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Reviews of Hostal El Olivo

1 out of 5
Hostal El Olivo
Calle Navas 14, Granada, Granada

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 57 out of 157 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 65 out of 157 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 24 out of 157 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 157 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 157 reviews

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Erik

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Carol

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Greg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Thanks for a great stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marius

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location, in the centre Granada, very walkable to major attractions, shopping, restaurants, etc- 10 min to Cathedral. I didn't mind walking 40 min to Alhambra, it gives you a chance to take the city's vibe in. My room was small but clean, I was solo so I didn't mind the size and I didn't spend to much time in anyway. The place has character, I liked the balcony of my room at a higher floor above the narrow street full of lively patios and restaurants. You might find it a little noisy until later in the night, especially on the weekend. I personally was tired and I slept. Friendly , helpful staff. Thanks!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Ishak

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Quiet, good location

Good location, quiet despite being in the center, proximity to restaurants, shops and public transport, but lacks basic water heater for coffee or tea.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rex

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice spot easy walkable to everything in town with tons of eating/drinking options right there. You’ll def hear the restaurants but that’s not the property’s issue. Easy bus to train/bus station
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Denise E

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I liked how many of the tourist attractions were walkable.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I really enjoyed my stay at Hostal El Olivo, the staff are very friendly and welcoming. The room i stayed in was very clean with new towels and bedding changed everyday. The air conditioning also worked very well in the room. The hotel is also conveniently located in the centre of Granada. Theres lots of lovely bars and restaurants along the same street as the hotel, I strongly recommend the Abra Pampa Taberna next to the hotel. Hostal El Olivo Thank You Christopher Hampton
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Brilliant... the owner was so very friendly and helpful. Centrally located and so convenient to wander the ciry centre.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

FRANCESCO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Host was very freindly and helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Friendly hotel staff

Room did the job while staying in Granada. Great location and very tidy. Only thing is it was noisy in the evening. The chap who checked us in was lovely and very friendly
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mursal Aria

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ruben

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Edna

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, clean rooms and excellent staff. The argentine restaurant is excellent and guests have discounts.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Albor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice. Its a great locaxion, very clean with friendly staff. The jostsl is nicelylocared in thehub of entertainment.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not for light sleepers!

Friendly and helpful staffs. Sits in the old district and you can walk to all the places of interest, including the Alhambra. The only thing is there are a roll of restaurants underneath. You can hear the people talking loudly when they were eating and drinking. Apparently the restaurant downstairs also owns the hostal and you can get 10% off if you eat there. Great hot water supply and strong wifi. If you are doing solo and want a single bed room, you will be staying in front and above the restaurants. Oh, they have lots of ear plugs if you need them. Otherwise, great place and top value for money.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Luis

Very very good.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lauren

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very tidy. Host was very helpful and friendly. Great location for restaurants, while hotel room still was nice and quiet.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Jessica

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
In really proximity to city centre but really loud at night time. Staff were very friendly and helpful!

8/10 Good

Robert Paul

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location hostal clean & tidy would reccomend
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Zulma

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great location and value

Staff was very helpful, room was big and the air conditioning was working, also hot water. The location was perfect! I would return anytime!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hostal is well-located with everything in the city just a close walk away. The room was clean and the bed was comfortable.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was all good. Noisy, but expected given the location. On a lovely street for tapas and drinks.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Great Location!

Pretty decent overall, on a busy street, however our room was in a quiet section. Location was great!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was n a great location. They printed my boarding passes for free and when I got the train reservations mixed up they helped me cancel them and make new ones
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

gillian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Pleasant family run Hostel.

We really loved staying here. Paco & his family were so helpful. He told us all the best places to visit and marked everywhere out on a Map. The bedroom was very tiny but the beds were very comfortable & bedding was spotless! The shower room was also tiny but adequate. The shower base/ surround was a bit tatty but other than that can't fault the place. We only ate tapas there one night but had drinks both nights. The service we received was friendly from Sophia ( daughter) We were very pleased we chose the central location of this hostel and are very happy to recommend to others looking for accomodation at a very reasonable cost.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Great Location

Good: but, terribly noisy both at night and in the morning
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excellent value for money.

