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con baño exterior
When we stop for more than a night on our Camino, we'll be staying at Pensiones or similar accommodation.
I have noticed that some pensiones have a room "con baño exterior".
Is that a shared bathroom?
Thank you!
Baño Exterior in Pensiones or Hostels in Spain means a Shared bathroom outside the room, but inside the same building at same floor level.
Bathroom outside the roomWhen we stop for more than a night on our Camino, we'll be staying at Pensiones or similar accommodation.
I have noticed that some pensiones have a room "con baño exterior".
Is that a shared bathroom?
Thank you!
I don't think so, Colette, the question was more about what 'exterior' related to.LOL you need a Spanish English translation app
Horse troughWhen we stop for more than a night on our Camino, we'll be staying at Pensiones or similar accommodation.
I have noticed that some pensiones have a room "con baño exterior".
Is that a shared bathroom?
Thank you!
Can't you just see it?!!!Horse trough
Just saying, “exterior” + bañó is fairly easy to figure out. Baño an essential word for any pilgrim
I have not come across that description before but I would take it to mean it is NOT in the bedroom, ie not 'en suite'. Not clear where it actually is, could be in the corridor, in another part of the Pension or why not, in the gardenProbably a shared bathroom then (baño compartido), I would ask...
Actually at best it's a private bathroom that's not ensuite.At best, it is a shared bathroom, down the hall. At worst, it is an outside arrangement.
yes, and sometimes a little mischief creeps in, but it is meant innocently... honestly!I think the OP knows what 'baño' means! Only asked if it was shared and because we are very very nice pilgrims on this forum, we answer the questions - however basic they may seem to some - to the best of our ability.
Buen Camino!
I was thinking the same thing, Tom. At least Ramon had a roll of paper to use with it.I am reminded of the outhouse scene in crazy ‘Ramon’s backyard in ‘that movie...’. LOL!
Shudder the thought...
Just saying, “exterior” + bañó is fairly easy to figure out. Baño an essential word for any pilgrim
Actually at best it's a private bathroom that's not ensuite.
I stayed in a couple of pensiones with a private bathroom for my exclusive use that was across or down the hall. I had a key to the bathroom, so I could leave my things inside and lock it.
The Spanish words that you want to look for are
baño privado - private bathroom
baño compartido - shared bathroom
Indeed ;-)yes, and sometimes a little mischief creeps in, but it is meant innocently... honestly!
The other times I've seen the term exterior used is for the room itself, to indicate it's on the exterior wall of the building - ie it has a window! You might assume that all rooms would, but in a large old building that isn't always the case. Room descriptions don't always indicate either way, but beware of anything that says "habitación interior" if you're at all prone to claustrophobia!
I have never come across a room without windows! (Actually, I HAVE, but not in Spain lol).
'Interior' means the windows give on to the 'interior' of the building, ie the patio - no outside views to the streets or the sea or whatever.... Where people usually hang their washing....Nothing sinister.
Might well be sometimes, yesYes of course - you're right. Although sometimes a rather small and dingy "light well" sort of space!
If you're lucky ;-)You get a trowel and a roll of toilet paper
You get a trowel and a roll of toilet paper
I agree when out in the boonies on Camiño. I carry same, and a zippo to remove any trace before burying.
But when I pay for accommodation, inside plumbing, even shared, IS one of my basic requirements.
En mi pais se diria baño compartido if it were a shared bathroom.LOL you need a Spanish English translation app
Mary estoy de acuerdo, pero no fui yo quien dijo que “baño exterior” = compartido.En mi pais se diria baño compartido if it were a shared bathroom.
Lo siento muchas disculpas!Y crees que no sé lo que significa baño?
Yes, I second Trecile's point about a bathroom out in the hall for your exclusive use. I saw a few of these - odd, but no doubt due to keeping costs down when converting a private house for guests.
I am reminded of the outhouse scene in crazy ‘Ramon’s backyard in ‘that movie...’. LOL!
Shudder the thought...
I'm guessing you've never been to Greece where they have a little bin for the er "used" paper?It took me a while to figure out why some places have a shower in the room but a toilet down the hall, and then I realized that a drain just for water is easier to install than a full-capacity drain.
Older multi-family houses that predate indoor plumbing used to have the bathrooms on the back balconies facing a shared courtyard, to save the trouble of drilling holes for the pipes through stone walls.
When we stop for more than a night on our Camino, we'll be staying at Pensiones or similar accommodation.
I have noticed that some pensiones have a room "con baño exterior".
Is that a shared bathroom?
Thank you!
@Kanga , I wasn't expecting Spaniards to have backyard dunnies
That's quite common in many countries. I got used to it surprisingly fast during my 7 weeks in Guatemala.I'm guessing you've never been to Greece where they have a little bin for the er "used" paper?
Yeah, but you're a roughtie-toughtie periginaThat's quite common in many countries. I got used to it surprisingly fast during my 7 weeks in Guatemala.
LOL.Yeah, but you're a roughtie-toughtie perigina
All I meant is that each country has their own way of expressing themselves and a dictionary doesn't always help.En mi pais se diria baño compartido if it were a shared bathroom.
I almost hesitate to say: you never said a truer word. However, I have said it! Translation, interpretation... how we can be deceived... and, to go back to the original question, my guess is exactly what the op suggested. Be sure to let us know when you have been and gone, so you can tell us the facts, AJGuillaume!All I meant is that each country has their own way of expressing themselves and a dictionary doesn't always help.
The waste basket full of used TP is a sign that the local water pressure is too low, or the pipe too small, to accomodate the paper as well as what it cleans up after. When it used to be do-able to visit the Mexican border cities for the afternoon, a number of the (nice) restaurants over there had a little sign on the bathroom door: please no paper in the toilet. Or words to that effect!Why not ?
That's quite common in many countries. I got used to it surprisingly fast during my 7 weeks in Guatemala.
I think it means that the bathroom is outside the room, not in the room like a hotel.When we stop for more than a night on our Camino, we'll be staying at Pensiones or similar accommodation.
I have noticed that some pensiones have a room "con baño exterior".
Is that a shared bathroom?
Thank you!
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