Pension Catedral in Seville

The door is broken, but the staff won't answer. I can't go out, and I can't contact the hostel or Trip.com. I'm at a loss.

The property is situated in a tightly packed neighborhood with one-lane, two-way traffic. I had rented a Mercedes C 4S20, and upon check-in, a full 40 minutes were spent trying to park in a garage so cramped it felt like a tuna can.

The room we stayed in was the largest and best option available. While it appeared "clean," there was a persistent sewage-like odor wafting from the bathroom. it lingered until we had to leave the windows open, even in early April weather.

George, the staff member who helped us, was friendly, but he wasn’t available for our early morning checkout. Given the parking ordeal, I decided to film the "Checkout for Dummies" process, expecting it to be straightforward. But, in the middle of recording, a truck squeezed by us so closely, I accidentally stopped the video. Naturally, I didn't realize this until the next morning, when I found out I had only captured a few seconds of footage—nothing helpful. Without any staff around and no recording, we ended up wasting another hour trying to check out and remove the car from the sardine-can garage.

The bottom line is this: it shouldn't have been this complicated in the first place.