Posada de Urreci — Local services in Villanueva de Cameros

The Posada has been beautifully restored, as have most of the houses in this tiny, peaceful hamlet in the mountains of northern Spain. The public rooms are comfortable and well-equipped with books, games etc, while our bedroom and bathroom were well designed and characterful. The Posada looks out onto a tumbling stream with a tiny bridge. It does provide simple and tasty evening meals using homegrown vegetables (had trouble providing a sufficient meal for a vegetarian however). Breakfast was simple Spanish but good. The family was welcoming and spoke a little English. You have to leave your car at the entrance to the hamlet and walk 200 yards to the Posada. The weekday population is four, swelled by weekend visitors however. Staying there provides a fascinating experience of rural life in La Rioja - not...

Travelled with family and two dogs and stayed here for one winter night. We all enjoyed our stay very much. Unique place. Wonderful food. A lovely couple is running this place. With renovating this place and eventually turning it from a ruin into a very fine guesthouse, the owners have created a turnaround for the whole village which had once been a forgotten and abandoned place. Today: excellence and heart in all details. - This transformation indeed is an outstanding achivement on the side of the owners of the place, and a genuine pleasure and lovely experience for their...

Travelled with family and two dogs and stayed here for one winter night. We all enjoyed our stay very much. Unique place. Wonderful food. A lovely couple is running this place. With renovating this place and eventually turning it from a ruin into a very fine guesthouse, the owners have created a turnaround for the whole village which had once been a forgotten and abandoned place. Today: excellence and heart in all details. - This transformation indeed is an outstanding achivement on the side of the owners of the place, and a genuine pleasure and lovely experience for their...