Hotel Spa El Puerto

On the Mundaka quay

El Puerto is at Portu Kalea, 1, above Mundaka's fishing harbour, at the mouth of the Urdaibai estuary. In the same building it has a café with a terrace open to everyone, and next door, in the Mundakaport apartment building, its private spa, which you reach without going out into the street.

Doubles, sea-view doubles and an apartment

There are three ways to stay:

• Standard double, for two adults, with a double bed or two beds, to choose when you book.
• Double with sea view, also for two, with large windows onto the Cantabrian Sea and Mundaka harbour.
• Apartment, recently built, for those who want independence.

All have wifi, satellite television, heating and a telephone, and are disinfected with ozone. The website does not publish fixed prices: if you book on it they advertise up to 15% less than on agencies and free cancellation with no advance payment.

A spa for yourself, by the hour

The spa is not shared: it is booked in one-hour slots for whoever you choose. It has a hydromassage bath, sauna, two heated loungers and mist showers. It costs €60 an hour for two, €70 for three and €80 for four. It is added as an extra when you book the room on its website, and with stays of two nights or more there is a discount. It can also be booked without sleeping at the hotel. There is also a gym.

Breakfast and the café over the harbour

Breakfast is served in the café from 8:30 to 11:00, and can be brought forward or put back if you let them know. The same café serves lunches and dinners, with the kitchen open from 13:00 to 16:00 and from 20:00 to 23:00: pintxos, sandwiches, burgers and raciones, from cod kokotxas in pil-pil to braised cheeks or stuffed peppers, on the sunny terrace if the weather allows.

Parking 50 or 100 metres away

The parking is not in the building: guests have spaces in two car parks, at 50 and 100 m, for €25 a day; from 2 November to 19 March, except the December long weekend, it is €12.50. Ask for a space with the room. Without a car, the Euskotren E4 line stops at Mundaka.

Dogs and times

Pets are admitted in all the accommodation, as long as the hygiene rules and the other guests are respected. Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out before 12:00.

Leaving the hotel, the walk through Mundaka to Santa Katalina begins, and the surf lessons in Mundaka are given in the village itself. For a Sunday with views of the estuary, Portuondo is at the entrance to Mundaka.