Albergue Santa María de Borres

Pros: - It's a cheap place to stay. - There are 2 showers with warm water. - Relatively clean. (Important) Cons: - A broken door which didn't close unless locked and a broken window, creating a cold draft all night long. - The chlorine taste in the water was so overwhelming that made in non drinkable, it was like drinking water from a pool. - The check in was at a bar and we had to wait for the lady for more than an hour. - If you run out of cash in this village there's nothing you can do. Only food source is said bar which doesn't accept cards. We had to walk all the way back to the previous village to get food and some groceries.

Pros: it’s like some kind of Camino prison Cons: it’s like some kind of Camino prison Thankfully due to the poor reviews, my friend and I had the whole place to ourselves so had a great nights sleep. Water is very hot and plentiful, but not much else is. True that there’s only two plug sockets so try to get the bed nearest the door. Check in procedure is via the local bar ten minutes away. Small heater which we kept on all night else it would have been pretty cold. If the place is full then it’s going to be a pretty poor experience.

Small and somewhat dirty (black mold on the washroom ceiling, blankets are unwashed and have other people's hair on them, flies everywhere, no pillowcases) but I guess for 9 euros it's OK. The bar in town was great, albeit expensive.

The triple bunk with no ladder is pure comedy gold. 😂😂😂 Do they run a helicopter service to access it? Someone needs to get up there and have a look, because there's a rumour floating around the Primitivo that a guy went missing from the camino in 1983, and might still be up there!

Very inconvenient checkin procedures and location (cash only btw). Actual accommodations are OK, but near the low end of what I experienced for the same price elsewhere.