Stayed in the Sur late November and found it an absolute bargain. At the price it charges, you are looking for cleanlines and not a lot more. I paid less than £30 a night in a large twin room by myself and it was spotless, so was the reception and the corridors. The only luxury is a small lounge behind the reception.

The room had a (small) TV, a phone and a large bathroom with plenty of towels. Although the hotel was busy I found it very quiet, the window faces an inner courtyard, if you like looking at plain white concrete walls then it's a good view. Overall, if I was nitpicking I would say that the beds were not that comfy, and I tried both.

A good point (in this price range) is that the reception is manned 24 hours, three different guys seemed to operate on shifts and all three were efficient and polite.

Outside there are numerous cafe's & bars right on the doorstep, and weirdly, a late night Russian produce shop that is convenient. The main shopping street (Larios) is only across the road (1min) and although the street outside is a little seedy, at the pace the Malaga is going upmarket I don't think it will be long before that is sorted.

Unless you are looking for a luxury break then I don't see why you would spend double the price 100m away across the Alameda. IMO it is way too cheap for it's location and cleanliness.

We stayed at this hotel after arriving in Malaga a day earlier than expected.

The hotel itself is clean and the staff at recpetion were helpful. The bedroom we were given (room 112) was quite small but the bathroom was fairly large. There was a small window in the bedroom that looked into some sort of gap between the buildings. Having said all this, we did turn up fairly late in the day and hadn't booked in advance so at the time I was quite pleased.

The biggest problem we had was the noise as the walls must be paper thin. There were some very loud snorers in rooms near by! Also, the building next door is being renovated so the drilling and hammering at 8am was a bit of a rude awakening.

Overall, I think this hotel was adequate for our needs (fairly inexpensive and had a room available at short notice) but I don't think I'll stay there again.

We stayed here for one night with our teenage boys. We had two rooms. The rooms are plain, but clean. Hallways felt sort of dorm-like to me. Everything was clean, and good AC.
Well located to citycentre. We took cab from train station, I don't think it is walking distance. tThe direct train to airport is about 3 blocks away and we did take that. Worked out great and much cheaper than taxi for sure. No one speaks English in town or metro...so you just hope for the best. We just followed the people that had lots of luggage and hoped they were in fact going to airport :) Had a great Paella dinner downtown. Nice place, but one night was enough for me waiting for next day flight to Barcelona.

My husband and I stayed here just before Christmas 2004. The location was excellent, easy walking distance from all the attractions in Malaga Old Town and also close to the train station. The rooms were very clean with all the facilities you would expect in a decent hotel, this all at a very reasonable price in my opinion of €60 per night. I would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone wanting a good city centre hotel, within the wonderful city of Malaga. You'll need a little Spanish but you will all around Malaga, but that's all part of the fun isn't it?.