Santaia Casal de Calma "Pensión rural"

An old and run down casa which is out of the Camino trail by about 400 meters. Facilities lacking (only one hair dryer for the whole casa)! Breakfast bowls chipped, stale cornflakes, no tea bags, bruised fruit in bowl, instant coffee (rather than brewed) and we were left to our own devices at breakfast time. Stray cats at the front door (not good if a pilgrim was allergic to cats!).

I urge you to read the Newest reviews of this place, which we neglected to do! Serious bed bug problem — we killed about 3, with the others scattering. That’s not a hitchhiker, that’s a full on infestation. Truly unfortunate because the place is charming, has very friendly cats, and was comfortable otherwise.

The place is very much like an old hostal (shared bathrooms), is very cute but with its own limitations. It is very quiet, the staff is nice. Food is not too great but more like supermarket bought ingredients rather than the acostumed farm direct of the zone.

Oh my goodness stay here rather than on the main drag- it’s worth the walk into this lovely hamlet. Service at every corner was welcoming and fantastic, each room different, and dinner with drinks- excellent. Thank you Imam, Williams and Alfredo!

Quite expensive for what it is - location is a bit far, the place is cute, but everything is quite old, it smells quite bad, and the restaurant was closed all day (monday) that was horrible after coming from the Camino. Bathroom is quite small and old, and there is no AC. And nobody in reception when some people arrived.. overall wouldnt recommend it specially for the price it was.