Hotel Boutique Valle De Oca — Hotel in Valle de Oca

Approaching this wonderful rural location in Northern Spain gives you a fabulous feel.||Set approximately ten kilometres from the motorway you will find the quaint village of Valle de Oca, very much a “ time stood still” place.||Considering there’s only forty properties in the village, the hotel is a little hard to find. It even has a different name on the building, to confuse you even more!||Once inside you are simply taken aback with the character and decor, truly amazing!||Marcos ( very well known in many reviews !) greets you with a warm welcome, and a little bit of English, well quite a bit of English really!||All the official stuff out of the way, he then shows us around this small bespoke hotel.||Our room which was situated on the second floor was airy and adequate. Again the decor was fascinating! A bathtub in the bedroom was certainly the focal point.||Oh yes by the way, you can’t go wrong knowing which room number you’re in as well. I won’t tell you anymore, you will have to find out when you stay there!||We had booked dinner for 9pm, so made our way down around 8.50pm, to be greeted with endless candles glowing, a log fire roaring, and superb background music.||Unfortunately we were the only ones dining in the small but cosy dining room. ||We had to choose our dinner earlier in the evening , so that Marcos’s girlfriend could prepare. To start we went for the house salad which was divine, so were the morcilla.||The main course was very much a letdown though. Secret pork, which consisted of three thin slices of pork, and a handful of fries, both of which were cold. Maybe serving them on a cold slate didn’t help. We though we were getting sautéed vegetables as well, but these didn’t arrive. It certainly wasn’t cheap, so with this in mind I feel they should either revise their pricing or up their game with the fayre.||The drinks were also far too expensive. They don’t have a bar, so Marcos brings the gin, whiskey and rum choice to show you in a plastic supermarket carrier bag!||A gin and tonic was 12 euros! Unfortunately I think he has to do his sums again on the pricing of his alcohol as well.Needless to say we didn’t partake! No wonder we were the only ones dining in the hotel given the prices they charge! But we had to, because we had our three dogs with us, so we couldn’t really venture out and leave them.||The bed and pillows were comfortable, however being woken up on the hour , every hour by the town clock chimes didn’t really help!||As I mentioned in my title, the best cheese and ham toastie ever for breakfast!||Would I return?….Yes, but not for the cold dinner , or indeed the overpriced drinks, nor come to think of it the clock bells, but I certainly would for...

Hola , queria compartir mi experiencia en este hotel , yo fui en septiembre una noche , estaba de viaje y concidia de camino a galicia , al llegar al hotel , un sitio tranquilo , bonito , muy tranquilo , era perfecto para descansar , llego a recepccion , no sabian de mi llegada , marta limpio la habittacion de prisa y de aquella manera , pero eso no fue un gran inconveniente para mi , nos subimos a la habitaccion yo y mi pareja , estamos colocando la ropa en los armarios y de repente en el Piso de abajo escuchamos un fuerte golpe y gritar a un hombre , me asuste un poco , no sabia que es lo que estaba pasando , me acerque a la puerta , la abri y estaba gritando muy fuerte con Marta y escuchaba golpes , me daba miedo por ella , no sabria decir que paso alli dentro , pero creo nada bueno , esto duro sobre 1 hora , despues escuche salir a alguien gritando ,me voy , salia a la calle y desde allí gritaba por Marta , que lo habia dejado en la calle .... y palabras que no voy a compartir , pueden imaginarse y al rato se fue en el coche , por la discusion parecia que lo habia hechado del hotel , todo esto me Puso muy nervioso ,no sabia si llamar a la policia o que podia hacer , pero es un pueblo muy pequeño y los vecinos parecia que estaban acostumbrados a ver esto ,porque tampoco salian a la calle , a ver que pasaba , nos dormimos , y al dia siguiente bajamos a desayunar , Estaba Marta muy agradable ( pese a la situaccion ) y escucho a este hombre en la cocina hablar con Marta ,no podia creermelo , nos ponemos a desayunar , estabamos 3 parejas desayunando , 2 de las parejas con niños y escuchamos ,el comedor esta al lado de la cocina , escuchamos en la cocina que empiezan a discutir Marta y este hombre , cada vez mas fuerte , cierran la puerta de la cocina , pero se escuchaba todo , Marta empieza llorar , se escuchan golpes con las cosas de cocina , yo me levante y me fui fuera a fumar un cigarro , ya no podia desayunar , a los 10 minutos sale Marta a pedirnos perdon por lo sucedido ( pobre niña ) , lo siento mucho por ella , se ve muy agradable , pero Mi experiencia ese dia en el hotel fue de terror y para las otra parejas que estaban alli .... supongo...

This is an exceptionally creatively designed hotel and restaurant. I appreciated EVERYthing about its aesthetic, inside AND out. (The gardens are beautiful!)||It's a little difficult to find the front entrance if you miss your turn down a small street that leads to its parking lot, but it's worth the hunt! We'd ridden 77 km that very hot day, dehydration may have had something to do with that...||Our room was massive. Gorgeously appointed. ||Our meal in the restaurant was exquisite. And our bikes were safe.||HIGHLY recommended.||Don't neglect the town, also. Walk around, explore. It's quite beautiful. Look...