When looking at spanish hotels they were marked with keys is this the same as our stars ?

Question

When looking at spanish hotels they were marked with keys is this the same as our stars ?

Answer 1

Do these hotels by chance have apartments in them?  Last I knew, hotels had a star rating, but apartments and aparthotels went by a key rating. I have stayed at some very nice places that were rated with only 2 keys.

Answer 2

They have stars, too, but the requirements for each is different than ours.  I think keys is a special company, like AAA has diamonds.

Answer 3

Stars are used for grading hotels.  Each star has very specific legal requirements that must be met.  For instance, in a 5 Star hotel, the toilet must be separated from the rest of the bathroom by floor to ceiling wall with a door!  



A hotel is actually a very specifically defined term, again by law.  For instance, all hotels must have a restaurant.  Which means if there is no restaurant, the establishment is not a hotel...but rather a "hostel."

And hostels are graded by keys.  Again, the more keys, the better.  Personally, I will not stay in anything that does not have 3 keys.

Answer 4

Where I live in Spain (Andalucia) all the hotels are graded by stars. I don't read brochures so have no idea where you saw the keys. It will be a grading similar to stars. I would be careful in thinking a three key hotel was equal to a three star hotel because the grading may not be the same.