Many years ago I stayed in Hotel Kenya in Granada, Spain. This year
(for romantic reasons!) I want to return.  However 20 mins searching
in vain leads me to suppose that it has closed - I could't find it.

However - It's such a tourist hot-spot, I wonder if the Hotel could
still be open and operating under a different name ??  Can you
identify it?

Here are the details -
Called Hotel Kenya (I think it was the same in Spanish and English)
City - Granada, Spain
Location - I don't know the name of the road, but so far as I can
remember it was half way up the mouintain on the way up to the
Alhambra (the Moorish palace that is the tourist draw in Granada). 
i.e. it would be listed not as a City-Centre hotel, but as near the
Alhambra
It was a small/medium hotel, in an old building  (not a purpose built hotel) 

Can you help me locate it, and make a very special weding anniversary?

Hello again Botogol!

I am confident that I have located the hotel you have in mind. It?s
the Hotel Kenia Nevada. The reason it was so hard to locate was for
the way ?Kenia? is spelled. Here is a link to their website where you
may view a photo of the hotel.
http://www.lugaresdivinos.com/p9.htm

Kenia Nevada 
Virgen de las Nieves, 6 (Urb. Pradollano)
18196 Sierra Nevada
Granada
Phone: 958.48.09.11
Fax: 958.48.08.07
e-mail: kenesa@arrakis.es 


On page 3 of this publication there is another photo of the hotel.
There is also a small map. The Hotel is located 19 miles from Granada.
http://www.husa.es/cas/pdf.php?h=59

Hotel Kenia Nevada
http://www.husa.es/cas/hoteles_ficha.php?h=59&t=3


Search criteria:
Hotel Kenya site:.es
Hotels in Spain
Yellow pages Spain
Hotel Kenia

If by any chance this is not the ?Hotel Kenia? you had in mind, please
let me know before you rate my answer and I will resume my search.

Best regards,
Bobbie7

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Request for Answer Clarification by botogol-ga on 04 Dec 2003 16:17 PST

no sorry-  this is definitely not the one. 

The Hotel I stayed in might have been spelt Kenia (but Kenya feels
right) but it wasn't that one.   No, it was definetrly IN Granada...
as I said not city centre, but in the Alhambra slopes.  I expect it
was the one mentioned in the conference link (see comment below) so
tit measn it was runnnig in 1998 at least.....

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 04 Dec 2003 16:27 PST

Dear Botogol,

I searched the the Spain yellow pages and unfortunately I couldn't
find a Kenya Hotel there either.

Have you checked out the pictures of the hotels I mentioned in my comment.

If you click on the link to each hotel you will see a photo of the
Hotel. Perhaps you may recognize one of the Hotels as Hotel Kenya if
its name has changed its name since you were there.
http://www.eel.es/granada/hoteles/hotelgr.htm

Sincerely
Bobbie7

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Request for Answer Clarification by botogol-ga on 08 Dec 2003 04:26 PST

I've looked arefully at all the hotels, and I'm convnced that none of
them are the one.

Most of them can be ruled out immediately, as they are big modern
things. The one that's closest to the hotel I stayed in is
http://www.eel.es/granada/hoteles/sines/sines.htm

It's a converted old house (palacio), with 10 bedrooms, and a
courtyard etc. which is exactly the sort of thing I stayed in called
the Kenys.  But I'm certain this isn't actually it (though perhaps
I'll stay there anyway!)

What happens as regards payment when you are unsuccessful?  I
appreciate you've done some work, and perhaps the answer cannot be
found. But I still haven't go ti.

One thing that would be helpful I am certain that the hotel is closed
(and who knows if it's still open under a new name? Perhaps it became
an aparmtnets or something)    But perhaps you could locate some
contacts in Grnada that I could phone up and ask - Local Tourist
Office, Chamber of Commerce, Local Association of Hotel Owners??  If
it still existed in 1998, then some people in the tourist trade round
there might be able to remember it.

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 08 Dec 2003 07:54 PST

Dear Botogol,

I am very disappointed that the Hotel Kenia that I located was not the
Hotel you had in mind.  I am also frustrated since the Hotel that you
remember can not be matched to any of the Hotel pictures from the list
I provided.

