Helen R.
Google
This was a unique stay just steps from the Cathedral, and had a charming appeal with the veiw, the balcony windows and the spacious, very clean rooms. The staff was helpful at check-in, and very helpful at checkout with calling me a taxi. It is right in the middle of the action, at the center of the restraunts and shopping directly next to the cathedral.
The pros of this is that after walking the camino, it is nice to have food, massage, landmark sights, the correos office and shopping just steps from your door. It's an amazing location.
The cons are as follows:
-No elevator, you will have to lug things up and down the stairs.
-the lights inside were infuriating, as they are all motion sensing, but don't function very well. This means you will frequently be trying to get into or out of your room in pitch black at random, and try to wave to initiate the sensors somehow so you can see. They also go off within about 5 seconds of sensing motion, then seem to need to regain their strength before turning back on regardless of if you are moving or not. It was both annoying and a little dangerous as there are no dim emergency lights, so if the motion sensors don't go on or randomly turn off, you are in the pitch dark of the completely enclosed staircase or hallway.
-the beds, and I cannot stress this enough, were terrible. Even after being exhausted from the camino, the beds were so broken down and springless it was very difficult to sleep on them as there was no support and they almost folded inward due to lacking any actual padding or interior cushion material.
-if the beds won't keep you up, the screaming night drifters will. There is clamoring street noise from 8m to 6am. It is only mildly quiet from 6am to 8am daily, the rest of the time it is racket from the bar downstairs, people shouting and talking, vehicles honking or driving past loudly, and every other conceivable sound. It reverberates off the stone walls and is as loud inside the room with all the doors shut as it would be standing in the street. The most annoying are the buskers blasting music from speakers most of the day directly outside your door, and random lunatics walking around between 2-6am who will be screaming, playing basketball directly outside, singing, wailing, drunkenly clamoring and shouting. It's all night long and it is as if there are no walls at all.
Other than the beds and lights, none of this can be controlled by the hotel. You are staying in the heart of the tourist area and the noise is understandable. They were very nice people and the room was great, but they need new beds and safer lighting.
