Sercotel Codina

Spain , Guipuzcoa - San Sebastian
SAN SEBASTIAN, Avda. Zumalacarregui, 21
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10/10

Exceptional

08 May 2026

Zoe

A great stay at this hotel - excellent breakfast and helpful staff. It is close to the seafront and the funicular. It’s on a busy road, but very conveniently has a bus stop just outside the front.

8/10

Excellent

04 May 2026

Gina

great location

Partner

2/10

Poor

29 Apr 2026

Pedro

I chose this hotel based on its online description and photos, which present it as a charming and comfortable beachfront property with ocean views and an extensive breakfast offering. Unfortunately, the reality did not match those expectations. The hotel is actually about five blocks from the beach, making the “beachfront” claim misleading, and the advertised ocean views are not realistically available from the property. The breakfast was also quite limited compared to what was suggested online.

As someone traveling from outside of Spain, I relied on the accuracy of the information provided and had no reasonable way to verify these discrepancies in advance. That made the experience particularly frustrating.

That said, I do want to acknowledge that the staff at the reception desk were helpful and courteous during my stay, which I appreciated. However, overall, the misleading advertising significantly impacted my experience, and I would recommend that future guests look carefully beyond the hotel’s promotional materials before booking.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Apr 2026

John

Nice location with secure parking on request.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Oct 2025

Pawan

Very central to everything

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Oct 2025

Patrice

The room was amazing and the staff was excellent. Would definitely come back

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Sep 2025

paul

very helpful front desk staff, excellent value breakfast and walking distance to beach and old town.
free car parking within walking distance saves 25E a night fee..

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Sep 2025

Alain

Super cleaning, wonderful customer service

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Sep 2025

David

Great base for visit to San Sebastián

Clean & friendly hotel. Easy walk to beach front. Excellent bus service in & out of San Sebastián. Stop just outside 👍

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

07 Sep 2025

Verified traveler

2 night stay

All good. About a 25 minute walk to the old town but no issues there. Plenty of bars/cafes close by. Rooms were good

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

21 Aug 2025

Marlene

There was a great street behind the hotel, where there were many Pinxtos bars. A good sized grocery store was about 1mon away, as were several bus stops.

10/10

Exceptional

05 Aug 2025

Susan

Great location but no pool as advertised

The hotel was located close to La concha and local shops and restaurants. The bus stop is outside the door and in 15 min you can be in the old town. The service is very easy to use.We enjoyed the local shops and the ease of getting in and out of town. It does not have a pool as is advertised. Rooms and service were good and friendly.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

13 Jul 2025

Rene

This property is far from everything and you have to get a taxi because there’s no Ubers and it’s incredibly expensive.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Preciosas vistas

6/10

Pleasant

24 Jun 2025

Iciar

Nice hotel , needs updating . Nice walkable quiet location.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

02 Jun 2025

Roy

Near the beach Good accommodation but the room was disappointing Staff very hard working and friendly very clean

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

22 May 2025

Ovunc

Great location! Pleasant walk to Old Town or an easy bus ride. Building and rooms are quite outdated, though.

Two important notes: (1) Our room did not have a stable WiFi. (2) There is a lot of construction noise in early mornings.

Unfortunately, wouldn’t stay again, unless they fix the internet and renovate the rooms.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Apr 2025

Simon

2 day stay

Clean,quiet and comfortable
Very close to the beach
No issues at all
Highly recommend

Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Oct 2024

Rob

It is very close to the water, and a very pleasant walk along the waterfront to the old town (40-45 minutes).

10/10

Exceptional

12 Oct 2024

Silvia

The facilities were very good. We would have appreciated a kettle in the room but we were surrounded by lots of cafes and tavernas with good food and drinks. If you like to explore, this is your hotel. Also, very close to a clean beach and beautiful views. The bus stop is right in front of the hotel.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Oct 2024

Verified traveler

We would stay again

Nice, clean chain hotel in the neighboring area to San Sebastián. It was quieter and less tourists than in the old part of town. If you like to be in thick of it, a hotel more central might suit you. We like walking, so this hotel was perfect for us. It was more affordable than the central historical part o the city.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

12 Aug 2024

Albert

Good

Good Hôtel and location but only has 8 parking spaces so not as advertised‘spaces available’ decent sized room. Hairdryer did not work and bathroom quite small.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Aug 2024

