Cartajena2017
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The highway exit to the hotel (14) was closed because of the fires. We had to take local roads and the GPS put us in the middle of nowhere... A very nice local couple offered to guide us, and they were using their phone for guidance. It was 30 min of lost roads, deserted abandoned industrial plants... we thought that we were in real danger! ||Finally, we saw a sign for Montemor and we breathed with relief. The man asked for directions to the hotel and we followed him to the closest point to the hotel, but we followed on foot because the street was "foot traffic only"... the hotel is on a very steep street, and the night staff told us to ignore the signs and get the car there. We did.||No toiletries, bad lock in the door, and a small hole in the wall under the mirror that went all the way to the other room made us unhappy. ||In the morning all was better! Great views, the Castle just up from the hotel, but the town is a quiet, ghost town with very limited offerings.||Next night again the exit was closed, and we obeyed the GPS that took us to a dirt road full of holes, no lights, corn on one side and the river on the other. Worse yet, we could see the flames quite nearby. That dirt road, took us to the hotel very fast.||AC and WIFI worked. Breakfast was good enough and it was a good value.||If exit 14 is open, it will take just a few minutes to get there.