Hostel Albergue O Mesón

Very Good
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Wonderful
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : Very clean, very light and airy, lots of space

Fair
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Private room (you have to pay for a triple even if there are only 2 people)
  : The check in is done at a bar next door. Very very noisy. The bathroom door slams loudly every time someone enters/exists. The third floor had a family with children screaming until midnight, no control whatsoever from the hotel. Plain kitchen. Ok bathrooms.

Good
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  : The cafe is very very good! They cook wonderful pepper steak for 10 euro! Beds were comfortable. Kitchen was nice.
  : We ordered a separate room, but actually there was just a thin separator with holes between us and all other people, so actually there was no difference between separate room and a dorm for 30 people. There are just two showers for 20+ wo.en so the line is huge. If you get up to the toilet at night you have to pass all these sleeping people. You hear literally everything. It's a weird hostel, because you see how much money they invested in it, but why didn't they put the real walls??? The draining system is not very good, so there is a lot of water on the shower floor. Basically, you stand in the water with all the bacteria from previous people :(((

Wonderful
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  : Great for pilgrims

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Great location (very close to Camino on a quiet street). Kitchen facilities also good (it was easy for us to cook a meal here). Very clean. Very helpful staff. Good value for money.
  : The different rooms were partitioned off from each other which gave us privacy but did not block off the noise. Unfortunately, not all visitors understand the hostel request for quiet time. Maybe some sound absorption materials on the ceiling and walls would help decrease the echo.

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : good location in pontesampaio. they have a supermarket next door and cafe.
  : the check in process was confusing.. need to go to their cafe which is a couple of meters away to get the keys to our room. our room is on the ground floor next to the kitchen, there's a lot of people trying to come into our room.. the toilet has a bit smell

Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : More or less right on the Camino. Beds and pillows are plastic covered so no bed bugs and also very comfortable. Big communal kitchen. Laundry and bike storage facilities.
  : Toilet paper and paper towels ran out in the womens bathroom and were not replaced. Noisy. There is no sound proofing so noise carries between bunk spaces.

Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : There is a pub/retaurant a few houses away run by the same family. I like to be able to eat at or very near where I am sleeping