VANESSA

Very nice hotel. Around a walking mile from the center but it is quiet and clean.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jun 2024

Carrie

Convenient location and nice accommodations for the price. We enjoyed the balcony and views. It was nice to have a fridge in the room as well. Tiny shower, but seems common in Europe. Friendly staff and helpful to be able to store bags safely until our evening flight.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

12 Jun 2024

JONATHAN

We my party of 5 througlly we enjoyed our stay, even though we had a bumpy start it will make good conversation for years.
A special thank you to Laura and her coworkers!
Our breakfast hostest was sweet and charming.Worked hard at keeping fresh and repenished!

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

12 Jun 2024

Naomi

Very close to the beach.
We enjoyed our stay

8/10

Excellent

10 Jun 2024

Leo

God hotel for short term. Rooms are rather small but clean and well designed. Near the beach and restaurants

Leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

26 May 2024

Jim

Not worth it

Very poor breakfast and the room we got was not the one we booked it was smaller and not as well appointed as shown on the website

Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Nov 2023

Jose

Liked friendly staff and location.
Disappointment with being unable to connect to a VPN via the Hotel wifi.

10/10

Exceptional

20 Oct 2023

Alex

Lovely town, buzzing with people, hotel staff awesome, dogs loved it & tortoises 😍definitely would stay again

Business_and_leisure

10/10

Exceptional

13 Oct 2023

Rowena

Laura world class receptionist!

5* for the super friendly and helpful Lady at the reception, I think Laura. She gave us gr8 tips for restaurants and her general attitude deserves a special compliment. Thank you Laura - Serco Hotel should be proud to have you as an employee!

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

06 Oct 2023

Maria T

El personal de recepción muy apáticos

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

01 Oct 2023

Domenico

ERT pet friendly, supplied dog bowl, bed, and treats. Friendly staff.

Leisure Pet

8/10

Excellent

30 Aug 2023

Helen

Staff were very friendly and helpful.
Great location near the beach and possible to walk or take a short bus ride into the city centre.
We had a great stay.. thank you.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Aug 2023

Kevin

Great stay and brilliant front desk staff. Informative, helpful and friendly.

8/10

Excellent

28 Jul 2023

Verified traveler

Enjoyable stay, good location

Easy access to the old town, great sea view, but the room is on the small size given the high price we paid. The toilet can be more meticulously cleaned. More hot dishes for breakfast is desired.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Jul 2023

Linda

Good overall

Very clean and staff helpful. Room comfortable but smaller than photo. Also we requested a quiet room and were given one on main road - too noisy to sleep with open windows but air con was very quiet.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Jul 2023

Verified traveler

I thought it was a fantastic location close to the beach and kind of away from downtown so little bit quieter downtown

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2023

Robert

Great hotel 30min walk to old Town.

Great hotel near bus stop to center. Few English TV chanels but junior suite with view was great.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

10 Jun 2023

Verified traveler

The hotel itself is in a decent location but is quite dated. The blinds may as well not have been there, there was no way to keep the light out of the room which affected my sleep greatly. The breakfast was really bad, I was shocked given the price. I wouldn’t recommend this hotel as it was very expensive for the basic level of accommodation provided.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2023

Jill

Great hotel

Good location in the town; hotel rooms well provisioned. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Will stay there again next time we’re in San Sebastián

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 May 2023

Loreto

Great location, beautiful area.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Dec 2022

Fidias Augusto

Right in the midle of the Town. Close to Basque Country University and close to old Town in San Sebastián.

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 Nov 2022

Aitzol

The Codina Hotel is a 3-star property located on the western side of town. Since I needed to be be on this part of town, it was perfect for me. The room rate was great (average $54/night), rhe room had a functional decoration, windows were double-glassed (therefore the street noises were kept out of the room), the TV had many channels. The only thing I missed was a coffee machine or a tea kettle.

