Pilgrims on the road and friends along the way send me changes every day, and they go out the same day. The Camino del Norte app carries all of it offline, and it's still being built — new features arrive routinely.
Get the appA bar and restaurant sit about 1 kilometer from the dam on the way back up. The dam itself is an imposing structure of raw concrete, built in a narrow gorge.
The hydroelectric dam was completed in the early 1950s, one of Franco's massive infrastructure projects. The abandoned concrete structures on the north side are leftovers from its construction -- most of the materials, particularly the concrete, had to be produced on site in this remote mountain valley. Building it required flooding villages and displacing communities, a story repeated at reservoirs across Spain during the dictatorship.
What goes down must go up, in this case it is about 300m back up to Grandas de Salime. It is mostly, but not entirely, along the road. Along the way is a scenic overlook (about 2km from the dam). Shortly after the most severe turn in the road (a 180 degree bend) the camino turns left to follow a trail uphill.
27. August 2026 - 7:37
Comfortable rooms. Excellent food. Good service. I wasn't 100% feeling well and it was a great place to take a rest day.
9. July 2024 - 15:40
Had a great time at the hotel. The food is amazing! Best tortilla española I’ve ever had. Supper has a menu del dia with 2 options to choose from. I went with a salad and goat cheese and jamón croquetas and fresh salmon for the second dish. Everything was delicious! As for the rooms, stayed on a one e bedroom accommodation that had view of the dam and a bathtub. If you plan to stay there make sure to bring some Epson salt.
24. September 2023 - 21:41
There is the hotel with nice rooms and awesome towels. Dinner was a mix of good and disgusting. The fish soup was good but the patata surprise was a heap of grease. The strawberry ice cream had a centimeter of ice on it. The view of the dam from the terrace is pleasant but cut short with a dog constantly barking in a screeching pitch.
15. June 2023 - 19:31
If doing a longer leg from Pole de Allande or over the Hospitales then this is a great stop. Perfect location, clean rooms, friendly staff and the veranda is the perfect place to have a beer after a long day. Best to book though.
Many pilgrims were turned away in mid June and had to walk a further 5 kms (4kms uphill) to Grandas de Salime where there are only two hotels and they were fully booked.
2. March 2023 - 22:29
We arrived here in time to eat a lovely lunch on the terrace. We had a comfortable room and it was very quiet overnight and we had a good rest. We set off before breakfast and it was a hard day with a hill at the start and another at the end of the day.
3. September 2022 - 20:35
If you want to break your Camino into shorter stages this is a perfect hotel to rest: operated by a friendly family serving breakfast lunch and dinner, clean & comfortable rooms with ensuite, terrace for drinks overlooking the dam. Just 11 km to Castro next day.
31. July 2022 - 13:27
The restaurant here is top notch. Both lunch and dinner menú del día were excellent for €12 each. They also do a la carte. The outside terrace has wonderful views sun and shade and very breezy. The rooms are small but clean and some also have great views of the reservoir and dam. Well worth staying here or taking a break before the final asphalt climb into Grandas. They also wash dry and fold your laundry for only €6!!! Bliss.
16. June 2022 - 20:48
The best meal I have had so far on Camino. Tastes like heaven. If nothing else it is worth staying here for food.
16. June 2022 - 15:38
It is an old fashioned hotel with single and double rooms starting at 35euros. No dormitory rooms.
13. October 2021 - 11:19
Best tortilla and second breakfast I’ve ever had, with a lovely view of the water. Perfect rest stop.
13. October 2021 - 11:19
Best tortilla and second breakfast I’ve ever had, with a lovely view of the water. Perfect rest stop.
Esta entidad ha sido beneficiaria de una ayuda del Programa de incentivos a la movilidad eficiente y sostenible (MOVES III), gestionado por la Xunta de Galicia a través del Instituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA) en el marco del Real Decreto 266/2021, y cofinanciada por la Unión Europea — NextGenerationEU, dentro del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia.
