Hotel Occidental Bilbao: Luxury Accommodations on the Atlantic Coast

David Myler

Jan 15, 2023

4

I only had 1 night. Could have stayed longer. Lovely hotel & staff. Its a great location to see what the city has to offer. Great value for your money 👍 Hope to stay again.

Patrick “Puck” Williams

Oct 19, 2022

5

Fabulous hotel and a fantastic place. Staff lovely and food fab. Really in joyed the stay. We'll worth the money

Graham Barry

Oct 15, 2022

5

Standard mid-range chain hotel mainly serving bus tours and business travelers. There were no issues with comfort, quality or cleanliness. The neighborhood is not touristy at all, and up a steep hill from the centre of Bilbao. It's an enjoyable but long stroll through a characterful suburb if you're up for the exercise. If not, Santuxu metro station is 2 minutes from the hotel. The area was lively and felt safe even later at night. I didn't get far speaking English around the area, including with the hotel reception staff, so you are definitely at an advantage if you know some Spanish/Basque. The differentiating amenity is access to the Metropolitan gym below the hotel. It's an excellent, full-service upmarket gym with wellness which otherwise doesn't offer day passes. Hotel guests can buy passes from the hotel reception. Another unique highlight is the roof terrace overlooking the entire city (although it is admittedly not a particularly photogenic skyline). The rooms are spacious and stylish, but have open-plan bathrooms which narrows down the type acquaintance you might want to share a room with.

Nick Losada

Aug 26, 2022

4

I only stayed 1 night but it was pretty good. The room was pretty basic, similar to cheaper hotels honestly. But the service and the space made the difference, everyone was rlly kind, nice and helped with anything. The only thing I didn't like was the location tho, I had to go to the Guggenheim and bc we were 3 people I had to spend a lot on public transport to get there. Personally I don't like using the car and the public transport is rlly good here but it's still rlly annoying having to use it every time you wanna go out. I also hate walking and I didnt have my bike so...

Carolina Echeverry

Jun 26, 2022

4

The reception desk was so friendly. Especially Jaume. I have zero complaints about the staff! My room was cleaned every night. Everyone was friendly. I have two complaints: 1) when I walked up to my floor I immediately smelled smoke 😭 2) I wish the bathrooms had space to put stuff on. I’m not used to bathrooms having no space near the sink to put makeup etc on.

Ivan Mondino

Feb 22, 2020

5

Very good hotel. Clean and large rooms and bathrooms. High quality beds. Quiet place during nigth and 15 minuts far, walking, from old town center (kasko viejo). Hotel car parking available. Fitness and relax equipments available, but not tested. 200m far from the next underground station.

GONZALO CRIADO

Feb 08, 2020

5

Nice hotel. We stayed one weekend and it's not so far from the downtown.

Katri Carneiro

Oct 21, 2019

5

Very good hotel with great service. Rooms are comfortable and clean. They have multiple pillow options. Good breakfast buffet, something for everyone. Location is peaceful, about 30 minute walking distance from the center.

:upll koy

Oct 15, 2019

5

Luxuriously beautiful views from the bar here. Nice and clean rooms , friendly staff good. Have a swimming pool and are a nice reasonably short walk from bilbao town centre. Would definitely recommend

claire hallett

Oct 03, 2019

5

Very relaxing hotel. Excellent service and very clean. Would definitely come back.

RSF1

Good breakfast

3

I stayed for a couple of nights in November and, too be fair, didn't use any of the facilities as I was out all day, so am only basing this review on the room I was allocated. The bedroom was on the...

Murray S

Excellent

5

Very good hotel, a little out of the town but well served by bus/metro.For a large chain hotel, the staff were very friendly. Rooms were good. Only flaw is the spa, as you have to pay 20 euros to...

Trek41753428561

Dissapointed with dreary hotel

1

Very dissapointing, dreary hotel, poor location and unhelpful staff. For the same money you could stay in a far superior hotel. There was nothing we could recommend about this place. Advice stay...

jtak843349

Wonderful hotel

5

We had a wonderful time. Everything was perfect for us. The food, the pool, comfortable bed, nice shower. The pool was very welcome after walking all the steps down and up again from the old town...

Paul D

Great beds

4

We had rooms on the 7th floor and these had the most comfortable beds Iâve ever experienced at an hotel. House keeping was unpredictable and disappointing. Rooms not cleaned and when they were the...

burcangan

Below expectations

3

Beds were not solid furniture. More like mobile platforms. Had 4 feet and 2 wheels. Felt like im sleeping in an extra bed i ordered despite i was expecting a room with a proper queen size bed...

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