O Cebreiro Hotel

[Richard A Stead]

Just a view on this hotel. We had a disgusting room. Damp bed linen ,worn out mattress,smelly and horrible. The bathroom appeared to be a converted cupboard and was virtually unusable. No garden or other facilities. Do not stay here and O Cebreiro is not a good place to stay full stop. Overpriced and the Disney of the Camino.

 

[RobertS26]

Interesting. I spent a rest day in O'Cebreiro on one of my Caminos and it turned out to be one of the best stops I had along the Camino. I stayed in a great room over the first bar you come to when you walk into town. I met some great people from Los Angeles on the first night and reconnected with some friends who I had been walking with earlier on the Camino the second night. The views from the village were fantastic because it sat on top of a mountain.

 

[Jeff Crawley]

Interesting. I spent a rest day in O'Cebreiro on one of my Caminos and turned out to be one of the best stops on the Camino. I stayed in a great room over the first bar you come to when you walk into town. Met some great people from Los Angeles the first night and reconnected with friends I had been walking with earlier in the Camino the second night. The views from the village were fantastic because it sat on top of a mountain.

Perhaps Richard went to a different O'Ceb than we did?

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

Just a view on this hotel. We had a disgusting room. Damp bed linen ,worn out mattress,smelly and horrible. The bathroom appeared to be a converted cupboard and was virtually unusable. No garden or other facilities. Do not stay here and O Cebreiro is not a good place to stay full stop. Overpriced and the Disney of the Camino.

Hi Richard, just for the views in the morning you have to stay there.
Wish you well, Peter.

 

[dougfitz]

Perhaps Richard went to a different O'Ceb than we did?

My wife and I stayed there. The room and bathroom were fine, and the other facilities listed on the web page (cafeteria, restaurant and shop) were operating as advertised. I don't recall a garden being listed as part of the hotel, and am bemused that it is now being criticized for not providing something it didn't suggest it had in the first place.

@Richard A Stead, I hope you have raised your concerns with the hotel or made an official complaint. Raising an issue like this on the forum where the hotel management is unlikely to know about your concerns and so unable to respond to them seems intrinsically unfair otherwise.

 

[Margaret Butterworth]

There is, of course, more than one hotel in O'Cebreiro. Is everyone talking about the same place. I stayed at Venta Celta and thought it poor value for money, in that my ceiling was someone else's floor, so rather noisy. None of the hotels in O'Cebreiro have to work very hard to fill the small number of rooms they have. On balance, it would be better to stay either before or after O'Cebreiro, in which case your €40 would buy you a better deal.

 

[dougfitz]

There is, of course, more than one hotel in O'Cebreiro.

That's interesting. Other than Hotel O Cebriero, what are the other hotels?

 

[Margaret Butterworth]

Have a look on Gronze.com.

 

[dougfitz]

Have a look on Gronze.com.

I already have. They only list one hotel. I thought you might have known of another.

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

There is, of course, more than one hotel in O'Cebreiro. Is everyone talking about the same place. I stayed at Venta Celta and thought it poor value for money, in that my ceiling was someone else's floor, so rather noisy. None of the hotels in O'Cebreiro have to work very hard to fill the small number of rooms they have. On balance, it would be better to stay either before or after O'Cebreiro, in which case your €40 would buy you a better deal.

You can also stay at the albergue at the end of O' Cebreiro . There you will pay a lot less than €40 .
Wish you well, Peter.

 

[GettingThere]

There is, of course, more than one hotel in O'Cebreiro. Is everyone talking about the same place. I stayed at Venta Celta and thought it poor value for money, in that my ceiling was someone else's floor, so rather noisy. None of the hotels in O'Cebreiro have to work very hard to fill the small number of rooms they have. On balance, it would be better to stay either before or after O'Cebreiro, in which case your €40 would buy you a better deal.

Which of course illustrates how everyone's experience can be different, and the difficulty of recommendations (or otherwise!) for particular places. We also stayed at Casa Rural Venta Celta and found it very pleasant, excellent value. But you're right, there are other accommodation options in the village - although there is only one called Hotel O Cebreiro.

 

[AJ]

There certainly is more than one. I have stayed at two and both were fine, but my standards are not the highest.

 

[ranthr]

I too have stayed in two hotels there, but I do not remember the names.
One was the hotel with a bar and restaurant near the church, and I stayed in a sidebuilding behind the church which I think was more modern than the rooms inside the hotel. Probably Hotel O'Cebreiro.
Next I slept in a hostel/hotel/? down by the road. Both Ok. Twice I have stayed in a "rooms to rent" in the house with the small foodshop near the albergue. This was OK
too. I have tried to book a room several times, but that was difficult. Luckily there was a room when I arrived. Once I went past. O'cebreiro is OK in good weather. I have stayed there when the fog was so thick that you couldn't see the next house. First time is interesting, next is noising.

 

[Bajaracer]

Or you could stop before and stay at La Faba, the German run albergue.

 

[Ajrk]

Which of course illustrates how everyone's experience can be different, and the difficulty of recommendations (or otherwise!) for particular places. We also stayed at Casa Rural Venta Celta and found it very pleasant, excellent value. But you're right, there are other accommodation options in the village - although there is only one called Hotel O Cebreiro.

I have to say I enjoyed my overnight in O Cebreiro I stayed over a bar called Mason Anton and found it fine, you had to duck your head getting in to bed to avoid the beams, but that just added to the experience. I found it amusing that night coming back to the bar that was then closed and me having the key to the door to access the stairs up to my room it's not everybody that would give an Irish man the keys to a pub Lol

 

[HalfDomeOrBust]

I have to say I enjoyed my overnight in O Cebreiro I stayed over a bar called Mason Anton and found it fine, you had to duck your head getting in to bed to avoid the beams, but that just added to the experience. I found it amusing that night coming back to the bar that was then closed and me having the key to the door to access the stairs up to my room it's not everybody that would give an Irish man the keys to a pub Lol

Thats funny................I may just try to stay there next time for the experience.....

 

[Beth Aitken]

Just a view on this hotel. We had a disgusting room. Damp bed linen ,worn out mattress,smelly and horrible. The bathroom appeared to be a converted cupboard and was virtually unusable. No garden or other facilities. Do not stay here and O Cebreiro is not a good place to stay full stop. Overpriced and the Disney of the Camino.

Sad for you. O Cebreiro was one of the highlights of our Camino. Apart from our washing freezing on the line, we enjoyed the Albergues, had a great meal at a local restaurant, and slept like logs after a relatively challenging walk....Beth

 

[PilgrimKia]

In my list of accomodations I can find one hotel (O Cebreiro), two hostals (Anton, San Giraldo de Aurillac), three Casa Rural (Frade, Valiña, Venta Celta) AND the newly renovated Albergue de O Cebreiro (104 beds). My own experience is from the albergue – completely OK. O Cebreiro is a very enjoyable place!

 

[Texasguy]

Interesting. I spent a rest day in O'Cebreiro on one of my Caminos and it turned out to be one of the best stops I had along the Camino. I stayed in a great room over the first bar you come to when you walk into town. I met some great people from Los Angeles on the first night and reconnected with some friends who I had been walking with earlier on the Camino the second night. The views from the village were fantastic because it sat on top of a mountain.

I stayed in the same place. Really a eonderfull place!!

Texasguy