“Best deal for short term family stays.”

Perfect lodging during the low season. I was here for two weeks during an instructors course. It's a do it yourself kind of establishment. The bathroom will get mopped everyday but no one will make your bed, no ski room, and the cafeteria is serve yourself and pick up after yourself as well. Ther… Plus

Perfect lodging during the low season. I was here for two weeks during an instructors course. It's a do it yourself kind of establishment. The bathroom will get mopped everyday but no one will make your bed, no ski room, and the cafeteria is serve yourself and pick up after yourself as well. There are no towels so bring your own. All you can eat sty buffet, strong wifi, and nice,clean common areas. You can just about ski up to the albergue. The slope called La Directa will take you to the upper parking lot but you'll have to walk a few minutes to get down. IMPORTANT: Keep in mind that you'll be isolated up there. There are no restaurantes or cafes nearby so be prepared to walk or wait for the bus.

Moins

“Amazing concept - needs to be more tourist friendly”

The place is great right on top of the mountains, rooms are comfortable and clean and has big space for luggage and ski equipment. Buffet food is good it has something for everyone and is a typical European food. It really is a nice place that needs small improvements to make it go from good to … Plus

The place is great right on top of the mountains, rooms are comfortable and clean and has big space for luggage and ski equipment. Buffet food is good it has something for everyone and is a typical European food. It really is a nice place that needs small improvements to make it go from good to great (from an English speaking tourist perspective). None of the staff speak a work of English so finding out things is very very difficult. Especially we were on a package and we had no clue where to go for ski school. We eventually when direct to the ski school in town to ask what where we we need to meet or what to do. My suggestion is to write up a "welcome file" for English speaking tourists that explains all of this. For a first time skiers we knew knowing and even when given we had no clues Great place just needs more English to make you feel more at home and to just understand what's going on. Also on our last day, no one from hostel told us shuttle was not running we ended up having to walk in like -4 degrees

Moins

“Great for budget ski accommodation ”

Great accommodation for skiing on a budget. Breakfast and dinner included for approx €65 a night. Food was ok nothing amazing but fine for a few nights - a range of different things served canteen style, maybe grab some snacks from a supermarket before hand just to be on the safe side! Rooms were c… Plus

Great accommodation for skiing on a budget. Breakfast and dinner included for approx €65 a night. Food was ok nothing amazing but fine for a few nights - a range of different things served canteen style, maybe grab some snacks from a supermarket before hand just to be on the safe side! Rooms were clean and comfortable. The hostel is very high up Sierra Nevada - basically the highest point of the resort. After discovering it would take 50 minutes to walk there (in thick snow) from the bottom we found a chair lift instead which took us most of the way up and we walked the last ten minutes. When we left the next day we discovered there was a bus which you could catch up and down which was €4 each for a return journey and goes from just behind where you purchase ski passes. There is nothing else that far up the mountain so I would advise taking any food / drink you might want up with you. Would stay again however and would recommend.

Moins

“Functional & Practical”

Have Just returned from skiing in the Sierra Nevada. We stayed in this Hostel. Overall not a bad place. The rooms are comfortable and ours at least was spacious ( although one of our group had a family room with 4 bunks which was small). The rooms were also very warm, nearly too warm at times but … Plus

Have Just returned from skiing in the Sierra Nevada. We stayed in this Hostel. Overall not a bad place. The rooms are comfortable and ours at least was spacious ( although one of our group had a family room with 4 bunks which was small). The rooms were also very warm, nearly too warm at times but this is understandable and you could adjust the radiators and open windows as necessary. The beds though narrow were comfortable and the place felt secure. The room was cleaned once in the week while we were there and the sheets changed ( or at least left for us to change) and the towels are for Hire. We stayed on a half board basis. The breakfast at best could be described as average, lots of local sweet treats, cereals, bread and toast but would have been hugely enhanced by some eggs cheese, cold cuts or some fresh fruit. Again dinner was plentiful. Here the food was better. Nice fresh salad bar and a range of dishes to select from. Some evenings it was good but chef was a bit light handed with the seasoning and though it looked good a lot of the food was in fact bland. The staff while not unpleasant have little or no English and that made it hard to communicate. There is an excellent social /lounging area in the hostel with plenty of tables chairs pool tables eat for evening relaxation and there was a good atmosphere here. There is no bar but limited wine and beer could be bought with dinner. The location is inconvenient to the town if you don't have a car. There is an excellent bus service to the village but during week it stops early. Taxis were available at a cost of €15 which seemed reasonable. The village is lovely with plenty of place places to eat and drink inexpensively and the skiing was really good especially for the intermediate or better skier who could move away from the busier slopes and basically ski queue free all week. While unimpressed the start the place grew on me and I think I would bring a group back here. If going to the area myself I might prefer to be a little closer to the town particularly in winter time.

Moins