Hotel AC Santa Paula Autograph Collection ( Granada / Granada )

Avenida Gran Vía de Colón 31 18001 Granada (Andalusia|Spain)

Telephone:: 958805740
fax:: 958805741

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Description

A five-star recompense, after 20 years of bleak closure and four years of strenuous renovations. This is what the hotel chain AC has created from the 19th century palace standing along the centric Gran Vía de Colón, the convent of San Jerónimo de Santa Paula built around 1513, and a cluster of adjoining Moorish houses that date even further back. With Lorenzo Marqués de la Riva leading a team of architects and Gemma Cornejo in charge of the interior design, the feel of Granada is impregnated in every step, in every glace. The Granada of the bourgeois, of the Christian Reconquest and of the Nazari too, all mingle throughout this intelligently restored and complex adaptation, which incorporates the consistent design of the AC line. Geometric lines and minimalist style with a splash of 21st century reminiscences in the entrance; a renaissance cloister is now the site of Juan Andrés Rodríguez´s restaurant; the chapel and the chorus as well are used as conference rooms; peering over the patio, 100 square meters of boarding converted into the Bishop Suite. There is divine silence throughout the bedchambers, super-perfect in all their services and details. Rooms in the Arab quarters circle around a patio with caliph capitals and are especially solicited for their intimacy and authenticity.

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Bedrooms:

Individual room: 5, Double room: 41, Special double room: 23, Junior Suite: 2, Suites: 4;
todas con heating, air-conditioning, king-size beds, internet access, interactive TV, Color TV, flat screen TV, radio, DVD player, work desk, safe, free mini bar, coffee maker, welcoming fruit basket, daily newspaper, non-smoking bedrooms, pillow menu, bathrobe, hair dryer, feminine cosmetics

Installations:

24 hour service, garage, WIFI zone, conference rooms with capacity for 160persons , gym, sauna, sauna-shower, living room, business centre

Dining:

Café bar, Restaurant, Terrace

Children:

Babysitting service

Closed:

Open year round.

Manager:

Francisco Ruiz

Our Critic review

ROOMS WE RECOMMEND:

Room number 132 is sheltered by polychromatic wooden beams and rafters with Arab motifs. Avoid when possible rooms facing the street.

EATING:

Monkfish Granada-Style and a variety of tapas at Velázquez Restaurant (on Profesor Emilio Orozco, 1. Tel : 958 28 01 09) Menu: between 21 and 30 €.

Hotel recommendations

This is a historic monument in which past and future coexist, thanks to the innovation and design of AC. Here, art and history can be experienced while enjoying the comforts and luxury of modern times. With the distinctive seal of AC Selection.

Located right in the historic center of Granada, this hotel is the result of a careful restoration of the old Convent of Santa Paula, which dates to the 16th century, and the Casa Morisca, which dates to the 14th century, declared historic-artistic monument. This is a unique opportunity to live in a historic building surrounded by the opulence of a grand hotel.

There are a total of 75 rooms, of which there are 28 AC Superior and 6 Suites.
All rooms have high-speed Wi-Fi Internet connection, complementary mini-bar, four pillows and other features. Everything has been conceived to satisfy clients with the highest expectations.
The bathrooms invite guests to delight and relax among the exclusive details and amenities: feminine kit; adjustable shower head, professional hairdryer, exclusive bars of soap in the form of golf balls to give a gentle massage.
AC Superior Rooms, located in the old part of the building comprised of the Convent and Casa Morisca, are outfitted with additional commodities, such as Hi-Fi mini-channel. The Suites, located in the modern part of the building, are fully equipped and provide greater space.
The hotel’s installations and services include the characteristic AC Lounge that is open around the clock, fitness center, sauna and Turkish baths, 24-hour room service, child care, high-speed Internet connection, cable TV with more than 20 channels, nonsmoking rooms, Business Facilities, among others.

Restaurant
Located around the cloister in what was once the library, El Claustro Restaurant serves brunch, dinner, as well as an exquisite buffet-style breakfast where guests can enjoy delicious house pastries. There are also brunches and tasting menus for groups. All this, quenched with an extensive wine list featuring the best denominations of origin.