Hotel Spa Convento I

“Kitschiness to be experienced”

The Hotel Spa Convento I is located what it feels like the middle of nowhere but if you are in the area, it is a unique place go experience. This former convent has been turned into a hotel that features artistic highlights of many different time periods which turns the place into a somewhat kitsch… more

The Hotel Spa Convento I is located what it feels like the middle of nowhere but if you are in the area, it is a unique place go experience. This former convent has been turned into a hotel that features artistic highlights of many different time periods which turns the place into a somewhat kitschy but definitely photographable accommodation. The rooms on the other hand are very stylishly decorated and feature huge bathtubs. The breakfast has a very good selection and with coffee in hand you can wonder around discovering all the old rooms of the convento.

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“Totally Bizarre”

Like the mantra that one does not eat food from restaurants with pictures outside of the plates of food, it is rarely a good idea to stay in a hotel with huge writing advertising it on the roof. I chose the hotel on a popular booking site because we were visiting Toro to buy wine. It was a great … more

Like the mantra that one does not eat food from restaurants with pictures outside of the plates of food, it is rarely a good idea to stay in a hotel with huge writing advertising it on the roof. I chose the hotel on a popular booking site because we were visiting Toro to buy wine. It was a great deal cheaper than the lovely hotel we had stayed in before, but not worth the money. The room was spotlessly clean. The bed had no duvet or blanket on it only a thin tired cover, it was also hard with very hard pillows. The floors everywhere upstairs were cheap click boards that slipped as you walked on them. The lift clunked and clicked and was very slow. The receptionist spoke only very basic English and was rather scruffy. The decor in the hotel, was just out of a really bad horror movie - awful tasteless heavy furniture so clunky and impractical. Gothic columns everywhere and an occasional glimpse of the past in beautiful doors and stone work. The Spa was completely over the top in some senses but the way down to it and the changing rooms were so complicated and with so many notices it was impossible not to get lost. The lady running the spa was however, despite her lack of any English, very kind and helpful. All I can say is that if one of the previous reviewers said it was the best spa she had ever been to, then she can't have been to many. The pool was lovely and the warm water and the cold water dip very good. The sauna was dreary and not very hot. The decoration was very over the top. However, the food was really good. We had two evening meals and two breakfasts both of which were excellent. The bar man poured a very good gin and tonic. It is worth noting that in the entrance area that belongs to the outside of the hotel, are two bird cages with lovely birds of prey in appalling filthy conditions, left on perches with ties round their legs and no ability to fly at all, just go down to the ground on a pole which had their perch on. I asked the receptionist who they belonged to and he said it was not the hotel and he had never seen anyone feeding them. The hotel needs to realise how bad this is for their image and get the birds removed to a kinder environment. I would not recommend the hotel for this reason alone.

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