This hotel provided extremely poor service and seemed to discriminate against Chinese guests. I strongly advise everyone to consider other options. Here's why:
Firstly, my wife and I arrived in Valencia on February 14th after a grueling 20+ hour flight from Beijing. We got there a little after 12 PM. According to their policy, we couldn't check in yet, so we were forced to wander around for three uncomfortable hours until 3 PM when our room was finally ready. While this is standard policy, it was still frustrating, especially since I've had experiences in the past (like arriving in Amsterdam in the morning) where hotels would give us a room immediately, just clarifying that breakfast wouldn't be included that day.
Secondly, and this is where it gets interesting, after checking in, we discovered the room didn't match our booking. My wife specifically booked this hotel for a room with a balcony. We spoke with the front desk, then contacted Trip.com, who managed to get us a refund for half the room rate. We didn't push it further, but it still wasted half our day, and we just ended up doing some casual sightseeing that evening.
Thirdly, on the second day, they moved us to a different room, which was still similar and lacked a balcony. However, the first room felt so incredibly cramped and depressing (you'd understand if you stayed in it), so we immediately moved. This whole process wasted another two hours.
Fourthly, and this is even more shocking, upon checkout, the front desk attendant told us we were all set and the payment would be deducted from the pre-authorization. My wife asked to see the receipt. When it was printed, we discovered that the front desk supervisor had created a new order in the system under my wife's name, with her passport number correct, but the address was a random Beijing address. Crucially, the price was over 200 Euros more! Luckily, we caught it. We presented our Trip.com booking for verification, and the attendant immediately recognized the problem and said they would refund the difference in a couple of days.
Finally, after returning home, we complained to Trip.com. Trip.com contacted the hotel, and the hotel offered a free room upgrade for a future stay. It's truly speechless. Even if I go to Valencia again, I would never stay there. It felt like they had zero sincerity, and it seemed like the order mix-up was intentional. They only offered empty promises but failed to deliver, and it truly felt like discrimination against Chinese tourists. We've submitted all evidence to Trip.com and won't be displaying it here.
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