Hotel Elche Centro, Affiliated by Meliá

On Avenida Juan Carlos I, next to the old town

The Elche Centro is a three-star city hotel at Avenida Juan Carlos I, 5, in the shopping area of central Elche, with 69 rooms and open all year. From the door you can walk to the basilica of Santa María and the Calahorra in a few minutes, and the Municipal Park, with the first orchard of the Palm Grove, is just as close. Meliá places it half a kilometre from the train station and about 12 km from Alicante-Elche airport, which makes it practical if you arrive without a car. The Huerto del Cura is about fifteen minutes' walk away.

It is a chain hotel (affiliated with Meliá) designed for short stays, for both business and tourism: it has three meeting rooms and Meliá presents it as a business hotel near the Congress Centre.

From the 13 m² single to the superior with a terrace

All have a 43-inch television, desk, safe, minibar and a bathroom with shower. The standard rooms measure about 20 m², with two beds or a queen bed, and face the city. The single, at 13 m², faces the street. The superiors, at 28 m², have a balcony or terrace, a complimentary minibar and a welcome gift, with two beds or a queen bed. The family room, at 27 m², has a double bed and a sofa bed for the children, with large windows onto the centre. There are adapted, accessible rooms.

Check-in is at 14:00 and check-out at 12:00. Reception is open 24 hours.

Buffet breakfast, the Aladia and the lobby bar

Breakfast is a buffet with bread, pastries, fruit, cold meats, cheeses, hot dishes and options for coeliacs and other diets, which you should check with the dining room staff. The Aladia restaurant serves Mediterranean cooking with local produce, with a set menu of the day and à la carte, and the lobby bar serves mixed drinks and gin and tonics.

Parking in the centre

The hotel has its own covered car park connected to the building, and an electric-car charging point at an extra charge. Meliá does not publish the price of a space or whether it must be reserved: ask when you book if you are coming by car. The page does not mention pets either, so ask beforehand if you are travelling with a dog.

Meliá gives an average price of about €66 a night, which varies with the dates. If you are coming for the Misteri d'Elx, in August, the basilica where it is performed is a few minutes' walk away.