Hotel Villa De Luarca

Great location. Was a little challenging to check in. They had a little problem but they got it resolved. The room is nice and I’m very happy for the price.

We were doing the Camino by bicycle. The hotel was booked by an agency. Very basic hotel. Rooms are very modest. Single, very small bath towel. The owner is not the most gracious person. Breakfast is really basic. I would only stay here if the price is very cheap and you are OK with very basic accommodations.

Very rude grumpy female (mid-50s?) on reception upset that our group of 5 rooms on the Camino had arrived around 12:30pm and she kept shouting at us in Spanish!! (I shouted back at her also in Spanish telling her she was an ignorant peasant - un campesino ignorante, who should be running an animal farm and not a tourist hotel) She immediately stopped shouting and became very pleasant! The rooms are very dated and small. Ours being on level 3 had no windows but just 2 small skylights! Will miss out on their breakfast as we were told it’s only available from 9 till 10am!! We had dinner in the best restaurant in town called Restaurante La Perla Negra which was 5-star!

Super hotel,|Old world charm|Good sized room|Close to the harbour|Friendly receptionist |We visited while walking the Camino del Norte. Had our bags delivered and collected by Correos.|Would recommend this hotel and would stay again. Best rate contact directly.

The woman at reception was absolutely rude,grumpy & pushed my phone away when trying to translate Spanish into English to communicate with her & so was the grey gentleman (I believe her grumpy & rude husband). Emma was very helpful with the little English she spoke.

I had already paid when the lady started to seek conflict so openly that I decided against a stay. The lady reacted quickly, she basically threw me out, handed me the money, five minutes later I realized, still under shock, it was too little. The next day I asked for the rest, which she refused, telling me, in this improvised way people have who do not want to admit an error and add to it, that she did not feel obliged to refund me the money at all.||||She also rashly grabbed a little paper out of my hand on which the entry code to the glass entrance door was noted down, saying the paper was hers, shutting the door almost violently. I had wanted to hand back the paper to her anyways, in return for the money, for reasons of politeness.||||I still entered it afterwards until the general manager Mr. Miguel Nogueira stopped it to function.||||Two people in a beautiful house, lacking manners and stealing money.

We stayed for one night and were pleased. The location was good, easy to walk to most of the village. The room was a good size and very clean. We received good service and the staff was helpful. Not much English is spoken, but this was not a problem. The only negative (because I am a light sleeper) was the lack of insulation between the floors or walls. But it was an older building and we understood that could not be helped. The bed comfort was average. Luarca was a lovely village and well worth visiting.

There are not many hotels in Luarca. We wanted to stay in the town, and found this place claiming three stars. I need to check Spanish classifications to understand this. We've been to the town before and have seen the place on the outside. The pictures on the website looked attractive, so we booked. A curious experience. There isn't a staffed reception as such. A phone on the outside summons the duty manager. No English spoken, but we managed. No parking, other than stopping in the street while you unload the car, then going elsewhere to find somewhere to park. You get a code number to open the door, and a key for the outer door which is closed at about 10pm, apparently. The rooms are clean, and have been renovated - the floors are all polished and there are period publications in frames all over. Ceilings are high and the mouldings etc re very attractive, in keeping with an older building that really fits the town. The renovation clearly respected the original construction over modernisation. So the downside: the bathrooms are poorly ventilated and in consequence will steam up completely; the noise. There is no sound insulation anywhere. You don't hear noise from the street at the back, and in fairness there is probably very little traffic in Luarca at the front, but you will hear every little noise from the other guests around you. The floors creak at every step and the sound of running water etc from the neighbouring room's bathroom will be clear as day. Presumably therefore, we were a similar nuisance to the other guests. If this is not a problem, you'll probably be fine. Breakfast is apparently normally available if you give notice the previous day. However when we checked in we were told there was no breakfast available on the following day. We cut our stay short so I can't comment on breakfast, other than to say the town is full of alternatives.