10 Euros more and 18 for parking for a smaller room with a poor bed. This hotel has its own garage and included parking in the price. We had no trouble finding it with our GPS, it took us right to the door, which is as stated accessed by a series of narrow lanes. Great location, minutes from the Mezquita and the Fort, loved walking over the Roman bridge each evening, lots of good restaurants nearby.

Our room was simple, but large with a casement window opening on to the courtyard. Bed was nice and firm and we slept well. The street is well outside but quiet at night anyway.

Alejandro, the young man on the desk in the afternoon had reasonable English, and though very shy made a big effort to provide information. The woman on the desk during the day spoke no English and had a very dour manner, but managed to show us the route out of the hotel through the little streets when we left, no problems.

The only negative was the very high price for the breakfast -- my fault for not inquiring beforehand, but it was a surprise to be charged 7 Euros each for the standard 4 Euro breakfast -- so just walk up the street a few metres and have yours at a cafe to avoid that extra charge.

This is not a luxury hotel, but we were not paying for that. It definitely was an experience we enjoyed.

First of all a great location.... but to find it by car GPS will not solve your problem, eventually we paid a taxi driver to lead us there. and we are not stupid with street maps. the owner or manageress had not taken part two of the 'How to smile at customers'... I can appreciate it is hard if you have a language barrier, but a smile can take you a long way. As the majority of hotels we stayed in they turn their air con off at night...which gets my goat. If you advertise air con it is up to the customer when to use it. Room was OK... not yet sorted out the need for plugs for modern travellers. Breakfast was very basic... would suggest using a local bar. In summary...great location, OK rooms ...could do better for the money charged.

when we got here and checked in they asked for a passport for 2 minutes, we have been here for four ours and have not gotten it back. when we got into the room we wanted to charge some stuff, we couldnt find anything until after 20 minutes of looking, and there were only 2 plugs. so we went on the wifi. after about 20 minutes of horribly slow loading, the internet gave up and shut off. When I went to go take a shower the water was tepid at the hottest setting. when someone went down to ask for someone to turn up the water they came back with a coke and said the water would be turned up. still waiting. the coke was put on the shelves five years ago. cant wait to see what is next!

Although a good location, and around quiet courtyard, and with parking (€14 a day).We found, all but one staff member Alexandro, to be very off hand, especially the manageress. After reading some of the comments we can't agree on many points.so I will now add our comments.
A/C was switched off one night as the management thought it was not required!!!, the rooms very basic, pillows resembled a pile of boulders, not very comfortable, No hairdryer, had to ask for one, the lighting in the room was very poor,breakfast was a real rip off €7 each for a cup of coffee, a orange juice from a carton( not fresh) a slice of toast, and a grim looking croissant, again the staff totally disinterested, needless to say we didn't have breakfast here again.
We suggest if any one is thinking of visiting Cordoba there are many many places that must be much better.we would nor recommend.

The Hotel Albucasis is a very clean hotel. The service was also excellent. However, the walls are a bit thin so we could hear people talking in the room next to us and also the breakfast was not good. Orange juice and a croissant and a piece of toast. Every other hotel we stayed at in Andalucia gave us fresh squeezed orange juice since oranges are so prevalent in the area. It is in the city center but just far enough away from the Mezquita to avoid the crowds. I would recommend this hotel to someone on a budget.

We found Hotel Albucasis on line when we were looking for accommodations after several nights in Granada. We arrived late at night, but the staff person was very helpful and showed us to our room. The staff throughout our stay were helpful and accommodating. In fact, as clean and serviceable as our room was, the highlight for us were the people who worked there. For the price our room was very good: clean, comfortable, accessible and the hotel was in a great location to see what we wanted to see in the older parts of Cordoba.