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Hotel Contessa

4 star hotel
Kids stay free
Connecting rooms
9/10 Excellent
(2896 verified Hotels.com guest reviews)
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Overview

Hotel Contessa offers a comfortable and convenient stay for families in San Antonio. Families appreciate its central location, close to attractions like SeaWorld and the Riverwalk, making it easy to explore the city. The hotel boasts a pool and hot tub, perfect for relaxing after a day of sightseeing. While some families mention occasional noise issues, many highlight the spacious rooms, excellent service, and the overall good value for money. The hotel's proximity to the Riverwalk provides easy access to dining and entertainment options, and the friendly staff adds to the positive experience.

Guest highlights

The hotel's convenient location near SeaWorld, the Riverwalk, and other family attractions.
The helpful and friendly staff, providing excellent service.
The relaxing pool and hot tub, perfect for unwinding after a busy day.
Spacious rooms, comfortable for families.

About the hotel

Along with a full-service spa, this smoke-free hotel has an outdoor pool and a restaurant. Additionally, a 24-hour fitness center, a bar/lounge, and a rooftop terrace are onsite. Housekeeping is available on request.

Nearby attractions

Hotel Contessa is located in Downtown San Antonio, a neighborhood in San Antonio, and is in the entertainment district and on the riverwalk. Notable landmarks in the area include River Walk and Alamo. Looking to enjoy an event or a game while in town? See what's going on at AT&T Center, or consider a night out at Historic Sunset Station. Discover the area's water adventures with kayaking nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with hiking/biking trails and mountain biking. Guests appreciate the hotel's central location.

Popular amenities

Family friendly

Outdoor pool
Refrigerator

Food and drink

1 bar
1 restaurant
Full breakfast available for a fee daily 7:00 am–noon: usd 10-25 per person
Room service available

Spa

3 treatment rooms
Ayurvedic treatments
Body scrubs
Body treatments
Couples treatment room(s)
Facials
Massage - deep-tissue
Massage - hot stone
Massage - prenatal
Massage/treatment rooms
Reflexology
Spa open select days

Guest services

24-hour front desk
Change of bedsheets (on request)
Change of towels (on request)
Concierge services
Dry cleaning service
Housekeeping (on request)
Luggage storage
Multilingual staff
Porter/bellhop
Tour/ticket assistance
Wedding services

Accessibility

Accessible bathroom (select rooms)
Assistive listening devices available
Braille signage
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Pool hoist on site
Roll-in shower (select rooms)
Stair-free path to entrance
Wheelchair-accessible business center
Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
Wheelchair-accessible fitness center
Wheelchair-accessible lounge
Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
Wheelchair-accessible pool
Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

Things to do

24-hour fitness center
Full-service spa
Heated pool
Outdoor pool

Outdoor

Rooftop terrace

Conveniences

Atm/banking services
Elevator
Free newspapers in lobby
Front-desk safe

More

Smoke-free property

Nearest Airport

Airplane
San Antonio International Airport
12 km from this hotel
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Reviews that mention...

Family Reviews

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4 out of 5 stars

53 reviews

Review data

5 star reviews

49%

4 star reviews

11%

3 star reviews

25%

2 star reviews

6%

1 star reviews

9%

We have selected a sample of reviews which reflect what families have said about Hotel Contessa

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Latest reviews (53)

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Joshua

28 Sept 2024 - 29 Sept 2024
reviewed on hcom

3 out of 5 stars

Overall awesome place, tucked away on the quiet side of the riverwalk, short walking distance to everything. On site restaurant was awesome. The only cons I have are pretty important to me, cleanliness and plumbing. There were several pretty gnarly stains in the carpet and couple of them had thick dried (something) in them. We also found a hoop body piercing in the carpet. The shower drained super slow. Trying to shower off two toddlers quickly turned into a bath and then had to wait 10+mins after before anyone else could get in for a shower. If you were showering, you had 2 minutes before you were above ankle deep water. Also, if you turned the water temp past a certain point it triggered some type of loud sound to come from the mixer. In the morning we had a few crickets in the bathroom as well, don’t know where they came from.
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Faith

19 Aug 2024 - 21 Aug 2024
reviewed on hcom

5 out of 5 stars

Just a sweet stay, Chris at the front desk was amazing. Room was clean and comfortable. Guest services was responsive. Pool and hot tub were an added bonus at the end of a long day. Great stay even with children. In walking distance to Dave and Busters as well as Lego land. I’d highly recommend.
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Francisco

1 Aug 2024 - 3 Aug 2024
reviewed on hcom

5 out of 5 stars

Good stay family was happy
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Diana

6 Jun 2024 - 7 Jun 2024
reviewed on hcom

5 out of 5 stars

A quick day trip for the kids summer break, visit to Sea World and the River Walk
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John

10 Jul 2024 - 14 Jul 2024
reviewed on hcom

5 out of 5 stars

Hotel was amazing other than a few noisy kids running wild after midnight.
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Juan

4 Jul 2024 - 6 Jul 2024
reviewed on expedia

5 out of 5 stars

Staff very friendly, easy to check in no issues love this hotel Great experience with the family everything that we need it was in here. as soon as we arrived from our long drive on the road .we were very tired, thirsty water was at the entrance by elevators they had it ready and cold .the concierge was very friendly and provides excellent service and alicia front desk at check in answer all my questions was very nice and friendly. Valet parking staff Greet us at our arrival. 💯 recommend it to stay here you won’t regret it my kids love it they had so much fun in the pool top of the roof.they love the food at the ambler restaurant that it’s on the 1st floor lobby . Remember mariachi on Friday at 6:30 -9:30 pm the best time to relax and have some drinks highly recommended it . The people that run the place aré without doubt running the place down👍 Great job.
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Shane

21 Jun 2024 - 22 Jun 2024
reviewed on expedia

2 out of 5 stars

It was good and bad. The good the location. The entertainment with the music . The valet service and housekeeping response was really good. The bad when I checked in the front desk she didnt greet me she was too busy eating at her desk. Also the complimentary water and cups were out. Would have been nice to have water since it was so hot. When my daughter and I came back hours later still the same. No water or cups. So very frustrating and when I went to the front desk only one person working and taking too long to help me since he was just talking about his personal life to another guest and instead of seeing the wait at the front desk. Didn’t seem like he had a high sense of urgency and I could tell couldn’t read the room. Also would have been nice to have queen beds instead of double beds for a family of four. Luckily the sofa area was big. For a nice hotel I just thought the staff would be better and more on top of it. Love to location but doubt I would stay there again
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Bryan

11 Jun 2024 - 13 Jun 2024
reviewed on travelocity

5 out of 5 stars

Convenient place to stay with my family!
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Daniel

31 May 2024 - 2 Jun 2024
reviewed on hcom

3 out of 5 stars

Not luxurious. Nice that it’s on the river walk and live music was nice. Right across a dance club so it was very loud till dawn. AC did not work for the majority of our stay. Executive suite for family had very small beds. Calls to front desk took a long time to answer. Hotel is older and room had a strong smell to it.
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John

26 May 2024 - 27 May 2024
reviewed on expedia

3 out of 5 stars

Ambler restaurant food was excellent, but pricey. Rooms were nice, but 2 full beds are not for adults. Elevators were safe due to needing a room key to access, but painfully slow wait to get into one. Toilet was practically a kids sized shoved into a corner. 4 Towels for 4 people TV would not work properly - not responsive to functions and needed to be reset often. Only 1 front desk staff to check in and check out guests Pool area (1 ridiculously small) - we could not use at it was always crowded. Summary: extremely overpriced for the amenities available and most could not even use during the stay
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