“Beside the old town.”

Review from my Mam and Dad who stayed for 3 nights. The hotel is on the southside of the old town. The area is buzzing with people in cafes and on the paths chatting and having their drinks. It's also close to all the sights. The reception is a small desk at the entrance in front of the lift and… more

Review from my Mam and Dad who stayed for 3 nights. The hotel is on the southside of the old town. The area is buzzing with people in cafes and on the paths chatting and having their drinks. It's also close to all the sights. The reception is a small desk at the entrance in front of the lift and stairs. The receptionist speak perfect English and are very friendly and helpful. Check-in was straight forward. NOTE: This is a Camino hotel so mid afternoon there may be a queue at reception. Also early morning you may hear people moving about some more noisy than others as they think everyone else are not on holidays and need to be up too.. There is a small lift or if you feel fit a stairs to your room. The room overlooking the street had wooden parquet flooring, a large wardrobe, a normal double bed, a single armchair and a desk/table for the flat screen TV. The TV had no English channels but did have some music channels. The bathroom was a nice size with a strong hot shower in the bath. The shower curtain was not fit for purpose as water escaped on to the floor. A nice looking feature but potentially dangerous, a window porthole over the bath. It fully rotates open. This is the only ventilation in the bathroom and you are dissuaded from opening it during showering as you will wet people on the street which actually happened to my mother. It also gathers water from the shower. A hair dryer is available at reception and you are advised to leave your key at reception when leaving the hotel. Overall an old hotel in a perfect area of Pontevedra that may not suit holidaymakers because of the early morning noises from the pilgrims. It suits pilgrims perfectly. Pontevedra is a lovely city to spend a few days. We completed a 5hr35 (21km) circuit that we downloaded from wikiloc. There is also a 14km historical walk visiting sites as old as 2500 years ago.

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