Hotel Diamante in Peguera

I booked a King Bed, with a Courtyard View but I was given a Twin Room overlooking the street! When I asked the owner about this, he basically fobbed me off. He assured me that the area was quiet and that I would not be disturbed by noise. He also stated that the Restaurant/Bar, which was directly below my balcony would close at 11.00pm but 2-days later he hosted a large dinner party, until 12.30am? The advertising for this property, states that it has soundproofing but I’m not sure what they mean by this because this is by far the noisiest hotel that I’ve stayed in and I’ve stayed in hundreds of hotels over the years. The noise transmission from the adjoining rooms was so bad that you could hear them switch the lights on and off and one night I could even hear someone snoring, after I was woken by street noise. You can hear people walking around upstairs and dragging furniture across the tiled floors. Noise resonates up the stairwell and along the corridors. The French Door to the balcony was double glazed but it was either poor quality, or badly fitted because that also let noise in, to the extent that it seemed like it was actually open. To make matters worse, they have eternal Metal Shutters, instead of curtains, or blinds, which are another unnecessary noise source – You basically have to wait for your neighbours to close their shutters before trying to get to sleep.