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

29 Aug 2022

Robert

Very good hotel. 30 mins away from old town but bus service and taxi if late were very easy

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

31 Jul 2022

Sunchan

1. Room was not cleaned properly even though stuffs seemed to be well arranged in tidy. Hairs were all around on bed, floor and toilet. The toilet seat was stained.
As soon as I checked-in, I went out for sightseeing and was back to around 9:30pm for sleep. When I open white bed
cover, I found hairs on the top side surprisingly and I started to look around to check cleanness condition.
I claimed it to front desk and a guy came up 20minutes later and changed all bedding stuffs and vacuumed all inside the room. I spent almost 1 hour while the cleaner was cleaning with door opening for ventilation. It was worst!
2. I requested DB room. They give me twin bed attached with 2single bed.
3. Bed was spring. Accordingly sometimes noisy.
4. I stayed 2days. For the 2nd night, even though the front desk told me to be able to arrange the DB room with better view, I decided to stay the same room because I questioned the cleanness condition to happen again.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Apr 2022

Peter

Clean& spacious room

10/10

Exceptional

22 Nov 2021

Gillian

Great stay

Nice warm welcome, very accommodating for families with dogs. They provided a blanket and food bowl for the dog. Nice clean big comfy room would definitely stay again

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

20 Aug 2021

Verified traveler

The location was very good and parking locally was free at the weekend so that was a nice bonus.
Breakfast was poor though, cooked food amounted to scrambled eggs, bacon and tiny sausages and I had to wait for both bacon and sausages to arrive.
Staff were friendly and it was clean.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

04 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

the staff where so helpful with items free where other hotels would charge

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Helpful front desk. Offsite parking was close by.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

01 Sep 2019

Norma

Nice hotel reasonably priced

Hotel in a quiet area of the new part of San Sebastian near the beach
Good value for money considering what you would normally pay in San Sebastian
Staff were very friendly and helpful
And spoke good English

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

09 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Fantastic staff and great location. A gorgeous place.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Very nice location close to Ondarreta beach, and right next to a bus stop so there’s easy access to town center. Very clean, bright and spacious triple room with very comfortable beds. Staff helpful and friendly. Loved everything about the hotel except for the WiFi which was almost completely useless in our room, although it turned fine in the hotel lobby.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

12 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

when we booked, we choose the Double bed (which was not upon availability) but was clear choice either two single beds or one double bed.
When we were asked for special requests (we requested a balcony) the hotel emailed us back saying that they only have balconies( terrace) in the superior rooms which are on the upper floor and that will cost additional 25 Euros to the room rate per date which was already over priced for a 3 stars hotels (200$ per night) also excluding breakfast and excluding a parking.
We asked the hotel to send photos, but they replied that they do not have photos for those rooms.
however, we accepted to take the superior room and to pay the additional 75 euros for three nights.
When we arrive to the hotel we found out that those rooms do not have double beds (but two single attached beds), after discussion with the lady from the reception claiming that we were clear about the double bed option as we were honey mooners they claimed that they do not have any availability and refused to refund us, but offered to see whether they can offer a complimentary breakfast.
The parking is in the basement of 200 meters away building and they charge you (23-25 Euros).
At checkout we were surprised that we have been charged for the breakfast despite that we only had breakfast once at the property.
Also, this hotel does not have a room service, (breakfast, ice... cannot be delivered to the room).

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Jun 2019

Gwendal

Very clean room and hotel
Reception staff were very helpful and polite
The breakfast room is really depressing looking like a school cantine and the breakfast could be vastly improved.
The waitress look constantly stressed and not happy to see customers. Tables were not laid out and pastries and bread were not freshly baked. A disappointing experience.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

The staff at check in were warm and very helpful . The location is fantastic, walking distance to the beach front and restaurants at the back . The room was like new and the luxurious bathroom provided the best rain shower for a weary traveler. Breakfast was sumptuous with some local favorites included.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Great!

Great venue and location

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

19 May 2019

Verified traveler

Lovely hotel, great welcome from staff on reception even with a late arrival. Helpful with tips about the beautiful city. Room spacious and very clean and hotel itself was good. Breakfast was plentiful and fresh. My only little complaint was no tea or coffee making facilities in the room, but other than that, would defiantly stay again.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 May 2019

Trevor

GREAT HOTEL

Great rooms, lots of space, clean, modern, large beds, excellent service, good English spoken, nice breakfast - views from our room on the 5th floor - good location about 10/15 mins walk to the front. Beautiful bay and sea front, old town about 30/40 mins walk - Car parking at the hotel is expensive at 16 euro's per day, and is very limited

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Good location. Excelent for the price, but should to improve the parking facilites.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jan 2019

BETTINA

Recommend!

