Five stars for the one star El Cid because they do what they do exceptionally well and are excellent value for money. The hotel is an easy 5 minutes walk down the hill from Sitges train station. There appears to have been a recent upgrade where all rooms are now fully air conditioned, very efficiently so.
I booked a single room which was very small but had everything I needed. A nice, clean, modern bathroom and a small balcony. The bathroom too looked like a recent upgrade and the shower was amazing, always very hot water available quickly and with amazing power.
As the hotel offers very good value for money (I paid about GBP£150 for 4 nights in July), my expectations of the breakfast were very low. However, I was very pleasantly surprised, the range and quality of breakfast available was astounding. Sausage, bacon, eggs, or pastries or yoghurt, breads, meats, cheeses, even crumpets that you can toast yourself. There was also churros and chocolate if you can stomach that kind of thing at breakfast time!
I also had low expectations of the included wifi. However, it was one of the best hotel wifi I have ever used. Incredibly fast, and much better than I have at home. I was able to perform a software upgrade on my iPad in no time at all!!
The hotel pool is small but adequate, however sun loungers are in fairly limited supply. The pool only opens officially from 11AM, though I saw people using it before that time.
All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the El Cid, and would have no issues using it again.There are better hotels in Sitges, but depending on the season, they don't offer anywhere near the value for money that you get at the El Cid. read more