My friends live in Santander and we went to visit them a few days ago. They mentioned a few hotels nearby and we picked the Silken Coliseum after checking them out on Tripadvisor. Santander is not a very big town- about 200,000 people but its spread out between the mountains and the sea. Its very close to all the main... More

We spent 3 nights in the Silken Coliseum and we are happy to recommend it overall. We were put in a room to the front of the hotel on our first night - there was noise on the street (the hotel is next to a large bar) which kept us awake until 2.30 or so. Also we could not get... More

After our 8 hr road trip to Santander we wanted to have a decent meal and sat down on the hotel bar, only to discover that at 3 pm the kitchen was closed and couldn't serve any food, so we have to go out...very dissapointing with the service in this hotel. Location was good, but service was a bit rude... More

Near the train, bus station, ferries' port, shopping area. More

Good location in centre of Santander close to the shopping. Very comfortable room - with enormous beds, large modern bathroom (with bath and shower). A short 10min walk to the bus and railway stations. I would say that Silken is better at the room 'frills' than other main Spanish chains (Sol Melia, NH extra). You get the trouser press and... More

Very clean, very quiet with well informed polite, professional, courteous and very helpful staff who speak very good english. The hotel is in the heart of Santander, although you would not know it when you are in your room, a very quiet hotel indeed. We had an inside room on the 4th floor next to the elevators but we heard... More

Both the hallway and especially the room itself smells strange, perhaps because of the cleaning product used but its a penetrating smell as soon as you walk in. The room we had wasn't cleaned properly and was relatively small and a view from the small window non-existant. A room next to the cleaning supplies room means a lot of noise... More

Everything is clean and well organized there, the service is state of the art, the rooms are spacious enough, the restaurant is comfortable, the food classically unsurprising... Well, the perfect place to go as a manager. Unfortunately we weren't on business trip and the clinically clean aspect lacked some charm. More

We were in two minds about whether to get a hotel close to the beach or downtown near the shop and restuarants. We made the right choice by with the Silken Coliseum being right in the centre of Santander. When the weather was good we were still able to access the beach by bus or even walking, but for the... More