The Accor hotel group opened a new hotel a few months ago in Vitoria-Gasteiz. The ibis budget Vitoria-Gasteiz is positioned as the ideal destination for adventure and urban sports enthusiasts.
The world’s leading hotel group with more than 5,400 properties in over 110 countries has several brands, including ibis budget, a smart choice for those looking for the ideal place to enjoy lively urban adventures. The brand’s comfortable and intuitive design, the Sweet Be by ibis budget bed and the healthy and hearty buffet breakfasts are praised by guests who gather around a passion for sport, adventure and action or simple athletic activities. Strategically located close to access roads to cities and airports, ibis budget has more than 640 hotels in over 20 countries, continuing its international expansion.
Not forgetting his great passion, Smart Sport is synonymous with making every second a moment of fun and every place a playground that provides unlimited energy.
ibis budget Vitoria-Gasteiz, a sustainable hotel
The capital of Alava, one of the first Spanish and European cities to make greater efforts towards sustainability, should have a hotel establishment of these characteristics. Green Capital of Europe in 2012, Vitoria-Gasteiz can boast 171 kilometres of cycle lanes or the more than 115,000 trees that fill its streets and urban parks. In addition, its efforts and successes in the field of decarbonisation, such as energy efficiency, the use of renewable energies, sustainable mobility, waste management and the conservation of green spaces and biodiversity has earned it recognition and the awarding of various prizes.
This solid sustainable approach to the city fully coincides with the actions proposed by ibis budget in Vitoria-Gasteiz, guaranteeing maximum respect for the environment.
The focus on energy efficiency is also reflected in its prefabricated façade envelope and in its carpentry, designed to avoid cold-heat transitions, with an A building energy classification. The building is also equipped with photovoltaic panels, aerothermal installation, ventilation with hot-cold recovery, entry lock in the rooms with presence control, communication materials to raise customer awareness and that, individually, can contribute to reducing the impact on the carbon footprint or chargers for electric cars in its underground car park. Finally, Ibis Budget Vitoria-Gasteiz complies with Accor’s decarbonisation roadmap, which stands out for being a pioneer in the world with the SBTI (Science Based Target Initiative) method.
Comfortable hospitality at good value for money
With an urban and contemporary design and a fresh and casual atmosphere, ibis budget Vitoria-Gasteiz has arrived in the city with an interesting gastronomic, cultural and business proposal. Its iconic design and dynamic style, as well as comfortable and intuitive, its relaxed social spaces that invite interaction between guests, its healthy breakfasts ideal to start the day with energy and its 119 rooms, four adapted for people with functional diversity and all of them elegant and comfortable and fully equipped with private bathroom with shower, Smart TV, side table, hairdryer on request and free wifi, make it the ideal accommodation for leisure and business trips. In addition, the hotel is 100% non-smoking and pet-friendly. All this at unbeatable value for money.
Getaways from ibis budget Vitoria-Gasteiz
Vitoria-Gasteiz’s excellent network of cycle paths allows guests to discover the city’s many and varied charms by bicycle.
The Green Belt is a set of periurban parks of high ecological and landscape value formed by the parks of Armentia, Olarizu, Salburua, Alegría, Zabalgana, Zadorra, Errekaleor and Las Neveras, to which Larragorri is currently being planned.
The strategic location of the hotel, fifteen minutes away from the old town, offers the possibility to go on different historical, cultural, museum and gastronomic routes; and the first stop can be the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca with the white galleries that surround it.
From here you can access the Old Quarter, known as The Almond-Shaped area, which has preserved the medieval layout since the town was founded by Sancho VI “The Wise” and where you can admire some of the most unique buildings in the city, not forgetting the cathedral of Santa María built between the 13th and 14th centuries. Incidentally, Vitoria-Gasteiz is one of the few cities in Spain to have two cathedrals, the aforementioned Santa María and María Inmaculada, known as the New Cathedral and located outside the historic centre.
The museum offer is also important and interesting, but on this occasion we will focus on two spaces, the BIBAT Museum, which in Basque means two in one, where you will find the Fournier Playing Card Museum – who hasn’t played with their cards at some time – and the Archaeological Museum of Álava with an important collection of pieces ranging from the Palaeolithic to the founding of the medieval towns. And ARTIUM, a benchmark in the field of contemporary art museums.
Gastronomy is also an essential proposal to make from Ibis Budget Vitoria-Gasteiz. Known as miniature cuisine, pintxos also make the capital famous, and both in the Old Quarter and throughout the city centre you can admire and, of course, taste them, a wide variety of appetizers that fill the bars of the many establishments.
Enjoying this sublime gastronomic experience comes with the risk of missing it when the visit to the city is over. At the Abastos Cooking Center of the Abastos Market it is possible to take part in workshops to learn how to make these delicious pintxos, as well as some typical dishes from the gastronomy of Alava. At the Abastos Cooking Center of the Abastos Market it is possible to take part in workshops to learn how to make these delicious pintxos, as well as some typical dishes from the gastronomy of Alava.
