Santiago de Compostela Hotels

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Pension RIO: not perfect, BUT my very own room !!!!

Pension Rio is a small hotel that I did find in the brochure that I got from the tourist-office: it was nothing special, but not bad eighter and I was happy to be able to escape the giant room with 20 beds in the albergue...
The hotel is for sale and I could see that the owners were happy for every peregrino they could sell a room to in the last moment.

Unique Quality: I payed 35 euros for a singleroom with private facilities and these facilities were the ones that are used normally by the rooms, who dont have en-suite, BUT the lady who showed me the room locked the public door of this bathroom and opened another door to my room and that way I had my singleroom and was the only one beeing able to use the public facilities through a door from my room !

• Opinion of Price: about average
• Address: Santo Domingo de la Calzada / Echegoyen 2
• Related to: Budget Travel
• Written September 30, 2012

so this was the public room for MY use only

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Cofradia del Santo: a giant albergue, clean, perfect & very cheap !

In the very centre of Santo Domingo de la Calzada you will find this large albergue that is run by the city and they dont have a fixed price for the bed, they just ask you for a donation and they dont care when you throw in just a few pennies !
I registered there, because a friend of mine did go there as well, and in my case they did even forget about asking me for a donation. So I had the possibility to take a look into the rooms first and decided to look for a private accomodation instead !

Unique Quality: At the entrance you have to register - and you will need your ID-card for that and will be given a piece of paper with the name of the room and the number of the bed on it, so you can never choose that for yourself !!!
In my last picture: I had bed No2 (a lower bed) in room Najera !
The beds were all like in my main picture: you have a naked matress, no blankets and no pillows and some of the beds are simply much too close to the next ones - NOT my "cup of tea"

• Opinion of Price: least expensive
• Related to: Budget Travel, Family Travel, Hiking and Walking
• Written September 30, 2012

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Hostal El Horno: una camera con baño for just 30 euros

Hostal El Horno offers some very good rooms with private facilities (in Spain they call it "con baño" ) for 30 Euros and it was the very first place where I asked for a room, so I dont know any other places.

Unique Quality: My room in Hostal El Horno had a large window that reached to floor, and when you open it you will have a so-called "French balcony". The room was facing a quiet side-street without any car-trafic and I could sleep with the windows beeing open !
My last picture: the view from my room.
No breakfast served in this hostal
but many places closeby will do it !

• Opinion of Price: about average
• Website: http://www.hostalelhorno.com/
• Related to: Budget Travel, Hiking and Walking, Backpacking
• Written September 29, 2012

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La Posada del Peregrino: a great hotel along the Camino

La Posada del Peregrino is the best hotel in El Acebo and it is a pity that they were fully booked already when I passed by early in the afternoon - so it really makes sense to book there in advance !

Unique Quality: This hotel even has internet and a good restaurant !
And at the bar there was a nice young lady who organized a lift in private car for me to Molinaseca, because she knew that somebody was coming to take down another pilgrim. She phoned the cardriver and asked him, if I could come with them and he said yes - and did not take any money at all, that was really nice !

• Opinion of Price: about average
• Address: C/ Real, 67-69 - 24413 EL ACEBO
• Phone: 987 05 78 75
• Website: http://www.lacasadelperegrino.es/web/
• Related to: Hiking and Walking, Budget Travel, Food and Dining
• Written September 28, 2012

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Albergue communal: a good & cheap place in the dorms

This is the communal albergue, next to the place, where I have spent the night and some friends of mine stayed there and liked it - just like they liked all places that were cheap !
In general the albergues run by the villages are not bad and you mostly dont pay more than 5 euros per bed or even less, as some just ask for a small donation and they dont care, when you just throw in some cent-coins !

Unique Quality: They have a nice, shady garden that is also the only place to sit togeather with friends - when its raining you will never find such places inside the house!

• Opinion of Price: least expensive
• Related to: Budget Travel, Family Travel, Backpacking
• Written August 30, 2012

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Albergue El Pilar: not bad, but not really my cup of tea !

I came here accidentally, because my guidebook told me that they have newly built singlerooms as well and that is why I went there to ask for a room. What I got was a 4bedded room for myself for the price of 30 euros !

Unique Quality: I am sure the lady knew, why she wanted to have my money, before I could see the room. Take a look at my photos: 2 doublebeds in that room that might be OK for 2 couples, BUT for 4 single peregrinos that would never be possible. That might be the reason, why she sold it to me after a few seconds of thinking.
There was nothing else than a chair in that room, the toilet was at the end of the balcony right in front of my room and the shower was down the stairs again,across the innercourt !
I will not go there again, but for that 1 night it was finally OK !

• Opinion of Price: more expensive than average
• Related to: Backpacking, Seniors, Religious Travel
• Written August 30, 2012

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El Caminante: an excellent hotel

Hotel El Caminante has just 2 floors, BUT what a surprise, they even had a lift !!! All of the rooms are facing the innercourt, and they also have private facilities. I payed 30 euros for my single use of a doubleroom, breakfast was NOT included, just like in almost any spanish hotel where I have stayed, but at least they served breakfast after 08.00am for a small extra-fee !

Unique Quality: I had a TV, a small table and a comfortable bed and slept very well ! They also had 2 computers with internet: the cost was around 2 euros per 30 minutes !

• Opinion of Price: about average
• Website: www.elcaminante.es
• Related to: Seniors, Hiking and Walking, Backpacking
• Written August 25, 2012

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Albergueria "Andres Munoz": a cheap place for peregrinos: 6 Euros p.p.

Albergueria "Andres Munoz" is one of the best alberghes that you will find along the Camino and that is why it was also fully booked already, when we arrived there around 05.00pm.
They will close the gates at 10.00pm, so be back in time, they dont have a night-porter !

Unique Quality: They have a total of 65 beds and the price per night is 6 Euros ! Something else that I found quite interesting there is the way that 3 beds were built there on top of each other in all rooms. They say, that they try to give the upper beds for younger peregrinos...

• Opinion of Price: least expensive
• Related to: Budget Travel, Backpacking, Hiking and Walking
• Written July 30, 2012

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Casa Rural "Os Vilares": A great place to stay

Maica, the owner, is a great host, helpful, fully informed about what's happening in the area and what to see and visit.
The place is quiet, located in the countryside but just outside Santiago: you can afford to walk to the Cathedral, or you'll be there in 5 minutes car ride. There is a pleasant garden and the whole buiolding is very comfortable, absolutely tidy, quiet and warm. We had a great experience there.

Unique Quality: The owner is great.
Nice location,
Beautiful surroundings

• Opinion of Price: about average
• Address: Lugar Os Vilares n. 8, santiago de Compostela
• Phone: 605128341
• Website: www.osvilares.com
• Written July 17, 2012

The main building and one of the horreos

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