THIS CHAPTER IS UP TO DATE: 2010
Logroño: very unfriendly staff at Carrefour Supermarket near main plaza!! Watch out for the guard!
Also: take care when you take pictures at the Mercado de Abastos. Some staff can be very rude!
Hostal La Numentina: excellent! (C/Sagasta, 4)
Restaurante La Redonda in C/Portales: excellent! Menu 8,50 / Breakfast 2,50 (incl. fresh juice)
Good breakfasts in main streets: around 2,50
Azofra: several bars & restaurants. Bank without cashpoint, open early morning.
Nájera: "Mesón El Buen Yantar" (excellent menu for 8,50) (incl. charcoal grilled fresh salmon)
Good pinchos in main street: Café Naxara and in La Taberna de Manu
Early breakfast (7 am) in main street: Café Juanka
Good Internet Service Baber (also Deli) in C/Padre Samaniego in the new part of town.
Good, cheap (6-8) Chinese Restaurant: Sofia (on the camino/on the left)
Navarrete: Restaurante El Molino: very good
Santo Domingo de la Calzada: Restaurante Génesis II (not recommended!!!)
Restaurante Hidalgo: OK
Hostal / Restaurante Rio: bad!
Café Espolón (on main road): good, cheap
Hospedería Cisterciense (37= single). new: tv sets, but without antennas.
Grañon: very good refuge. Bar Teo: friendly.
All other detials in the Handbook are correct.
Mesón de la Abuela (OK). La Taverna (messy).
The bedrooms in Hostelería Cisterciense have now been equipped with TV sets !! (€37= single)
(January 2010: no antenna cable fitted).
Café Espolón (on carretera in centre): good, cheap.
ALBERGUE SANTO DOMINGO: hospitalero Antonio is a lier! Be very careful with him!
Restaurante Hidalgo: OK