Hostal Don Juan

A hostal in Spain is not a hostel with bunk beds, and that catches foreign visitors out every year. It is a small guesthouse with private rooms and fewer services than a hotel, and the Hostal Don Juan is exactly that, on Calle Patrón Veneno, a few metres from the sand.

It holds a 4.3 across nearly a hundred and fifty reviews, which for this category is a good record. Rooms are simple, with air conditioning, and the price is the point. In a town with five hotels this is the layer underneath them, and in August it is often the only thing left.

Who I would send here

Anyone who plans to be out of the room from nine in the morning until midnight, which on this coast in summer is most people. If you want a lounge, a pool and a buffet, look at the hotels. If you want to sleep three minutes from the water and spend the difference on lunch, this is the right address. Book directly by phone: small houses like this one often keep their best rate off the booking sites.