Hostel Navas 14 was located very centrally on Tapas Alley in Granada. The room was small but suited our needs perfectly as it was only a base as we were too busy sightseeing and enjoying all that Granada has to offer. You cannot expect to stay in such a central location without noise but earplugs solved the problem at bedtime. The room was spotlessly clean and the staff were very friendly and humoured our attempts at Spanish. Would have no hesitation in recommending this little gem and look forward to our next visit.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Leslie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Hostel Navas

Good location,friendly staff early check in. Room was clean but the bathroom was very small. For a single traveller for 1 night in a prime location was good value.Would definitely consider booking it again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Abdel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good location.

It is not nice location close to every thing.

8/10 Good

Alexis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice location.

Nice hotel, centrally located.I recommend it.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort

Nice location but noisy

Location of this hotel is ideal. Staff is nice as well but it's on the main street. I didn't mind the noise of bars downstairs as they all close by mid night but it's early morning noise which really bothered me when they do deliveries. If noise doesn't bother you then this hotel might work for you.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Steve

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

City break

A break in a beautiful city centre with friends. Great bars. Great food. Lovely walking in the Sierra Nevada. Shame it rained but it didn’t spoil our trip.

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

6/10 Okay

Ah Mei

Budget hotel

Hotel owner is friendly n helpful. Location is a bit difficult to find and many hotels have the same name "Nsvas". Room us a bit small and only provide beding and shower facilities.

8/10 Good

Ismail

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
comfortable stay in Granada.

6/10 Okay

Marene, Vancouver

Great location

We loved the location. The hotel was adequate for our needs and was very reasonably priced. We loved having the balcony and enjoyed the convenience of the bar downstairs.

10/10 Excellent

john, antigua guatemala

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

great place/great location

the staff was incredibly friendly and informative. The location is fantastic. I would and will stay here in the future.

6/10 Okay

Josh, Madrid

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Not good WiFi

WiFI connection in the hotel was unstable, and even difficult to manage since the hotel has three WiFi signals and two different passwords, moreover a reception lady didn't explain well to us.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Above a large amount of restaurants, so when going to sleep after a long day of walking and sight seeing, the whole area is very noisy with the locals coming out to eat and drink and socialise. Room was good overall.

6/10 Okay

World Tourist, SF, US

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Simple place to stay in the middle of the city

The room was OK, the window didn't close properly so the noise from the street makes it difficult to sleep, the owner told me not to smoke (I don't, actually hate the smell), but the room smelled of smoke, it seems like most people don't care. He should enforce that. They don't clean the room daily if you stay several days. The bed cover seems not to be cleaned, even in between guests. Location is good.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Well Location

Next to a complete street full of Tapas, restaurants and bars. 5 min to Catedral, 3 min to the oldtown.

2/10 Terrible

Sinfo, Toronto, ON, Canada

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Noisy restaurant

Being close to the ferry is the best feature. The hotel has seen better days and it shows easily. They have a restaurantbin the veranda, with a good view of the bay, the problem is that the service is until late and if you are facing the sea, you get all the noice of the chater of people using the restaurant. Again for a short stay and early departure on the ferry, it is the best, otherwise, I do not recomend it.

10/10 Excellent

Franco, California, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great value in Granada

Great location and great staff ! Clean and quiet. Will definitely stay here again when I visit Granada.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

great tapas!

for the location and friendliness of the staff, tops! the only drawback is that it also is a tapas bar and will be noisy all night. If you want peace and quiet, this is not the place, if you want to sample spanish tapas bar/ nightlife this is it!

8/10 Good

Ivy, Sonoma, CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Good deal in Granada

I had a very pleasant stay at this hotel. The staff was very friendly, in true Andalusian manner. The room was tiny, but I was only in it to sleep, so it didn't really bother me. It was clean and having a bathroom in my room was a plus. The street gets a little noisy since there are a lot of tapas bars around. But that's also a major plus. There's a lot of action and it's near a lot of the historical attractions (five minutes to Plaza Nueva and the street leading up the Albayzin, ten minutes to the Alhambra) and downtown shopping. Granada is a magical city and having a pleasant place to lay my head when I got back from sightseeing made it all the more pleasant.

10/10 Excellent

Ramdol

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disfruté mucho mi estancia y a un precio fenomenal! Volveré eso es seguro
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025