After traveling in Spain for years, NH-Hotels is a brand name hotel that can be found in more and more cities and towns. It is now expanding through Europe with their same excellent, affordable, basic businessperson formula.
For me, this hotel chain is one of my mainstays when traveling anywhere in Spain. For the most part the hotels are at the edge of the old town in more modern buildings with easy access to the tourist areas and business centers of Spain’s cities.
Recently, I have stayed with NH-Hotels in Seville, only a 15-minute walk from the Barrio Santa Cruz and the Alcazar; in Granada, smack in the center of the warren of tiny streets with a view of the Alhambra; in Logroño, surrounded by one of Spain’s top wine-growing regions, in San Sebastian, only a five-minute bus ride from the Old Town of San Sebastian and La Concha beach; and in the middle of bustling Madrid.
Besides its 128 hotels in Spain, NH Hotels has seven hotels sprinkled across Austria, 11 in Belgium, more than 50 in both Germany and Italy, and 35 properties in The Netherlands. There are about another dozen properties scattered in other European countries.
The hotel chain is starting development of South American properties with about a dozen or so hotels in Mexico and Argentina and one or two elsewhere in South America and the Caribbean.
These hotels are currently a bargain with double rooms (including all taxes) ranging from €65-100 for hotels in the middle of Madrid to €72-76 in Seville and from €95 in San Sebastian to €105 for a hotel tucked in the old town of Cordoba. These are real all-tax-included values for quality business-level hotels.
The NH Hotel brand is not normally an old restored hotel, though some are, like the Hotel Ingleterra in Granada or the Parador-like Hotel Amistad Cordoba. Most are built in newer buildings and are state-of-the-art lodging establishments. European businessmen and families have long known of their existence and have filled their rooms regularly, however, the NH visibility is limited in the U.S.
These hotels are excellent quality and a good value that will satisfy any businessman or American family traveling on vacation. Keep them in consideration whenever traveling to Spain, Italy, Germany and The Netherlands where they have a substantial presence.
Charlie Leocha is the President of Travelers United. He has been working in Washington, DC, for the past 14 years with Congress, the Department of Transportation, and industry stakeholders on travel issues. He was the first consumer representative to the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections appointed by the Secretary of Transportation from 2012 through 2018.
