La Casa del Abuelo

The room was comfortable enough (I don’t mind a hard mattress) & was cleaned thoroughly during my stay by staff. The shared toilet was also clean & there was hot water in the morning for a shower (maybe I just got lucky?) There is a roof terrace with views over over the town, including church spires, and a further roof accessible by ladder.

There is nothing on the street to indicate that this is a place of lodging and not somebody’s house. Two people helped me out as they must have spotted me walking up & down, looking puzzled. The first person (another tourist shouting down from a roof terrace) reckoned it was further up the street, then a local guy put me right by directing me towards a girl who lives next door. The girl was not much help with me checking in, however, as there is no check in procedure to speak of. I spoke to the proprietor on my phone through a local lad who kindly helped out as my Spanish isn’t great. The proprietor at first stated that I was only booked in for one night, as I had cancelled the second (not true), and that in any case, there was not a room for me (?!?) She then asked if I would be willing to share a room for the first night with an older couple from New Zealand. Although the couple were O.K. with this, I politely declined. Eventually the New Zealand couple moved into a room downstairs & gave their room to a party of three Mexicans & I was given a room downstairs, so there was in fact a room which was vacant the whole time. Messy, and I missed two hours of the Revolution Day street celebrations (which I had been looking forward to) because of this. The proprietor needs to buck her ideas up & try to be a bit more professional with her booking system. It was understandable that accommodation options were tight with the fiesta taking place, but there was really no call for the confusion which happened. The room was overpriced for what it is, as it was hotel prices for a room with a shared toilet.