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31 Ιανουάριος 2023
The hotel has a great location just on the edge of town with views of the green Asturian hillsides topped with a distant view of the Picos de Europa. While the hotel has a restaurant for hotel guests, town with other restaurant options is just a 10-minute walk. Our room, on the mountain side, had the great views of the hillside and peaks and was spacious with a reasonably comfortable queen sized bed, plenty of storage and other furnishings – chairs, table, and bed side tables. There was an outlet on each side of the bed. No safe or coffee and tea service, but there was hot water and instant coffee available in the dining room 24/7. The Wi-Fi connection was slow, especially in the evening when there were more guests using it. The bathroom was cramped with the toilet too close to the shower. The shower had good hot water and pressure but the shower head was awkward and we had to use it as a hand held wand. There was some counter space around the sink, but not much. The owners are friendly and gave great advice for exploring the region. Breakfast If you’ve been missing eggs and bacon this is the breakfast for you. In addition to the buffet selection they offered cooked to order eggs served with a large portion of bacon. The buffet included – muesli and cereal, cut melon and whole fruits, juice, dried fruit and nuts, bread including a gluten free option, flakey pastry (the best I’ve seen in Spain), cheese (including the local blue), charcuterie and cake. The filtered coffee unfortunately was not very good, but there was hot milk available. Dinner The cozy dining room with wood trim has a long row of windows with views of the green Asturian hillsides topped by the Picos de Europa. Dinner at is a set menu with a choice of mains – veg, fish or meat. The appetizer was an herbed cheese spread with small toasts, tasty but weirdly served frozen. The second course was a lentil soup, served hot with a bold dose of cumin, quite good. For mains we had the salmon, beautifully cooked with a boiled potatoes and a garnish of cucumber slaw and cachopo, an Asturias version of a cordon bleu with ham and blue cheese wrapped in beef and covered with a thin layer of pastry served with fried flaked potatoes. Tasty but heavy and rich. Service was friendly and efficient. Our second dinner was not so successful. We had a choice of trout, pork knuckle or pasta with pesto. The trout was nicely cooked and served with sides of fried potatoes and agrodolce peppers and onions. The pasta, however, had very little pesto, more of a garnish after thought that a main component, and a good dousing of cheese. The pork knuckle would have been a better choice. It was a generous helping and looked beautifully done. For the starter they served a salad with small shrimp and flavorful strawberries on fresh greens. The dessert again was less successful, a too sweet mousse that was more pudding than a true mousse consistency.
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