Must-see hotels in Galicia

  • Sete Artes

    Santiago de Compostela

    Tiny but cute, the Sete Artes has just seven smallish but comfortable rooms with stone walls, wood floors and tasteful art. It's on a quiet corner about…

  • Casa Celsa-Barbantes

    Santiago de Compostela

    A well-run, well-kept, central hostal with cheerful art and tea/coffee-makers in rooms. The three 'superior' corner rooms overlooking Praza de Fonseca are…

  • Hostal Alborán

    A Coruña

    Friendly, efficient Alborán offers 30 appealing, recently modernised rooms of varying sizes. They're well soundproofed with good, up-to-date bathrooms.

  • Albergue A Fábrica da Luz

    Galicia

    This well-run hostel and activities hub occupies a converted small hydroelectric station in the leafy canyon of the Río Mao (a Sil tributary), 11km east…

  • Pazo Molinos de Antero

    Galicia

    The old stables of an 18th-century manor house on the east side of town have been converted into cosy, modern rooms and self-catering apartments. A warm…

  • Last Stamp

    Santiago de Compostela

    A purpose-designed hostel, the Last Stamp occupies a 300-year-old, five-storey house (with lift) in the heart of the Old Town. The cleverly designed dorms…

  • Parador de Verín

    Galicia

    Built in the 20th century in the style of a Galician pazo (palace/mansion) of yesteryear, the Parador de Verín sits 1km down the road from the Castillo de…

  • NH Collection A Coruña Finisterre

    A Coruña

    This elder statesman of A Coruña has a bright, traditional-meets-contemporary ambience. All 92 rooms enjoy sea views and soft furnishings, and guests have…

  • Hotel Cebreiro

    Galicia

    The nicest accommodation in O Cebreiro is in the main building of Hotel Cebreiro, where there are five wood-beamed, stone-walled rooms (reservations…

  • Hotel Méndez Núñez

    Galicia

    The 70-room Méndez Núñez offers bright, spacious quarters with good beds and gleaming bathrooms. With a great old-town location, and parking nearby for €6…

  • Hotel España

    Galicia

    With a cheerful reception and cheerful decorative touches in the rooms such as tangerine walls or bird murals, the España is a good deal for its prices…

  • Hospedería San Martín Pinario

    Santiago de Compostela

    This 127-room establishment offers the experience of staying inside part of a centuries-old monastery, now converted to a hotel. Rooms are small and…

  • Hotel Avenida

    Pontevedra

    Midway between the stations and the Old Town (walking distance from all), the Avenida provides bright and cosy rooms in red and russet tones, and has a…

  • Hotel Axis

    Vigo

    It's slightly off-centre, about 1km southeast of the Casco Vello, but the Axis is a reasonable option for its 72 good-sized, uncluttered rooms in semi…

  • Hotel Colón

    Galicia

    The 45 rooms and the apartments (with kitchen and sitting area) are fresh in a Nordic-minimalist way, with pine furnishings, white walls, pale green…

  • Hostel Cross

    Galicia

    In the heart of the old town, shiny, modern Hostel Cross is a favourite with Camino Primitivo travellers but makes a good tight-budget lodging for anyone…

  • Hotel Zenit Coruña

    A Coruña

    The sunny, minimalist rooms, all with outside views, have glass wardrobe doors and washbasins, big bathroom mirrors and tasteful modern art, and there's a…

  • Exe Puerta de San Pedro

    Galicia

    Rooms are bland, with pine furnishings, but clean and comfy, and reception is welcoming. It's a two-minute walk from the Roman walls or the bus station,…

  • Hotel Real

    Santiago de Compostela

    The 13-room Real has a cared-for feel with pretty and original furnishings and bedding. The rooms are mostly on the small side, but a couple have little…

  • Hostal Mapoula

    Santiago de Compostela

    Fully modernised and upgraded in 2015, the sunny rooms at this friendly 3rd-floor hostal make the most of the building's stone walls, with wood panelling…

  • Hotel Francisco II

    Galicia

    The Francisco II is low on atmosphere but is well located just north of the Old Town, and the brown-and-cream rooms score well for comfort, with desks and…

  • Hotel Nido

    A Coruña

    Welcoming and clean, the Nido is a well-run, friendly budget choice with 47 medium-sized rooms. There's a good cafe for breakfast, and windows are double…

  • Hotel Compostela

    Vigo

    Solidly comfy, spotlessly clean and reasonably spacious rooms make this efficient hotel near Praza de Compostela a sound choice. The cafe is handy for…

  • Hotel Carrís Cardenal Quevedo

    Galicia

    The Cardenal Quevedo offers comfy but standard contemporary chain-hotel rooms in greys, browns and whites, 600m north from the heart of the Old Town…

  • Hostal-Albergue Lucus

    Galicia

    Opened in 2015, this is a spick-and-span, bright and friendly place that offers both four-bed dorms and private rooms with bathroom. It's a 10-minute walk…

  • Hotel Náutico

    Vigo

    A friendly budget hotel near Praza de Compostela, with a clean, crisp style and a pleasant nautical look. Rooms are on the small side, but cosy. It has a…

  • O Novo Cabalo Furado

    Galicia

    The rooms and apartments at this superior Old Town hostal are simple but inviting, with all-wood furnishings and sparkling bathrooms. Advance reservations…

  • Hostal Alameda

    Santiago de Compostela

    Run by a friendly family, this well-kept hostal is good value with decent-sized rooms, some of which have been modernised. It sits opposite the Alameda…

  • Parador de Ribadeo

    Ribadeo

    For views, you can't beat Ribadeo's parador (luxurious state-owned hotel), where most of the 47 fairly formal rooms have their own galerías with ría…

  • Pensión Linares

    Ribadeo

    One of four budget hotels lined up facing the central square, the Linares is endowed with a pleasant cafe and garden-patio as well 19 smallish but…

  • Hotel Irixo

    Galicia

    On a small Old Town square, the Irixo has amiable staff and provides plain but comfy rooms, some renovated more recently than others. A few look out on…

  • Pensión El Mosquito

    Galicia

    New in 2015, El Mosquito offers 12 plain but pleasing contemporary-styled rooms in whites, greys and browns, with wood floors and scattered stone details…

  • Santiago Km. 0

    Santiago de Compostela

    A well-designed, medium-size, centrally located hostel, new in 2018, with cotton sheets in capsule bunks, good clean bathrooms, a bright sitting area and…

  • Hotel Carrís Casa de la Troya

    Santiago de Compostela

    Clean-lined modern rooms combined with exposed stone walls and original art based on a scallop-shell motif make for pleasant lodgings in this centrally…

  • Hostal Plaza

    Galicia

    Hostal Plaza, right on Ribadavia's central square, has 11 plain but well-kept rooms, and a straightforward, good-value restaurant.

  • Hotel Eli-Mar

    Galicia

    A sound choice, the Eli-Mar provides 18 neat rooms with pretty art prints on a quiet street a couple of blocks up from the harbour.

  • Pensión Libredón

    Santiago de Compostela

    Snug but thoughtfully designed rooms just steps from the cathedral.

  • Hotel Sol

    A Coruña

    The 'superior' rooms are large, modernised and quite appealing, but the standard rooms are dowdy. Nevertheless the free parking makes the Sol a decent…

  • Albergue Azabache

    Santiago de Compostela

    This small hostel with four-person dorms is less than 100m from the cathedral. The two top-floor dorms are the pick for their terraces with views. Kitchen…

  • Hotel Cais

    Galicia

    Little Cais has a couple of rooms facing the harbour, but rooms at the side or back are likely to be quieter. All have bright white bedding and paintwork,…

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