Peñiscola Palace

You have to upgrade to a superior room to get cold air conditioning, but the oceanfront view from the room can't be beat. There's a large breakfast spread with fruit, eggs, bread, juice, etc. You're steps from the beach.

Sea front hotel ocean view rooms great views of the sea front. Good location. Nice ground floor pool. good paid parking options for a big van. Breakfast unfortunately was low quality with limited choices for a 4 star hotel compared to other hotels. Dinner option was ok. My biggest complaint would be the cooling. 1st night they switched it off and it only came back at 11am we were sweating like crazy and didn't sleep well. 2nd night they left it on but unfortunately the cooling couldn't cope with the outside heat in the morning and this is still May. Only recommended if you tolerate the room heat.

Overall the hotel is clean and the bed is comfortable. However, I find it unbelievable that at the 4* hotel you need to bring your beach towels from home. When I inquired about it at the reception I was told I can go buy towels if I want from one of the shops nearby. Also it’s very strange that the spa (sauna and the inside jacuzzi) it’s not included in the price for the guests. They charge 13€ extra every time you want to use it. The gym equipment is very old The food is nothing special, but the drinks are cheap at the bar. It’s a +20min walk to the old city