Christina Marie Giuffre
Aug 2026
★★★☆☆
Eurostars Blue Coruña – A Coruña 🇪🇸
A clean, functional hotel that does the basics well, but feels more suited to a business trip or simple overnight stay than somewhere memorable. The location is convenient, but there’s little in the way of luxury or personality.
💰 P – Price: 🥒 Full Pickle
We paid around €300/night because rates were heavily inflated by the solar eclipse, so it wouldn’t be fair to score value on that. At around €100/night, which feels more representative of the hotel, we’d say it offers decent value.
✅ Decent value at a normal rate
❌ Event pricing was extremely inflated
🏨 I – Infrastructure & Integrity: 🥒 Full Pickle
Very clean, everything worked and the building felt secure. Double glazing reduced street noise well and blackout blinds were effective. Hot water was consistent and the shower didn’t flood.
The AC was weak, though, and the rain shower had disappointing pressure. There was also a slight smell when we first entered.
✅ Clean, secure, effective glazing & blackout blinds
❌ Weak AC, shower pressure & initial smell
🛏️ C – Comfort & Practicality: 👌 Half Pickle
Comfortable bed, decent pillows and a surprisingly spacious room. There was a full-length mirror, safe, tissues, tea/coffee, kettle and plenty of hanging space. Reception provided an ironing board when requested.
Less impressive: extremely cheap single-ply toilet paper, no toilet brush, bathroom extractor or room service. The bathroom mirror didn’t fog and there was a magnifying mirror, although lighting wasn’t great for makeup.
The TV was hilariously tiny for the room — basically a computer monitor mounted a long way from the bed.
✅ Comfortable, spacious & practical
❌ Cheap toilet paper, tiny TV & several missing basics
😊 K – Kindness: 👌 Half Pickle
Staff were friendly, welcoming and helpful. They provided anything we requested, but service felt functional rather than personal, with no memorable extra-mile moments.
✅ Friendly & helpful
❌ Little “love factor” or personal touches
✨ L – Luxury & Little Touches: ❌ No Pickle
This isn’t a luxury hotel. No robes, slippers, complimentary water, minibar treats or welcome gifts. Toiletries were basic, with some items available from reception on request.
The towels were genuinely excellent, though, and there was a magnifying mirror and rain shower — albeit with weak pressure.
✅ Excellent towels & a few useful touches
❌ Almost no complimentary extras
🌍 E – Experience: ❌ No Pickle
The location is the highlight: walking distance to the beach, Old Town and shopping. Parking next door was convenient at around €16/night, although stopping outside to unload/check in was awkward.
Our first-floor “room with a view” overlooked traffic and a car park — not exactly our definition of a view! There was also no pool, rooftop bar, spa or gym that we found, and the immediate street lacked atmosphere.
Overall, it’s clean, straightforward and perfectly adequate if you simply need somewhere to sleep, but there’s little to make you excited about staying here.
✅ Great location & no major issues
❌ Basic atmosphere, facilities & disappointing “view”
🥒 FINAL PICKLE SCORE: 3/6
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How PICKLE works: We score hotels across Price, Infrastructure, Comfort, Kindness, Luxury and Experience using individual Pass/Fail criteria. 80%+ earns a Full Pickle 🥒, 50–79% a Half Pickle 👌 and below 50% No Pickle ❌. Price is Pass/Fail.