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We arrived to a warm welcome, despite arriving fairly late (after 10pm), having picked this for a one-night stay in northern Spain, near the French border, for our onward journey from Portugal to the UK. Room service rustled us up a very nice four-cheese pizza. The bed was comfy, and we had a bath and good shower (immediate hot water and great water pressure) in our junior suite. Very nice scenery, as it’s set in rolling parkland, and I enjoyed sipping my coffee in the morning, sat on the wide windowsill with the windows wide open, listening to the morning bird-song and looking at the misty mountains, through the trees. The breakfast was nice, but seemed a touch limited on choice to me for a place with an a la carte restaurant (but this is subjective, as the food was very good). And they do eggs cooked to order, and bacon (both superb). I thought the staff were superb, both the evening shift, and breakfast shift. Two things to say: Firstly, remember you are in mountain country, here, so need to be a little more cautious about the turning to get into this place; if you’re in a camper van / VW T3/ Caravelle, etc, as the access single-track lane that leads, after 1-2km, to the hotel, starts off with a very tight hair-pin bend on a 30-degree gradient, and the sign to the hotel which accompanies the turning can be easy to miss. Secondly, I would say this a perfectly viable stopover, if you’re looking for a place in the Spanish-French border area (this was our reason for picking it). However, on arrival, it was clear this is something of an events-led venue; evidenced by two large covered outdoor areas, one a bar (think festival bar), the other a dining/mezzanine area (think wedding marquee) both immediately next door to the hotel, in addition to a big ground-floor restaurant area. Although no events were ongoing when we got there, I think this may have been our blind luck, rather than judgement. And I note other reviews saying they were unaware they had booked an overnight stay while events were being laid on - and suffered a disturbed night because of it. So if you do book here, I would enquire with the venue first, whether there are any events being hosted, otherwise I would give it a miss.

Lovely hotel. Friendly and welcoming. Rooms very well appointed and comfortable. Bathroom excellent. Delicious dinner with extensive wine list. We really enjoyed our visit. Thank you