Hotel Silken Ciudad Gijon

Great location, everything in walking distance and if you don’t like walking. There’s bikes that you can rent across the street. Staff is super friendly

hotel easy to find, 2 minutes from the railway station, and 10 minutes to the beach and promenade. Great location. check in was efficient but time consuming, if you get the chance to check in online, do it room quite spacious, large bathroom with 2 sinks, nice shower and toiletries, plus a safe. There were only 6 coat hangers in the wardrobe so we asked for some more, as we were had a lot of luggage, they eventually arrived after a couple of reminders. staff all pleasant and helpful Breakfast room on -1, large room with a great selection of produce, especially fresh fruit, plus a good assortment of cheese, meats and bread products, plus some hot food, all told very good. the Spa to be honest is a bit of a faff, first you need to make a booking at reception for a specific time, then make sure you have your costume (obviously), swimming cap, flip flops, and towel. we used our room towels as there are no others provided. Next you have to report to reception 5 minutes before your allotted time where you are given a key to the pool area. The pool is located on floor -3, but there is no signage to point you there, we literally found it after discounting floors -1 and -2. Once inside the pool area there are 2 pools, a small oblong pool for swimming, and anirger with water jets for relaxation. The swimming pool I thought was rather cold, so we gave that a miss, but the jacuzzi pool was ok, although the edge of this pool is rough concrete, so you can't really relax.

The hotel is near at the center, easy to access. It is near to many cafeterias and restaurants