Hotel Hospes Amérigo: An Honest Review of Alicante's Spa Hotel

What this place actually is

Hotel Hospes Amérigo sits at C. Rafael Altamira, 7, right in Alicante's old town. It's not just another old building turned hotel. It used to be a 16th-century Dominican convent, and they turned the whole thing into a hotel without stripping out what made it interesting in the first place.

You can find the full listing in our wellness directory. It's rated 4.5 out of 5 from 1,857 reviews on Google, which is a serious number of reviews for a hotel this size.

The spa is the reason to book

Here's the thing about this place: the spa is the real draw. It's set inside the old stone arches where monks used to walk. You're not looking at a generic hotel spa bolted onto a modern building. The heated pools are carved right into the ancient walls. The treatment rooms feel like they've got centuries built into them.

If you want a spa day that actually feels different from every other hotel spa on the coast, this is worth booking just for the setting.

How it compares to other wellness spots nearby

Alicante and the wider Costa Blanca have a few other wellness options worth knowing about, even if they're doing something different:

• Altea Natura is out in Santa Clara, near Altea. It's a holistic wellness spot focused on treatments and fitness activities in a natural setting, not a hotel spa.
• True Pilates Altea is a small Pilates studio in Altea's old town. It's rated a perfect 5.0 from 28 reviews. Completely different category from a spa hotel, but if you want Pilates with small, hands-on classes, it's an option.
• Minimal Studio Pilates - Alicante is right in Alicante's old town on C. Castaños. It's rated 5.0 from 87 reviews, with small group classes that feel more like personal training.

None of these three are really doing what Hotel Hospes Amérigo does. If you want the convent-spa experience, with heated pools and stone arches, the hotel is the only one on this list that offers it. If you just want a solid Pilates class in the old town, skip the hotel and book one of the studios instead.

Bottom line

Hotel Hospes Amérigo is worth it if you want a spa day somewhere that looks and feels like nowhere else in Alicante. It's in the old town, so you can walk to it from most places in the center, and there's plenty else to do nearby. Check out what's on in Alicante this weekend or see what's new on the Costa Blanca before you go.