Hotel Rec de Palau in Cadaques

What an idyllic location perched atop the hill overlooking the Mediterranean and the harbor. We reserved a bungalow with kitchen for three nights. The bungalow was large and had several patios with scenic views and even a washing machine. There was a wonderful breeze from the terraces and it was a very relaxing spot. It was picturesque and rustic. Unfortunately there was no internet in the bungalow and the bed was small and not very good.
The hotel staff graciously transferred us to a comfortable room in the main hotel with very good internet right by the swimming pool and breakfast room. The pool was nice but not heated so even at the end of August it was pretty cold. The breakfast was good and reasonably priced. My husband ordered bacon and eggs.
We must say a big thank you to the sweet friendly and energetic young men Paul and Mark who helped us by lugging our luggage up and down the steps.
A word of caution, this hotel is not handicap friendly and there are lots of steep stairs and no elevator. The scenic location perched atop the hill makes for a long winding walk or drive down to town but there is an electric golf cart and the boys are happy to drive you down or pick you up at the bottom. Once you're at the bottom of the hill, it's an easy walk along the shore to town, restaurants and swimming. A very scenic and very quiet location. We highly recommend!

This place is magical. If there is the smallest chance it is on your itinerary book it, stay here and prepare to be amazed. Without question the best hotel in the world for me.

Beautiful view, excellent service. Angeles,Coral and the whole staff were very attentive and very well organized. The staff made our stay wonderful! Highly recommend!

Hotel Rec de Palau is a unique combination of comfort/luxury and casual/comfortable. It is the perfect place to unwind, enjoy a good breakfast with fantastic views and let the excellent staff take care of you. Then enjoy the delights of Cadaqués.

So so hotel
This hotel was up a steep hill well above the beach. The staff and the view was lovely. The hotel was fairly simple and dated.

Amazing place. This hotel is really good but has some things to work on.

1: English-speaking staff; Although most of them are extremely service minded, all of the staff does not speak English, something that should be a requirement in an upscale hotel like this.

2: The Bar/ restaurant; When we arrived, they said they could offer drinks and snacks and some simpler food but when we later asked for some snacks they simply shook their heads. It would be a really good thing to offer some sandwiches and stuff like that because sometimes you don’t want to go out and eat, especially as for doing that you had to walk about a kilometer.

3: Small practical stuff relating to the property; like the pool deck was in really bad shape. The construction was not good for starters and every day a guy did maintenance on it. There was also some things in the room that could have been better, some are common in hotels in Spain in general, like too big a bathroom door to be open easily, to not get either cold or hot water fast, to small details that could make this hotel more of a 5-star hotel.

I’m not going into any more details but if they fixed many of the things I’ve mentioned, think they could charge even more for the rooms and get something like 9.5 or more in hotels.com where we booked the room. That 8.8 out of 10 is what it is. With this location and what the have they could take it to the stars and right now it’s almost a shame that they don’t.

O, by the way, I forgot to mention that the room we got the first 2 out of 4 nights did not have a sea view that it was stated it should. This was partly because of the construction of an extension of the hotel and they probably hadn’t been able yet to change the roomier classes.

super nice staff. hotel up the hills with a stunning view. you have to take the 15min walk to the center but it's worth it. hotel picks you up at your return with a golf cart. we stayed there during high season but hotel was calm and not overcrowded. we loved it and will be back for sure.

Loved our stay at Rec de Palau. They did everything possible to make our stay enjoyable!

Charming, authentic hotel
Wonderful charming hotel nestled above Cadaques town. Fleeting visit but so glad we found this place. Tricky streets and driveway, but well worth the effort.

The patience in finding this gem in the narrow one way streets of Cadaques paid off big time, as the final climb to the top of the hill has the most rewarding views of the seaside village. Friendly staff, great room, simple breakfast gets you ready to explore Dali land ! Can’t imagine how fun the pools must be in summer.