Email address for Casa Garcia, Gonzar?

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Bert45

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• Mar 4, 2019

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Has anyone stayed here? Do you have an email address? I have telephoned, but my Spanish is not up to holding a conversation, and the lady who answered did not speak English. I can use Google Translate to communicate electronically.

 

trecile

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• Mar 5, 2019

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Bert45 said:

Has anyone stayed here? Do you have an email address? I have telephoned, but my Spanish is not up to holding a conversation, and the lady who answered did not speak English. I can use Google Translate to communicate electronically.

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They have a FaceBook page. Maybe you can message them there?

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JuanaPow

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• Mar 5, 2019

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I called them recently but they are not open yet —- I believe she said around the first of April they will open - too late for us.

 

Becky 59

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• Mar 5, 2019

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I stayed there last year! Nice little place. They let us leave our car in a cow field while we walked to Santiago (no we didn’t use the car to do the Camino, it was used before and after!)

 

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I, too, have stayed in the Casa Garcia in Gonzar, March 2009 and late November 2010 when midway between Portomarin/Palais de Rei and suddenly grounded by a drastic case of 'tourist tummy'. Luckily the Casa was open while the near-by municipal albergue was closed. At the Casa old farm buildings have been successfully renovated with new additions of natural wood, slate and field-stone. I especially appreciated the black slate toilet/shower with toasty sub-floor heating. Elsewhere, however, there was no ambient heat and the interior was most FRIGID. Of course I wore my woolly hat indoors and since I was the only pilgrim there were plenty of blankets for tucking below and above the sleeping bag.

 

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jmcarp

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• Mar 5, 2019

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trecile said:

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I see on their Facebook page that they have received a number of less than favorable reviews; however, we stayed there in 2013 and found the place delightful. I was in the midst of a particularly nasty plantar fasciitis episode, so my wife and I chose one of their private rooms so I would have an undisturbed afternoon of rest, which was much needed. Perhaps things have changed since we were there, but I would recommend Casa Garcia based on our experience. They served great tapas at the bar in the courtyard, and the dinner in the dining room was quite good, as I recall.

 

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Bert45

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• Mar 16, 2019

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trecile said:

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That Facebook page is rather strange. It gives the address as Gonzar n8 (Portomarin), Saint Petersburg, Russia 27188 and the phone number is, apparently, that of a tobacconist in A Coruña.
But, thanks to a Spanish-speaking moderator, I have a room booked for the date I want.