I was just looking at some lodging options around Ponte Ulla, and saw that what used to be the Pazo dos Galegos has a new life as Casa Beatnik. In had a long multi-generational history as a family estate and winery. It got a Xunta grant to transform the home into a hotel. I had never stayed there, but got a tour once (around 2015, I think) and learned the history from the daughter, who had moved back to help with the project. It was charming, beautiful, traditional stone house, with a restaurant adjacent to the winery. About a ten minute walk downhill from the Outeiro albergue. Then a few years later it closed.
Well it has a new life, Casa Beatnik.
I realize now that I actually saw this new place when I was taking a taxi from Lestedo to the Monastery of Carboeiro to visit the monastery. I remember the cab driver telling me that some people from Chicago had bought the closed Pazo and had turned it into some kind of luxury place. He said there had been a big uproar about the color of the building, and that local people thought some special deal had been given to allow the new owners to ignore historic preservation rules.
I did not connect this fancy new place with the stately old Pazo dos Galegos until just now, what a surprise! Rooms on their website range around 160-180, and luxury yurts are available. Get your reservations in while there is still availability!
Well it has a new life, Casa Beatnik.
Casa Beatnik Hotel
Nestled in Spain’s Rías Baixas wine region, Casa Beatnik Hotel is a new destination hotel created by Bonhomme, an award-winning design studio and hospitality group. Casa Beatnik Hotel’s maiden property, a Country House, offers guests seven acres of bespoke bohemian luxury, wellness retreats and insp
I realize now that I actually saw this new place when I was taking a taxi from Lestedo to the Monastery of Carboeiro to visit the monastery. I remember the cab driver telling me that some people from Chicago had bought the closed Pazo and had turned it into some kind of luxury place. He said there had been a big uproar about the color of the building, and that local people thought some special deal had been given to allow the new owners to ignore historic preservation rules.
I did not connect this fancy new place with the stately old Pazo dos Galegos until just now, what a surprise! Rooms on their website range around 160-180, and luxury yurts are available. Get your reservations in while there is still availability!