IKEA opens first hotel on Spanish island with outdoor swimming pool and cheap rooms
The hotel is just a few hundred yards from the beach too
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IKEA has opened its first hotel in Spain, on a very popular holiday island.
Las Dunas de Santa Catalina Boutique House is a new two-star hotel owned by the interiors brand to open on Gran Canaria.
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IKEA has its first hotel in the Canary Islands
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An outdoor terrace is overlooked by the restaurant
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Don't expect to see any of the iconic blue and yellow designs, however.
The modern hotel, which has adult-only rooms, is more muted in its interiors.
A small outdoor swimming pool is lined with sunloungers and overlooked by the hotel restaurant.
And outdoor garden terrace is right by the restaurant as well, which serves breakfast.
The only nod to the logo colours are in the bedroom, with some having blue or yellow bedspreads.
Rooms range from double and triple rooms to ones that have pool or garden views.
Just don't expect much else - there isn't a gym or spa, and you will have to dine out as the restaurant only serves breakfast.
Thankfully the beach is a short walk away which is lined with restaurants and bars.
Despite being a new hotel, some guests have already raved about it.
One said: "I really liked the quietness, you can't hear any street noise, and the pool area is beautiful."
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Rooms start from £105 a night, which includes a continental breakfast, and works out to just over £50 each a night.
IKEA has plans for a second hotel in the Canary Islands as well.
Also in Palma in Gran Canaria, Las Vegas de Ciudad Jardín Suites will combine two villas.
Flights to Gran Canaria take as little as four hours from the UK, with some of the cheapest being with easyJet who have £38 returns.
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Rooms come with breakfast but you will have to head outside for dinner
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The hotel is then just a 25 minute drive from the main airport.
The only other IKEA hotel in the world is unsurprisingly in Sweden, the home of the brand.
Inspired by American motels, it first opened in the 1960s and now has more than 250 rooms.
It even has an on-site restaurant serving the famous IKEA meatballs.
Here is what it is like to stay there - and how much rooms cost.
And another woman stayed at a hostel which is inside an IKEA in Vienna.
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