The staff is very friendly and welcoming. The room was clean and free water bottles are provided in the fridge which I really appreciated

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Stop here anytime always friendly rooms comfortable only the lack of English tv channel if I were to request improvement

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2018

Martin

Good experience

8/10

Excellent

23 Sep 2018

Helen

Nice hotel

Situated in a good area to get to all sites. Comfortable rooms and friendly cafe bar staff in hotel

Friends

8/10

Excellent

17 Aug 2018

Jill

Nice hotel close to beach

Transport at the door for easy access to city. Surrounded by great tapas bars and restaurants.

8/10

Excellent

30 Jul 2018

Peter

Good hotel 5 mins walk from beach easy bus 2 town

Nice hotel in a quiet neighbourhood near the Miramar palace, 5 mins walk to the beach & bus from right outside to the old town & pinxtos bars, takes 12 mins & costs €1.50. Could park for free in the streets nearby on the weekend, during the week it’s only a few euros, much cheaper than parking st the hotel which is €20 per day. Staff friendly free beach towel loan. Would stay here again

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jun 2018

Preston

Excellent hotel with inexpensive street parking nearby. Front desk was terrific, friendly, helpful. Far away from old town but convenient public transport right in front of hotel making it a breeze to go anywhere. Will come back.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jun 2018

Verified traveler

Nice hotel close to the beach

10/10

Exceptional

29 Apr 2018

Richard

Great value

Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Feb 2018

Huw

Fine

Only stayed one night, but wish we'd have stayed in San Sebastian for longer. The room was great. Handy location, but a little on the expensive side.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2017

Katarina

good value for the money

The hotel is nice. There are many cheap parking places arround the hotel. Just infront of the hotel is a bus stop. The room was big and modern. The stuff was very friednly.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Sep 2017

joan

lovely san sebastian

Very clean, up to date hotel with very friendly staff. Good location near the beach with buses right outside to the city center. About 7 min.

Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

Comfortable hotel with good facilities

Very disappointed with bathroom layout. Toilet next to bath with bath screen in between. Because of this could not reach taps without getting in to bath. Difficult to get in and out of bath because could not move screen which was up against toilet. Newly refurbished - very bad design. Staff not apologetic.

4/10

Poor

05 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

Terrible Staff

Our stay at Hotel Codina was beyond disappointing and the worst of our trip. The room smelled of mold or mildew and the staff was indifferent at best. Each time we had a question about San Sebastian we were instructed to go to the tourist information office, a 30 minute walk away (and my wife speaks fluent Spanish, so there was no language barrier). Do not stay at this hotel.

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jun 2017

David

Nice Hotel. Great Resort.

Modern Hotel just 2 mins. walk from the Beach. Lively area around Hotel with plenty of eating and drinking options.Higher floors have the views. Rooms were very clean and the A / C functioned well. Lovely walk in to Old Town ( 25 mins ) but a local bus stops right outside the Hotel if you are not in the mood for a walk.San Sebastian is a lovely place to visit.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 May 2017

Teri

Hotel Codina

Great location in a lovely neighborhood away from the hubbub. Easy in and out by car and all areas within easy walking distance.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Feb 2017

Verified traveler

nothing too much yrouble

Perfectly placed to take the dogs to the beach - shirt taxi ride to old town or 30 min walk - staff couldn't have been bettet

8/10

Excellent

20 Jan 2017

Verified traveler

Very close to beach which was especially good for the dog! Room was lovely and offered great value for money. The cafe bar also offered very good value for money

10/10

Exceptional

30 Nov 2016

Vanessa

Very welcoming hotel and staff

The hotel was great and the city was fantastic. The only issue I had with my room was that the air conditioning did not work. I could change the setting and turn it on, but it only blew hot air, even though it said "cool".

10/10

Exceptional

27 Aug 2016

jean

Good week

close to tourist activities and near public transit. The garage for the car is near the hotel. The area seemed very safe.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jul 2016

Verified traveler

Very central, good location

Good hotel, reception speaks English, room was small but well laid out. Everything works well.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jul 2016

Verified traveler

convenient in every way

the woman in the reception was wonderful explaining us free or cheap parking possibilities. Walking distance to beach, and bus stop just outside the hotel going to center or old town in 10 minutes

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Sep 2015

Ann

good hotel close to the beach

We stayed two nights in this fine hotel. It was several blocks from the beach and 30 minute walk, along the beach, to the main part of town. The staff was friendly, and took time with each client. We had requested parking and it was made available for us. The room was clean and comfortable.

