I'm in Merida now (wow, what a city), but just wanted to provide an update for the Hotel Milenium. It is a very clean, simple hotel in Torremegia, private rooms with bath are 15€ per person. The competition (the Albergue Gitano or something like that, it's the only private albergue in town) has been waging a nasty battle against the Hostal-Hotel Milenium. When we walked into town, a little girl on a bike told us to stay away from the Hotel because it was dirty and expensive. The hotel owners told me the owners of the albergue have their children go do bad publicity for pilgrims walking into town. How awful, that's a pretty awful role model for one's kids, I'd say.
Anyway, two Germans I know stayed at the albergue and said it was fine, but that it costs as much as the hotel. The 10€ dinner in the albergue's bar, however, was (according to four people I know who ate there) really bad.
The Milenium has about 14 or 15 rooms, so they are rarely full, but if you want to reserve, they have a new phone number, 924 341 095. They are very decent people and have not launched a counter-offensive to the albergue, which I think speaks very well of them.
Anyway, two Germans I know stayed at the albergue and said it was fine, but that it costs as much as the hotel. The 10€ dinner in the albergue's bar, however, was (according to four people I know who ate there) really bad.
The Milenium has about 14 or 15 rooms, so they are rarely full, but if you want to reserve, they have a new phone number, 924 341 095. They are very decent people and have not launched a counter-offensive to the albergue, which I think speaks very well of them.