Bedbugs in Atrio Triacastela

[Lvra]

Be aware of bedbugs at Atrio hostal. Saw on social media that there were people bitten beginning of October and we have stayed there on 6 th October and still got bitten. Owner ignored my message about bedbugs and is still selling beds.

 

[Pilgrim Patricia]

Be aware of bedbugs at Atrio hostal. Saw on social media that there were people bitten beginning of October and we have stayed there on 6 th October and still got bitten. Owner ignored my message about bedbugs and is still selling beds.

I just got back to Canada from Europe on the 5th of October and found numerous bites that I'm guessing are from bed bugs. I have no idea where I got them, since I stayed at numerous places for varying lengths of time. Having done some research, it seems that the bites can take up to 14 days to be visible. I never saw the tell-tale small blood stains on any bedding that I had slept in. All this to say that without any real sign of bedbugs themselves or the blood stains, it's very difficult to be sure at what particular accommodation one might have been bitten.

The owner of the Atrio hostal might continue to operate as usual because s/he hasn't actually seen any evidence of bed bugs.

 

[Lvra]

I just got back to Canada from Europe on the 5th of October and found numerous bites that I'm guessing are from bed bugs. I have no idea where I got them, since I stayed at numerous places for varying lengths of time. Having done some research, it seems that the bites can take up to 14 days to be visible. I never saw the tell-tale small blood stains on any bedding that I had slept in. All this to say that without any real sign of bedbugs themselves or the blood stains, it's very difficult to be sure at what particular accommodation one might have been bitten.

The owner of the Atrio hostal might continue to operate as usual because s/he hasn't actually seen any evidence of bed bugs.

Hi Patricia, I actually seen a couple of them in my bed and have sent the owner a picture and she ignored it. I want people to avoid this trouble...

 

[Pilgrim Patricia]

Hi Patricia, I actually seen a couple of them in my bed and have sent the owner a picture and she ignored it. I want people to avoid this trouble...

Good that you let the owner know with photographic evidence, and let the Forum know. Thanks!

 

[carolannie]

Good that you let the owner know with photographic evidence, and let the Forum know. Thanks!

Same thing happened to me in La Casa De Tu Vida in Teiguin Samos. The owner denied there is a problem, and then lowered the price for other victims

 

[truenorthpilgrm]

On google reviews for Atrio, there have been a few mentions re bed bugs this year. Shame - I stayed there in 2019 and it's a really lovely albergue. I hope they fix the problem.

 

[arturo garcia]

They're still selling beds because there is a protocol for all the albergues for bed bugs that you can do while the albergue still open and getting pilgrims. There is no need to close the albergue. It can happens to any albergue, hostel, hotel, bus, train on the way of saint james or in the rest of world. For sure they will take care. Nobody wants this publicity on internet that can ruin a whole small family business. Buen Camino

 

[AnaZ]

They're still selling beds because there is a protocol for all the albergues for bed bugs that you can do while the albergue still open and getting pilgrims. There is no need to close the albergue. It can happens to any albergue, hostel, hotel, bus, train on the way of saint james or in the rest of world. For sure they will take care. Nobody wants this publicity on internet that can ruin a whole small family business. Buen Camino

Ok, but if the owner knows the issue, shouldn't he inform the current guests to take some action so they don't bring the bugs to the next albergue?
How about the guests walking in the door? I'd like to know I'm walking into a place that is actively being treated , whatever the treatment is. If I have allergies I'll move on to the next place, but if I don't I rather stay in a place where the owners recognize the problem, are honest about it, and take care of it, instead of someone that may be delusional or even negligent.

 

[condyfesker]

I stayed there 10/9/23, loved the place and had NO bed bugs.

 

[urbanmamma]

I was there on 10/10/23 and thought it was spotless

 

[TimmyTours]

Bed bugs, often a subject of contention, just to bear in mind a couple of things -
1) where they are more often bought in is by previous pilgrim who put back packs on the floor in the wild… just think about that for a moment... It is far too easy to be apart of the issue than be a part of a solution as we don’t stay to clear up the mess if we bring them into an Albergue etc
2) what happens if they are found? The Albergue will often close for the day if it’s bad, wash everything (and I mean everything) sometimes meaning sometimes a loss of income for more than a day and for what.. ? A pilgrim or two who put their backpack on the ground?

please understand that just because bed bugs may of been found to be present in an Albergue on one particular day, they should not be “tarred” with an unclean reputation but to be very unlucky that it has happened, accomo across the Camino is generally excellent in hygiene, after all, if it wasn’t, there would not be such amounts of people walking the Camino.

 

[C clearly]

previous pilgrim who put back packs on the floor in the wild…

Bedbugs do not live in the wild - outside, on the ground. They are very domestic creatures, and like to live inside with humans.

The reason you should not put your pack on the bed IS because you may have put it on the ground outside. However, you would have picked up dirt, not bedbugs, and it isn't nice to dirty the bed.

 

[TimmyTours]

They do originate from the wild, yes more likely they do live near food sources and homes, it’s been a long talked discussion but before we all had homes they still existed

 

[David Tallan]

They do originate from the wild, yes more likely they do live near food sources and homes, it’s been a long talked discussion but before we all had homes they still existed

It is possible that coexistence with us has changed them from what they were in the wild and that "wild" bedbugs have disappeared and only bedbugs in buildings remain.

 

[trecile]

I was there on 10/10/23 and thought it was spotless

I'm glad that you had a good experience there, but bed bugs can be found in the most spotless 4 star hotel, so you can't tell if they are there from the level of cleanliness.

 

[C clearly]

before we all had homes they still existed

Thanks for pointing this interesting fact out - I had never thought to wonder where they came from. It seems that bats in caves introduced bed bugs to humans. So, caves were the homes. Bedbugs do like dark spaces and crevices.

But we have enough things to worry about without thinking we might pick up bedbugs from the ground along the Camino. I've just never heard of it happening.