La Posada del Conde

Was Ok. Smell of cleaning products hit us as we walked in and took a while to get rid of. Bed not very comfortable. No fridge, or any kitchen type appliances. However it served its purpose as a place to stay that made it easy to walk the trail and get back to our car after.

Really bad Very disappointed. Very small room, monacal style, so badly designed that it was impossible to close the bathroom door. I had to open the front door to open the bathroom, then shut the front door and the bathroom still would not close.. No reception desk at 7pm, so I had to call several time to 3 different phone numbers for someone to answer and provide a code to open a box and get a set of key. After 15min of wrong instructions the manager called a neighbor to come and help. He eventually managed to open another box after several attempts. A real mess. Then I did not had wifi signal and the wifi instructions weren't updated neither. Contact on the sheet would not help.. 1 towel only for the bathroom, a spare would have been appreciated...also the walls are not so thick, we can hear everything...and for the check out, no needs to detail how long it took for someone to advise on the process, code or anything. I'm still waiting "the women" to advise or collect the keys... At last I left the keys in the room. Not the best neighborhood neither.

If you have seen Fawlty Towers, this is it! Arriving, the hotel is in a good position.Close to the Caminito del Rey. There is street parking, but if you want secure parking you have to pay 3 euro to park on site. Enter Basil Fawlty! The check in was normal and you were advised to bring your bags through the front door before parking your car! Why?, You are about to find out. Once the booking in procedure was completed I went back to car to park and the electric gates were open. Drive in, park the car, walk back to the gate to leave, the gates are shut! There is no buzzer, there is no way you can communicate with anyone to let you out and there is no other means of entering the hotel than through the front. I waited until my wife came out and she had to return to the hotel to ask for the gates to be opened. The rooms are old and tired. Things did not work and the recepionist, Victor, tried his best to get things to work..To no avail. He explained the hotel was full and no alternative rooms were available. I then wanted to return to the car to collect a couple of things. 'How do I enter?' 'Oh, with this gate remote' 'Can I have a remote then please so I can to my car?' 'Ahh, no. The owner does not allow that' ??? So he had to stand at the window and open the gate and watch me return to open the gate. Leaving was the same issue. After check out I went to get the car. On arriving at the gate it was shut. My only option was to blast my car horn, which is loud, to attract attention. Incredible. It goes on, but.....