Open today and with a new manager as of last November. The building is owned by the Junta de Extremadura and they have a license arrangement with a private person. The young man employed here is employed by the licensed. He does everything—cooks (food reported not bad; I haven’t eaten yet), cleans, checks people in, etc.
15€ for bed, breakfast, and laundry. Men and women in separate rooms. Small bottles of beer are1€, which my German beer drinker friends say is very high. Dinner, I think, is 10€.
At least four people that I know of must have missed the turn-off because they never arrived. As you are walking on the side of the highway next to reservoir, keep an eye out after you pass the entrance for the Tajomar nautical club. It’s right before the spot where the camino is about to take you off the highway on the right side. The entrance is on the left, a few hundred meters down the road. Sign says Albergue Turístico.