There are nearly 300 hotels and numerous hostels in the area to suit all budgets from basic bedrooms with shared bathroom facilities to luxury top of the range suite accommodation. New hotels are under construction all the time.

Hotel accommodation is officially classified with one to five stars, depending on the facilities they offer, rather than their price. Note that hotels within the same category can vary considerably in quality and comfort. A rough guide to room rates is shown below:

Star Rating	Description	Cost
	Basic	€15-50
	Comfortable	€20-80
	Very Comfortable	€30-150+
	Top Class	€60-225
	Luxury	€150-450

Prices above are for a double room with bathroom for one night. Prices in hotels are usually quoted per room and not per person, and that 7 per cent VAT (IVA) is added to all bills. You pay your bill at the end of your stay and all but the smaller establishments accept credit cards.

Apartment Rentals in Spain - Aparthotels

2. Apartment Rentals in Spain - Aparthotels

There are also hotel-apartments (aparthotel) in many locations on the coast, which offer better rates than standard hotels (although services may be fewer) and usually include e cooking facilities, so you can save money on eating out. Some hotels (usually only three-star and below)

Finding a Hotel:

Low Season Nov - Feb

f you arrive on the Costa Blanca during low season (e.g. November to the end of February), you will probably be able to find hotel accommodation with little difficulty.

High Season Mar - Oct

For most of the year, however, and particularly during July, August and Christmas, finding a hotel room on spec is virtually impossible. It’s advisable to book ahead

Rentals in Southern Spain - Recommended Resources

To assist you, we put together the following recommended resources:

Accorhotels.com
the hotel business and leisure portal, offers you almost 4,000 hotels in 90 countries and a reduction of up to 60% off all brands from budget to luxury (Ibis, Suitehotel, Dorint, Mercure, Novotel, Sofitel)

Alpharooms.com
Established as one of the premier independent hotel and apartment booking service providers in destinations worldwide with over 19,000 hotels bookable online

Find-rooms.com
One of the best online travel booking companies on the internet. The 100% year on year phenomenal growth of the company continues unabated as more and more facilities are offered from 5* to self catering. Find-rooms.com offers huge discounts on properties throughout Spain, Portugal, Balearics, Canary Islands and worldwide.

Holiday Hotels
Created to give travellers the ultimate in freedom and flexibility.
Part of lastminute.com group of companies. They offer a great range of hotels and apartments at resorts and cities throughout Europe.

Hotelopia
Hotelopia is part of TUI Travel PLC, one of the world’s leading travel companies. They offer reduced-rate accommodation to both leisure and business travellers. They provide instant hotel confirmation, a lowest price guarantee, fully inclusive quoted rates, with no additional credit card fees.

Hotels.com
Hotels.com offers more than 30,000 properties in over 400 Destinations worldwide – from hotels and B&B’s to condos and all inclusive resorts. Hotels.com also specializes in providing travellers with accommodations during sold-out periods. Backed by hotels.com Price Guarantee.

Holiday Lets in Spain - Rental Accomodation

3. Holiday Lets in Spain - Rental Accommodation

We would strongly recommend that you consider renting an apartment of house for your stay. It can generally work out cheaper, but it must be noted, that these are normally private properties and are self catering only. They are usually to a high standard.

It’s relatively easy to find somewhere to rent for up to two months. Many property owners rent their property for six month periods during the winter and spring, and then for short periods (usually a week) in the summer in order to maximise their rental return.

Short-term rentals are very expensive, particularly in the summer when a two bedroom apartment can cost from €300 a week and a villa from €700.

Finding Accommodation:

Some companies specialise in rental accommodation specifically for house-hunters or those waiting for a property to be built and who need somewhere to live for up to three months. Most advertise in the local press.

Holiday Lets in Spain - Recommended Resource

VillaRenters.com