This small hotel used to be a local primary school, and they have made an intelligent and humourous conversion which adds fun to the place. Staff were friendly and laid-back. The patio is a beautiful place to hang out or eat breakfast, and the breakast itself is decent. We could park right outside. We could walk to the beach. We took a bus two stops from outside the hotel and had an excellent dinner on the beach at Bidart. Another night we had we went to a great restaurant 300m away. They didnt kick us out early as more and more hotels seem to do. We said "A bientot" upon departure and would definitely return.

A wider offering at breakfast, perhaps something cooked.

Our hotel stay was fantastic, lovely warm welcome, room was bright and comfortable, the location was great, car park a bonus, the staff super friendly and knowledgeable about their area. The breakfast was lovely, much care taken to showcase local products. Wine, apple juice charcuterie and cheese plate were absolutely delicious. I’m the setting of a former school we absolutely loved our stay!

Can’t improve on perfection!

We had great communication and the warmest of welcomes from Heleine. Our room was absolutely perfect, parking extremely convenient, wonderful breakfast. We love the location .. a few minutes from the motorway and a gorgeous short walk to the park, pub and beach. My husband, my dog and I slept very well in this peaceful beautiful hotel. Thank you .. we shall return.

We liked everything

A lovely little gem of a hotel. Everything about it was lovely and the staff were exceptional, probably because they were running their own hotel. We had lunch out and a glass of wine with charcuterie provided by the hotel in the garden in the evening. Breakfast was lovely and our dog was made very welcome.

Everything wonderful.

Friendly helpful staff member good breakfast good parking in convenient position for travel to and from Spain as a stop off

Guethary is beautiful and the walk down to the harbour was pleasant But trying to find somewhere to eat was difficult. After lots of phone calls we found most restaurants were shut or fully booked. We stopped at one to enquire but they were fully booked. And ended up with a tapas style meal outside in not very warm weather. SO be warned if you decide to stay in this fun hotel make sure you look at restaurants on the Internet and book one for dinner. We would have liked the gourmet dinner our long trip from Spain demanded but were disappointed.

A very nice and friendly hotel with excellent rooms and breakfast. Free parking outside Hotel is at walking distance to town 5 minutes and very close to buss station. Ocean view from the window was very nice . The bathroom was spacioius with a good towel/bikini dryper.

Beautiful building and rooms with internal patio. Excellent hosts. A 10 mins walk to the beach. Close to a road but still very quiet. Very good breakfast. A small park neaby for the dog.

We like everything. The parking is small, for about 10 cars. We did not have a problem parking in June.

The location, and hotel itself are lovely but the staff take it to another level. So kind, warm, and welcoming. We travel twice per year between Portugal and France and it’s a delight to break up the journey at Hotel Balea. It meant a lot that the staff recognised us, too.

Very comfortable beds Very good value Friendly and helpful staff School theme Breakfasts excellent Cold water available for refilling bottles Easy walking to restaurants, beach and town. Easy driving further afield

Towels are a bit thin

Normally the reception is closed in the evening, but because they knew we would arrive by train in later in the evening, they waited specially for our check-inn until we arrived. The hotel is the old primary school of the village and it is nicely converted into a cosy hotel. You can easily walk from the train station to the hotel and the beach, bar and restaurants are 15 minutes away on foot. Decent breakfast, providing enough for the energy to walk into Hondaribbia that afternoon. Good coffee!

No dislikes in particular