Monasterio San Zoilo | Hotel

I walked the Camino de Santiago in September 2025. I stayed at the Monasterio san Zoilo hotel for one night which included breakfast . The hotel has a lovely old style /medieval feel to it beside the river.On arrival in reception , you are treated to gregorian style music in the background , adding to the historical feel of the hotel and the ambience of the location The hotel room with old wood door was nicely decorated with a heavenly feel . The dining room had wooden beams in the ceiling adding to the character of the building .Whilst i was not overly hunger , i had a starter and shared a bottle of wine with my peregrino friend who ate 4 courses.. The buffet breakfast was very extensive with a great selection of meats , breads etc.. I WILL return to the this fantastic hotel again for a longer stay and will enjoy what it has to offer . For your information , my Camino travel partners were @Magichillholidays located in Ireland and it was a good selection on their part to recommend this hotel.

It's a lovely hotel. The only issue for Pilgrims is that dinner doesn't start till 8 and breakfast doesn't start till 8. That's tough when you are trying to get to sleep early and ro get on the road early. A nice option if you are getting a later start or staying another day.

Lovely experience stay in a converted monastery. Staff lovely. Rooms very tired & could do with new grout in bathrooms & a little paint. Overall very quiet & nice

The building, of course is exceptional.|However, there is definitely a common thread, with their unfriendly staff. At checkin, after walking the Camino, he doesn’t even say hi, throws us the stamp, and does not tell us any info about breakfast, our bags, dinner etc.|There is no food there until 8 pm. |The cafe is frozen pizza and old sandwiches.|The room was lovely, but the shower was moldy, which I always find disgusting.|The breakfast was good, but served very late, 8am, as pilgrims like an earlier breakfast for an early start.|It could be so much better, if their manager would read these reviews. |How hard is it to have friendly staff, and staff that speak a little English?

Great architecture, but: I dont understand, why the service is so unwelcoming. Possible reasons: Bad management with bad working condition and payment? Permanent hearing gregorian chants? Anyway, the architecture of rhe inner monastery is great (but it is only open at secret times), the rooms are "ok". But all the rest (breakfast, bathrooms with , information policy, sound insulation against bar and other guests noise, snarring acoustic device from service, climate machines, smoking smell, reception service) has the charme of a youth hostel. Breakfast was bad (or overpriced). Sorry, maybe my expectations were the problem. Anyway everything would be better, if service is more friendly.

Room was very nice. Bath was very much appreciated after a couple weeks on the Camino. Building and architecture is amazing. Nice little bar. But it lacked atmosphere. Staff need more training. Location is on the Camino but a little out of town

After days walking the Camino, i was delighted to find this historic and beautiful setting, unfortunately what I will remember most is the rude and poorly trained staff. ||The surly barman who clearly doesn't like his job. The breakfast ladies, who in addition to being inattentive and abrupt, took the opportunity to be rude and disrespectful because I misunderstood their direction. When I returned to explain the misunderstanding they doubled down, refusing to budge. Unnecessarily rude.||Reception apologized for their behavior but could not produce a manager because he said that "no one answered the phone" because "in Spain managers don't work on Sundays". ||Exception: dinner was exceptional and wait staff very nice.

An absolutely gorgeous hotel and such a unique place to stay. I had a wonderful time exploring the cloisters, the church and the hotel grounds. I went for a meditation on the grass along the stream, which was lovely. Hotel staff were warm and friendly as was the restaurant staff. The room was clean, beautiful and very comfortable. I enjoyed dinner in the restaurant in the evening. Special praise, however, goes to the wonderful woman running the breakfast shift. She single-handedly managed over 25 guests and two breakfast stations by herself, even with an impatient group of cyclists. Hats off to her for making it look easy! She was fantastic. Hope to stay here again. Thank you for a great experience.

Good place for a great evening with friends and family. Food and wine selection is great

I had a very bad experience at hotel san zoilo. I was a pilgrim on the camino de Santiago and spend a night there. I was using a luggage service that moves my luggage from town to town as I walk. When the service came to pick up my luggage (I had already left and started walking) they refused to let my luggage go because there was a problem with the card I had used on booking. com to make the booking they said! Like that's a reason to "steal" the luggage! I walked for 6 hours and I arrive at another tiny town and my luggage is not here. I call them, I gave them a new card for the bill and then they refused to send the luggage at their own expense to my current location! This is a multi-million dollar company!. They got paid and they are refusing to provide even basic customer service. They definitely do not deserve to have a 4 star rating!. And upon further investigation the hotel room charge had gone through only the $12 breakfast did not go through!! You keep someone's luggage for $12? which i paid when they brought it to my attention A lot of the staff does not speak English either. My refrigerator in the room was not working and they charge me 2.50 for a piece of bread that I didn't Even ask for during dinner and which was starting to go stale

We found this hotel accidentally on our way to San Sebastian. It took my breath away so much that I insisted that we stay there overnight on our way back down. The structure was the monastery built in 1100s and is impeccable. It is an amazing hotel now, and feels like you are in another time and another world.

This place is beautiful and the front desk staff were very friendly and accommodating. I would recommend to stay here, but not to eat. Had problems with waitstaff in restaurant/bar. Would be better to walk in town then deal with them. They didn't seem real interested in waiting on anyone unless you went up to the bar to get their attention. They did like to take cigarette breaks while people waited for them.