You asked about a local tourist office, Chamber of Commerce or a local
Association of Hotel Owners. I did some research and found the
following contacts:


Tourist Offices in Granada

Address:
Coral de Carbon 
Tel: +34 958 225990 

Address:
Plaza Mariana de Pineda 10 bajo 
Tel: +34 958 22 66 8 

http://www.andalucia.com/cities/granada/tourist.htm



Tourism and Cultura of Granada
Concejalía de Cultura, Turismo y Pymes
C/ Almona del Campillo, nº 2 - 1º 18001
Teléfono: +34 958 225 217. 
Fax: +34 958 223 174
Correo electrónico: informacion@granadatur.com
URL: http://www.granadatur.com/contacta/main.htm


Association of Guides and Tourist Information of Granada
PL. Nuevo 2, 2D, 18010 Granada
Phone: 958- 22-99-36
Fax: 958-22-86-85
http://www.granadatur.com/ofertas/main.htm


Granada City Hall 
Plaza del Carmen s/n
18071 Granada
España
tlf: 958 248 100
Información: 958 248 126 
e-mail:ayuntamiento@granada.org
URL: http://www.granada.org/



Alhambra.org may be able to give you information
http://www.alhambra.org/ingles/home.asp?res=1024
http://www.alhambra.org/alojamientos/eng/
If you need any information, please, contact with us at: info@alhambra.org


I also searched for the Travel Agency "Viajes Castulo S.A.L.?, which
was used to make reservations at the Hotel Kenya at the 1998 Congress
that I mentioned previously. No luck either.


Here is a list of travel agencies in Granada:


ALJIBE
Periodista J.M. Carulla Es 5 L.3
18014 Granada
Tel: 958 185 025. Fax: 958 185 024

ARRAYANES
Avda. Madrid 3, 18012 Granada
Tel: 958 295 250. Fax: 958 295 640

BARCELÓ
Camino de Ronda 92, 18004 Granada
Tel: 958 520 707. Fax: 958 520 606

BONANZA
Reyes Católicos 30, 18009 Granada
Tel: 958 223 578. Fax: 958 220 670

CAJA SUR
Camino de Ronda 82, 18004 Granada
Tel: 958 535 381. Fax: 958 535 382

CITY TOUR ALHAMBRA
Reyes Católicos 47, 18001 Granada
Tel: 958 223 959. Fax: 958 224 038

CITY TOUR ALHAMBRA
Beethoven local 3, 18006 Granada
Tel: 958 135 804. Fax: 958 135 804

DOS MARES
Arabial 94, 18003 Granada
Tel: 958 276 025. Fax: 958 285 176

ECOMAR
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón 41
18004 Granada
Tel: 958 251 123 - 958 266 912. Fax: 958 267 828
e-mail: pedroantonio@viajesecomar.com

ECOMAR
Príncipe 4, 18001 Granada
Tel: 958 224 656 - 226 700. Fax: 958 224 694
e-mail: principe@viajesecomar.com

ECOMAR
Oficina Central:
Plaza Mariana Pineda s/n, 18009 Granada
Tel: 958 223 091 - 229 974. Fax: 958 229 975
e-mail: pl.mariana@viajesecomar.com

ECUADOR
Ángel Ganivet 8, 18009 Granada
Tel: 958 223 172. Fax: 958 222 021
e-mail: granadag@viajesecuador.net

ECUADOR
Cuesta de Gomérez 1, 18009 Granada
Tel: 958 222 058. Fax: 958 220 740

EL CORTE INGLÉS
Arabial 97, 18003 Granada
Tel: 958 282 612. Fax: 958 207 689

EUROCONGRES VIAJES
Avda. Constitución 18, 18012 Granada
Tel: 958 209 361. Fax: 958 209 400

GENIL
Emperatriz Eugenia 15, 18002 Granada
Tel: 958 293 211. Fax: 958 295 424

GENIL
Avda. Constitución 19, 18014 Granada
Tel: 958 275 200. Fax: 958 277 056

GESTURSPORT
Arabial 2 bajo, 18004 Granada
Tel: 958 251 400. Fax: 958 251 450

GHEISA
Recogidas 45, 18005 Granada
Tel: 958 262 633. Fax: 958 262 608

GRANTUR VIAJES Y CONGRESOS
Carrera del Genil 8, 18005 Granada
Tel: 958 222 430. Fax: 958 222 431

HALCÓN
Recogidas 24, 18003 Granada
Tel: 958 521 661. Fax: 958 521 641

HALCÓN
Avda. Dílar 27, 18007 Granada
Tel: 958 133 161. Fax: 958 132 162

IBERIA
Avda. del Sur, Edificio Presidente, 18014 Granada
Tel: 958 277 979. Fax: 958 273 354

IBERMAR
Ctra. Jaén Ed. Alcampo, 18013 Granada
Tel: 958 152 449. Fax: 958 152 557

JALDO EUROCARIBE TRAVEL
Plaza Campillo 5 Ed. Cervantes, 18009 Granada
Tel: 958 224 144. Fax: 958 224 392
pedroeurocaribe@telefonica.net

