La Calma de Bellver — Restaurant in Bellver de Cerdanya

Our reservation was off to a poor start from the beginning.||||Having made the reservation, the proprietor would not allow us to cancel without incurring a penalty. OK, accept that it was one of the conditions in the small print, but as a reasonably frequent user of that particular accommodation booking web-site, this is not that usual a practice.||||We proceeded with our booking, as we had planned to be in the immediate area for a social event, with other people who were also coming for the event. All of these others had sensibly chosen to stay elsewhere, and our intention had been to join with them. Regrettably, we continued with our reservation at this place, as it looked so charming on the web-page.||||A big mistake. Our arrival was a few minutes later then we had informed, and the proprietor did not seem pleased that she had had to wait. We were hurriedly shown our room, and unceremoniously given keys for the room and the main entrance door, and a cursory comment about the lock for the main entrance door being sometimes difficult.||||And then she was gone.||||We were alone, locked inside the place, and were yet to discover just how challenging it was to open that main entrance door lock. It seems amazing that anyone would offer up premises where there is no quick exit in the event of an emergency. We struggled to release the lock, then struggled to re-lock each time we went out and then returned.||||This seemed indicative of the total lack of attention and care. The room was quite unclean, cobwebs were in plain sight in several locations, light switches were filthy, the bathroom towels were smelly and there is a good possibility that the bed clothes had not been washed since the previous use and so on and on.||||I will also mention that no one should stay in a room that faces on to the main square - the church clock, which is close by strikes the hour as well as all the quarter hours. A nightmare.||||In short, this place was offering sub-hostel facilities and standards at hotel prices.||||Would never recommend and certainly would...

Calidad-Precio excelente (si compartes gastos) para un lugar en el que esperas pasar una noche para solo dormir, y después estar fuera del alojamiento disfrutando del paisaje y los pueblecitos de la Cerdanya.

Las habitaciones son sencillas, rústicas, originales/con encanto moderno y muy acogedoras. En ningún momento sientes la frialdad de un hotel en la que todo es perfecto. La habitación que me tocó tenía una pequeña ventana-balcón con vistas a las montañas nevadas, y despertarse así no tiene precio. Las dos únicas pegas que le pondría: las luces de la cama parecía que no funcionaban, pero tampoco las necesitamos; el aislamiento sonoro no era el mejor, por lo que es importante ser consciente de ello y modular la voz a partir de ciertas horas, pero esto también suele ser normal y lo que esperarías en este tipo de casas antiguas reformadas de montaña. El baño era un poco pequeño y quizá en algunos momentos podía resultar incómodo, pero suficiente para la finalidad de una estancia corta. La ducha si se veía más cómoda.

La ubicación del hostal se encuentra en una plaza pequeñita con un encanto especial y un campanario muy bonito, pero que apenas se escucha en el interior a no ser que estés pendiente de ello. Para nada impide dormir. Fácilmente puedes ir a recorrer a pie el pueblo y pasar una tarde muy agradable. Bellver es precioso y tiene todas las tiendecitas de proximidad necesarias, parques y vistas para perderse y desconectar.

Respecto a la comida, decidimos no comer en el hostal, pero leímos la carta y parecía muy completa. Al llegar de cenar vimos a los comensales que cenarón allí y los platos que vimos no tenían para nada mala pinta. De hecho me quedé con las ganas de probar un postre de chocolate. Sí desayunamos por 8 euros, y calidad/cantidad precio buena. Embutidos, pan, mermelada y algo de bollería. La mermelada pondría la mano en el fuego que era casera, sin duda un gran valor añadido. Estaba buenísima. Otro valor añadido fue el pan de nueces: espectacular.

A nivel de trato, este fue super cercano y familiar, con mucha naturalidad. Sin duda uno de los tratos que me gustan más cuando viajo. Respecto ir con niños, lo ví perfectamente preparado y el personal muy atento para ello.

Si me preguntáis si repetiría, lo haría y no dudaría, porque estuve cómoda y lo mejor de todo, bien calentita en...

Overnight stay booked at La Calma as was close to where we were hot air ballooning early in the morning. Beautiful ancient town, very steep to get around and not ideal to drive in, but a stunning location. Owner was not at the hotel but family member telephoned her so we could talk through the keys and breakfast (not needed due to our early start). Family room over the front door was small but clean and sufficient for one night; would not recommend for an extended visit as bathroom facilities were awkward to negotiate. Orange walls were a little overpowering, but the room was cozy. Noise level was silent (although we were the only guests) apart from the regular chiming of the local church bells. A reminder of...