Albergue La Cruz de Fierro

My partner and I stayed in what I think is the only private room. The bed was very comfortable and the hosts were very accommodating. They served a small breakfast and coffee early in the morning (around 6am) for 5€. The only quirk of the private room was the shower, so I would recommend using the communal showers if you stay in this room. The cost of the room was 50€

Hosts were warm and welcoming. The dorm is a bit crowded with not much space to put your things, which results in a maze of bags on the floor. Showers were hot.

Reservation confirmed for two day prior via WhatsApp - reservation refused and told that the number messaged (via this app) was for a previous owner (who confirmed the reservation including including arrival time and names of both of us…go figure) ended up sharing a mattress with a random pilgrim in a hallway as whole town booked out. Owners were incredibly dismissive as if this was our fault? Something doesn’t make sense.

Otherwise great views from balcony of property!

€20 but place is clean, showers good and beds ok.

we were all soaked through. checked in and the place is very cold. have asked numerous times for the heat to be turned on but still no heat.. have to pay for a blanket.. apparently he is selling the place.. hope next owners will be more accommodating,

The auberge is very quiet and very clean and the beds have proper sheets on them. The owner is a quiet man whom I found to be kind and helpful and contrary to previous comments I experienced zero rudeness. He made a lovely meal and even lit a fire in the wood burning stove which also heated the radiators in the room. I slept like a log! I recommend staying here.( unless you want to stay up late. This auberge closes the doors early - 9.30pm I believe).

Nous avons réservé des lits bas que nous n’avons jamais eu, nous étions sensé 15€ la nuit mais le prix avait augmenté à 20€. Nous pensions que le déjeuner était compris ce qui était faux. Et malgré l’espace de salle à manger disponible le soir, nous ne pouvions l’utiliser le matin pour se préparer à partir, ce qui créait un brouhaha incroyable dans l petit corridor. J’irai ailleurs si je repasse.

I did not have the negative experience that is see posted.
Staff is friendly hard working. Bathroom facilities clean. The beds are adequate.
Dinner portions were large, home meal tasty. Desayuno buen también.
Good deal for 30€

Not friendly. The only albergue where they want to charge you for a blanket on a cold night. There must be other places better than this. No camino spirit. Spend your Euros somewhere else

We did not meet so much unfriendlyness on the camino 🥴
The people who run this place want to sell their albergue, because they want retire. They are not friendly anymore, there is not a welcome, they have stupid rules and they are not helpfull.
It was raining all day and cold, but the radiators were just 30 minutes on. You must leave your shoes outside, but that will not dry them. And you are not allowed to eat anything inside. They were rude and yelled at people who took a slice of pizza inside, etc. We were send to the corridor to take our lunch, but I said "no, it's cold there". So we were allowed to eat our bread in the room.
So, don't stay here.

Something I didn't realise when I gave feedback last night is that this mornings breakfast is included in the 15 euro nightly rate.

Winter Camino, stopped last village Rabanal at the Municipal which was freezing....so left and walked further 3 miles uphill to this alberge after first ringing them. Man on the phone didn't understand my English but an English pilgrim who was checking in at that moment explained and the man in reception saved me a bunk 👍
Friendly when I arrived. Nice clean building lovely hot hot showers.
Nice views lovely sunset.
They have a log burner type fire in the dinning room which was fabulous, so much heat being given off it.
You are not permitted to eat your own food on their premises.
They did however produce a lovely 2 course meal with wine @ 10euros served at 7pm.
The fee currently for the bunk for the night is 15euros.
So glad I pushed on the extra 3.5 miles.

We made a reservation & called in the afternoon to confirm. We arrived at the expected time but the hostalier said they were full. They didn't honor our reservation. He was very surly and stated the whole town was full. We walked across the street & got a very nice room elsewhere.

This is a clean and good place to stay! Showers and bathrooms are separate for male female. Dinner is required with the bed but worth it. Great view from the balcony. I would stay again. Keep the windows open and it should not be too hot.

July 2019
Great view, friendly staff, clean bathrooms and beds. No outside food allowed, no kitchen available, bunks incredibly close together (barely shoulder width), and SO HOT in the night even with the (small) windows open. No one I know slept well because of the heat, even though it was chilly outside. Blanket rental is 1.50€. Overall it was fine for the night, but wouldn’t stay again because of the temperature.

Closed at the moment

Nice place but been beaten up by bed bugs. Also it was too humid at night coz everyone closed the windows, so I had to wake up in the middle of the night and open the doors. Great view of the valley! Fox

I have walked Frances Route three times and have a good overview of places to stay - "The Good", "The Bad" and "The 'Ugly'". This is up there with the very, very best. The facilities, location and views are fantastic. The hosts are a delightful couple. They produce a lovely evening meal.actually one of the best meals. A lovely fire too. If you stay here, you will not regret it.