My husband and I stayed at the Melia Granada for a long weekend in Granada. On check in, we were given a smoking room with windows opening to an interior courtyard housing all the elevators (i.e., no air flow and noisy). I normally don't get too bothered, but the room simply stunk of cigarettes and we had requested a non-smoking room when making the reservation. We asked to be moved to another room and were given an odd-shaped room, also smoking, but facing an outer street. The front desk informed us that there were no other rooms available until the next day. We decided to try out the second room as it was too much of a hassle to move (again) and we were better able to ventilate this room. The room walls were dirty and the shower grout was moldy. All in all, we didn't feel like we were staying at a 4* hotel and certainly didn't feel the service was 4*. We have stayed at many hotels in our travels in Spain, and this one was not as nice as some of the 3* hotels. On the plus side, the location is excellent.

The facility is in excellent shape, the lobby and staff were great and the room was large, clean and quiet. Problems mentioned by earlier travelers no longer exist - nothing to complain about.

This is a great choice if you're driving, as they have valet parking available which allows you to drive into the center of town without having to deal with finding parking. They take care of the permit required to be in the city center.

The hotel is located within an easy walk of the Royal Chapel, as well as to Plaza Nueva where you can take the mini-busses to Alhambra, Socromonte or Albaicín. Lots of shopping and dining nearby.

My husband and I just returned from a three night stay at the Melia Granada. The hotel is in great condition...no problems with the revolving door or elevator noted in other reviews. Our room was beautifully decorated and had a nice large bathroom. The hotel staff are very friendly and speak English which was helpful for us. They also provide a valet parking service for a charge that's a little expensive.

The location of the hotel is ideal - very easy to get to by car if you are driving. While we were exploring the city we saw some of the other hotels we had considered staying in and they were on VERY narrow streets and would have been extremely difficult to reach! We were very pleased with our choice once we saw how close we were to all the sights. Great restaurants and bars just around the corner from the hotel. Maybe a 5-10 minute walk to Plaza Nueva. We even did the walk up to the Alhambra twice and its not so bad especially if you go before it gets too hot.

The only complaint that we had with this hotel is that the Expedia website listed fitness equipment under the property amenities however there wasn't any. I don't know if this is the hotel's mistake or Expedia's. However, there is a fantastic gym nearby with a nice outdoor pool for 12 euros a day.

One tip - while in Granada if you have time make a trip to the mountains. You can take a gondola/chair lift up most of the way and then have a nice walk up to the summit of Pico Veleta. Amazing views and one of the highlights of our two weeks in Spain.

We stayed here for a week in February 2007. Its a good hotel in an excellent location with a good breakfast and nice rooms. BUT if you stay in a room at the back right hand corner of the hotel you will discover that there is a bottle bank in the square outside into which the bars around the square will tip bottles at regular intervals into the small hours. Then as a highlight of the night a bin lorry will arrive during the night to empty the bottle bank itself - a truly shattering noise!