LIÑÁN
Acera del Darro 96, 18005 Granada
Tel: 958 263 725. Fax: 958 256 416

MARSANS
Gran Vía 24, 18010 Granada
Tel: 958 222 088. Fax: 958 221 253

MARSANS
Avda. Dílar 14, 18007 Granada
Tel: 958 122 864. Fax: 958 122 656

MARSANS
Recogidas 50, 18002 Granada
Tel: 958 521 133. Fax: 958 132 162

MASSAI VIAJES
Gran Vía Colón 37 Local 1, 18001 Granada
Tel: 958 292 424. Fax: 958 292 351

NEPALTOURS
San Juan de Dios 24, 18001 Granada
Tel: 958 205 851. Fax: 958 205 852

NEVADA, S. L.
Arabial 121, 18003 Granada
Tel: 958 292 100. Fax: 958 201 582
http://www.viajesnevada.com 

OCCIDENTE, S. A.
Plaza Humilladero 13 - 14, 18005 Granada
Tel: 958 226 000 - 958 226 012
Fax: 958 226 041
e-mail: v.occidente@terra.es

RONDA 63
Camino de Ronda 63, 18004 Granada
Tel: 958 266 515. Fax: 958 257 613

SACROMONTE
Ángel Ganivet 6, 18009 Granada
Tel: 958 225 598. Fax: 958 224 617

TEMA
Ángel Ganivet 3, 18009 Granada
Tel: 958 229 970. Fax: 958 227 210

TEMA
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón 30, 18004 Granada
Tel: 958 262 616. Fax: 958 262 601

URCI
Avda. Constitución 22, 18012 Granada
Tel: 958 208 600. Fax: 958 208 60


I sincerely hope that one of the above tourist offices or travel
agencies will be able to inform you as to  what hashappened to Hotel
Kenya.

Best regards,
Bobbie7

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 08 Dec 2003 07:58 PST

Here is a more up-to-date list of Tourism Offices in Granada

Granada 
Oficina de Turismo de la Junta de Andalucía
 Corral del Carbón  
(958) 22 59 90 

Oficina Municipal de Turismo
 Pza. Mariana Pineda, 10, bajo  
(958) 22 66 88 

Patronato Provincial de Turismo
 Pza. Mariana Pineda, 10, 2º  
(958) 22 35 27

http://www.altur.com/esp/pgranada/oficinas.shtml

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 08 Dec 2003 08:04 PST

Here is an alternative phone number for the Mariana Pineda Tourism
Office in Granada.
Phone: +34 958 247 128 
http://www.alhambradegranada.org/establecimientos/indiceTipoEstablecimiento.asp?tipo=15&bloque=1

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Request for Answer Clarification by botogol-ga on 11 Dec 2003 02:11 PST

thanks for all these.

The best candidate I have found now - via some searching - is the
Hotel Guadaloupe (t

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Request for Answer Clarification by botogol-ga on 11 Dec 2003 02:12 PST

thanks for all these numbers, I'll try them out

The best candidate I have found now - via some searching - is the
Hotel Guadaloupe (the link is on my other PC or I'd give it here)
which from the photos, approximate location, description could very
well be the one I remember.

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 11 Dec 2003 03:15 PST

Dear Botogol,

Here's a link to the Guadalupe Hotel.
http://www.hotel-guadalupe.com/plantillas/index.php?l=en

I hope you and your wife enjoy your wedding anniversary in Granada!

Best wishes,
Bobbie7

Lots of work put in, and great data.... but couldn't find the answer
(perhaps it can't be found)

Hi botogol!


I didn?t locate Hotel Kenya for you but here is a list of hotels in
Granada and the surrounding areas. If you click on the link to each
hotel you will see a photo of the Hotel. Perhaps you may recognize one
of the Hotels as Hotel Kenya may have changed its name since you were
there.
http://www.eel.es/granada/hoteles/hotelgr.htm


There was a congress in 1998 and the participants stayed at Hotel Kenya.

?Because of the special characteristics of the Sierra Nevada, all
participants must lodge in the Hotel Kenya (headquarters for the
Congress), it is a four-star hotel (single room with breakfast and
supper for 8750 ptas/day, 6350 ptas per person for a double room), for
which "Viajes Castulo S.A.L.", which has been designated the official
travel agency, will take care of the reservations. The evening meals
can also be arranged through the agency.

The participants who so desire can make air or rail ticket
reservations from their points of origin to Granada, by contacting
this agency, which will provide free transportation from the airport
or train station to Hotel Kenya and back again.?
http://www.icp.ucl.ac.be/~opperd/cost1st.html


Best regards,
Bobbie7