Location
Surrounded by promenades and gardens, this hotel is 3 blocks from Old Town and 4 blocks from La Concha Beach, between the Urumea River and Cantabrian Sea. A Naval Museum is less than 1 km (0.6 mi) and Anoeta Stadium is just over 2 km (1.4 mi).
Hotel Features
Originally opened in 1912, this hotel showcases grand Edwardian style. The façade of chiseled stone and ornamental ironwork gives way to a large lobby with marble floors and columns, and a black-and-gold staircase. Glass chandeliers hang from high ceilings with gold-leaf cornices, and seating areas are furnished with antiques. Ormolu, mahogany, onyx, gold leaf, marble, and rosewood are seen throughout. Hotel guests are business and vacation travelers. Clientele often includes the glitterati|226/128/148|especially during San Sebastián's film festival.
The hotel offers 2 restaurants, 1 bar, concierge services, laundry service, and child care. Safe-deposit boxes are available at the front desk. The hotel has 5 meeting rooms that can accommodate up to 300 people. There is also a business center with high-speed Internet access (surcharge).
Guestrooms
Hotel Maria Cristina, San Sebastian, offers 136 guestrooms, all of which have beds with custom-designed pillow-top mattresses, triple sheeting, down blankets, comforters, duvets, and 5 goosedown pillows. All accommodations are decorated with cherrywood reproductions of Napoleon III-style furniture, marble-topped tables, gilded swan's-head dresser pulls, brocade curtains, historical gilt-framed prints, and walls and fabrics in gray-and-red or blue-and-yellow.
Bathrooms have floors and surfaces of black-veined marble from the Pyrenees, double sinks, hairdryers, make-up mirrors, heated towel rails, and separate rooms with bidets and lavatories. Suites also have hallways leading into living room areas with sideboards, mirrors, tables, upholstered chairs, desks, free-standing lamps, and full-length drapes. Amenities include high-speed Internet access (surcharge), minibars, and laptop-size safes.
