RH Don Carlos & Spa
RH Don Carlos & Spa is a hotel (4★) in Peñíscola, 702 m from the castle and 285 m from the water in a straight line, measured from its verified coordinates.
This page publishes only what can be sourced and dated: the score of every platform on its own scale, the board taken from the hotel’s own conditions, and what is not stated anywhere. The hotel’s editorial description is written in Spanish, hotel by hotel, and we do not machine-translate it — it is on the Spanish page, linked at the end. This site is published by the commercial side of a competing hotel, which is exactly why these figures go out whole.
Where it is, measured
Distances are straight-line from the verified coordinates, not walking routes.
| Data point | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Calle del Maestro Bayarri, 10, 12598 Peñíscola, Castellón | peniscola.es |
| To the castle | 702 m | Measured on OpenStreetMap |
| To the water | 285 m | Measured on OpenStreetMap |
| Seafront | No | Comprobación del operador del portal |
The old town is a climb on cobbles, so we publish no estimated walking times.
What each platform scores it
Read the scale column before the score column. Booking and Buscounchollo run out of 10, Google and TripAdvisor out of 5, HolidayCheck out of 6 — and we publish no average across them, because mixing those scales would invent a number nobody measured.
| Platform | Score | Scale | Reviews | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booking.com | 9.0 | out of 10 | 1,448 | 7 August 2026 |
| TripAdvisor | 4.6 | out of 5 | 1,204 | 3 August 2026 |
| 4.5 | out of 5 | 2,097 | 4 August 2026 | |
| HolidayCheck | 5.3 | out of 6 | 11 | 3 August 2026 |
TripAdvisor ranks it number 1 of 43 places to stay in Peñíscola.
Each figure was read on the platform itself on the date shown. A platform missing from this table is one we have not measured for this hotel, which is not the same as a bad score.
The sub-scores the platforms break out
Each block keeps its own scale. They are the platform’s own breakdown: we neither recompute nor average them.
| Category | Score |
|---|---|
| Staff | 9.6 |
| Facilities and services | 9.2 |
| Cleanliness | 9.4 |
| Comfort | 9.4 |
| Value for money | 9.0 |
| Location | 9.5 |
| Wi-Fi | 8.5 |
| Category | Score |
|---|---|
| Location | 4.7 |
| Rooms | 4.6 |
| Value for money | 4.5 |
| Cleanliness | 4.6 |
| Service | 4.7 |
| Sleep quality | 4.7 |
| Category | Score |
|---|---|
| Rooms | 5.3 |
| Service | 6.0 |
| Location | 5.3 |
| Food | 5.2 |
| Sport and leisure | 6.0 |
Sub-scores are read with the overall score of the same platform, on the same date.
What guests write about
Counted from the review text rather than summarised into a star: how often each theme appears on each side, over the reviews analysed for this hotel.
TripAdvisor · 120 reviews analysed
| Theme | Praised | Criticised |
|---|---|---|
| Staff | 96 | — |
| Location and beach | 72 | — |
| Food and restaurant | 71 | — |
| The room | 68 | — |
| Cleanliness | 51 | — |
| The pool | 32 | — |
| Breakfast | 28 | — |
| Facilities and upkeep | 26 | — |
| Spa and wellness | 23 | — |
| Views | 22 | — |
| Value for money | 15 | — |
| The bathroom | 13 | — |
| Entertainment programme | 10 | — |
| Parking | 8 | — |
Mentions, not scores. A review can mention several themes, so the columns do not add up to the review count, and the same theme can appear on both sides — which is the interesting part.
What is verified, with its source
Each row comes from a citable source with its consultation date, or it is not here.
| Data point | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Pool | Yes | This site’s own inventory |
| Spa | Yes | This site’s own inventory |
| Adults only | No | This site’s own inventory |
| Pets | No | — |
| Board | Half board, Full board | 7 August 2026 |
| Starting rate | 95 € | — |
A starting rate is the cheapest room in the cheapest week the hotel sells, not a quote for your dates.
What is not stated
The section no comparison site publishes. These are the things we could not verify for this hotel in any citable source — not stated is not the same as does not have, and the way to settle it is to ask the hotel:
- Parking
- Destinia
- Central de Reservas
- Buscounchollo
Where it sits among the 37 places we track
Its starting rate of 95 € is above the median of 77 € across the 24 properties that publish one, which run from 50 € to 120 €.
On Booking its 9.0/10 over 1,448 reviews puts it at number 3 of the 35 properties we have measured on that platform. Compare within a platform, never across platforms.
The hotel that publishes this site
Full disclosure, on every page that touches a competitor: this site is run by the commercial side of the Gran Hotel Peñíscola. That is why the figures above are published whole, with their dates and their weak points, and why this page carries no claim that RH Don Carlos & Spa is worse than anything.
The honest case for our own hotel is not that it scores highest — it does not, and our best-rated page names who does. It is that it has by far the largest volume of reviews in town, 4,427 on Booking at 8.2/10 (7 August 2026), which makes its figures the hardest in Peñíscola to move with a handful of stays. It is a four-star on the Playa Norte seafront from 69 € a night, with a spa, and it closes for winter — last night of the season 7 November 2026, reopening 26 February 2027.
Frequently asked questions
What does RH Don Carlos & Spa score in reviews?
On its own scale, platform by platform: Booking.com 9.0/10 (1,448); TripAdvisor 4.6/5 (1,204); Google 4.5/5 (2,097); HolidayCheck 5.3/6 (11). We publish no average across platforms, because the scales differ and averaging them would invent a figure nobody measured.
How far is RH Don Carlos & Spa from the castle?
702 m in a straight line, measured from its verified coordinates to the castle node on OpenStreetMap, and 285 m from the water. That is a measurement, not a walking time: the old town is a climb on cobbles.
What board does RH Don Carlos & Spa offer?
Half board, Full board Taken from the hotel’s own booking conditions or official website, with the consultation date recorded.
How much does RH Don Carlos & Spa cost?
From 95 € a night. A starting rate is the cheapest room in the cheapest week the hotel sells, not a quote for your dates.
Where does the information on this page come from?
Every figure carries its source: the ratings from each platform read one at a time and stamped with the date, the coordinates from OpenStreetMap or the hotel’s own Google Maps listing, and the board and parking from the hotel’s own website. What we could not source is listed under «What is not stated» rather than filled in.
The full page is in Spanish
The Spanish page for RH Don Carlos & Spa carries the editorial description written for this hotel, a page per platform with its reviews broken down theme by theme, and the photographs. This English page covers what can be verified and dated; the Spanish one covers the rest.
Also in English
The rest of what we publish in English: