“Wish they were all like this”

Beautiful and interesting old building, very comfortable bed and bathroom, but it is the people who make it. Although out of season, our requests were happily accommodated. The night we did not want a full meal, tapas were provided and apart from the normal, very good breakfast, Jordi indulged my … Fler

Beautiful and interesting old building, very comfortable bed and bathroom, but it is the people who make it. Although out of season, our requests were happily accommodated. The night we did not want a full meal, tapas were provided and apart from the normal, very good breakfast, Jordi indulged my passion for 'pan con tomate.' The croissants were the best since Paris and bore no resemblance to the normal Spanish offering. The current owners are Spanish, previously it was French-owned. The place is refreshingly unpretentious. There are lots of things to do and see in the immediate region. We loved it.

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“Underbar välkommen”

De 4 SAL är motiverat av den underbara välkomna, mer än av rummet eller maten. Bekväma, rena och välutrustade, men badrummen visa ålder. Maten är tänkt att vara underbar och vi hade en bra diner. Problemet är att i mitten av juli kocken var ute och vi hade inget val! Att det händer utanför säsong, … Fler

De 4 SAL är motiverat av den underbara välkomna, mer än av rummet eller maten. Bekväma, rena och välutrustade, men badrummen visa ålder. Maten är tänkt att vara underbar och vi hade en bra diner. Problemet är att i mitten av juli kocken var ute och vi hade inget val! Att det händer utanför säsong, vi kan förstå, men inte i juli!

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“Enjoyable, but it may be trading on its reputation.”

Real Posada de la Mesta is a well rated manor house in a small Spanish village, Molinos de Duero, which is just about the source of the River Duero. It has been under previous owners, one of the top 5 Posadas in Spain. The new (they have owned it for 2 years) French owners are charming, but perhap… Fler

Real Posada de la Mesta is a well rated manor house in a small Spanish village, Molinos de Duero, which is just about the source of the River Duero. It has been under previous owners, one of the top 5 Posadas in Spain. The new (they have owned it for 2 years) French owners are charming, but perhaps have not quite captured the zizz that it must have had before. Lovely bedrooms with stone walls, and a wealth of public rooms downstairs. However they lacked warmth both in real and perceived sense. The wood fires were not lit while we were there for 2 nights, and the heating in the rooms only operated for a brief period each night. They were not the sort of places one wanted to loiter after dinner. Dinner was strange too. There is a multi-course degustation menu (45€ a head). All the plates were cold, so the food was too. A particularly good foie gras was followed by a particularly bad lamb dish (3 paper thin cutlets with more fat then meat). All was served at lightening speed. The waitress did not seem too concerned about our problems with the meal or the speed of service. We went on a fascinating wild mushroom trip that they organised (20€ a head). It was in Spanish as all the guests were Spanish, which we appreciated, but an English speaking monoglot may not have appreciated it. Another odd thing was that we could not book on the web. They insisted we phoned, again one could have the language problem with phoning. An when we did phone, were told they were busy dealing with another client, and could we phone back in 10 minutes. So a strange mix of pluses and minuses. And it was expensive in terms of "value for money". We did quite like it, because of the character of the building. If we did return, we would probably skip their restaurant and try eating out in the only other place in the village, apart from that there is no local alternative.

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