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El hostal está en el casco antiguo.

El hostal está en el casco antiguo.
The budget hotel is in the old town.
From Lesson 319:In the old town (el casco antiguo, la fuente, la manzana)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about El hostal está en el casco antiguo.

Why is hostal translated as "budget hotel" instead of "hostel"?
In Spain, un hostal is usually a modest, family-run hotel or guesthouse where you get a private room. If you are looking for a backpacker "hostel" with shared dorms and bunk beds, you would normally look for un albergue.
A building's location is permanent, so why do we use está instead of es?
Even though the building isn't going to move, Spanish always uses the verb estar to talk about the physical location of people, places, and things. The only exception is when you are talking about where an event (like a concert or a meeting) takes place, which uses ser.
What does casco mean in the phrase casco antiguo?
On its own, un casco usually means a "helmet" or the "hull" of a ship. However, the set phrase el casco antiguo (or el casco histórico) is the standard way to refer to "the old town" or "the historic center" of a city in Spain.

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