8/10

Excellent

17 Aug 2015

Verified traveler

far from centro San Sebastián in terms of walking

San Sebastián is always a pleasant trip. With friendly locals and respectful tourists and its natural beauty it's a pleasant place to go. The best part of my trip there was the fireworks and my visit to the Spa at La Perla, for reasons I will keep to myself!

4/10

Poor

05 Jul 2015

John W

Not the best, but in a nice neighbourhood.

Disappointed in the hotel room as the fridge chilled drinks only to a lukewarm temperature and the bathroom was extremely tight. Location was good in a nice neighbourhood close to a supermarket and some nice cafe/bars. Distance to La Concha beach is an interesting 15 minute walk, with a further 15 minutes to the old town pinxto bars.

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jun 2015

Steven

Escape to San Sebastian

The front desk people were extremely helpful, particularly since we didn't speak Spanish and needed to communicate with the company transporting us to the airport. While the location was some distance from the center of town, it was a lovely walk along the boardwalk to get to the old city center. We also had an excellent dinner quite close to the hotel.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 May 2015

Gloria

Great Location

Great location near the beach

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Apr 2015

nancy

Convenient to metro

Very helpful staff and nice environment. I didn't try the food.

8/10

Excellent

19 Apr 2015

john

Beautiful stay in San sebastian

Stayed for 2 nights.... perfect location for the beach only 5 mins walk away... the town 15 mins walk, but what a walk along the Playa de cocha. Excellent service in reception, very helpful and spoke very good english. My room a little noisy with traffic noise including buses. Did not do breakfast.

8/10

Excellent

13 Sep 2014

Maddalene

Good location

We loved our stay it's in a quiet location. The hotel staff especially Bea at the bar downstairs were very friendly and accommodating !

8/10

Excellent

05 Jun 2014

Verified traveler

Good value hotel

Good service, friendly staff and only a bus ride away from old town.

6/10

Pleasant

29 May 2014

Verified traveler

ok a bit of a hike to old town acceptable 3 1/2 star I would give by north american standards

8/10

Excellent

15 May 2014

Lauren

Good stay, nice staff and hotel. Convenient and apart from the tourist center, but close to beach. Big room.

10/10

Exceptional

18 Mar 2014

Ruth garrett

It was great. Walking distance to the beaches. About an 8.00 -9.00Euro taxi ride from train station. Friendly helpful staff. Comfortable bed. Hot water for shower. Facilities appear modern. Nothing negative during my stay there for 2 nights in March,2014. Elevator good size, works well.

6/10

Pleasant

09 Sep 2013

Lee

Nice little hotel

There is a well-stocked grocery store and nice Chinese restaurant within two blocks. But if you want fancy restaurants, you might want to go to the Old Town which is only 25 minutes away by walking and 5 minutes by bus. The breakfast food is fine, but they should change some items every couple days so that the guest will not get tire of eating the same food everyday. A minimum requirements for a good hotel room for me are: very clean, a shower or bath facility, some good hair shampoo / conditioner and lotion, a hair drier, and an iron / board. The room provides everything mentioned, but no iron. The hotel should consider providing that.

8/10

Excellent

23 Aug 2013

Norma

Short stroll to beach in quieter side of Sebastián

Close to beach, shops and cafes, bus stop outside hotel. 5 min bus ride to old quarter and busier end of town. Short walk to funicular with an amusement park at the top.
Hotel staff very helpful eg. Looked up train timetable for us from San Sebastián to Hendaye.
Small fridge with mini bar and room safe. Supermarket 2 mins walk away.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Aug 2013

roland

good quality hotel

somewhat far walking distance to main sights

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jul 2013

Peter

Great location and friendly staff

Enjoyed the hotel- staff were great.
The beach was less than a 5 min walk away.

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2013

A great 3 star hotel in San Sebastian

A great hotel which is a few blocks from the beach and a quick bus or taxi ride to the old city. A beach view room on the upper floors is definitely recommended! The hotel staff was very helpful in recommending local sites.