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Albergue Seminario Menor - Hostel
Avenida Quiroga Palacios S N, Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 29 out of 84 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 40 out of 84 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 84 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 84 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 84 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Alex, Mount Eliza

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good quality for the price and we’ll run. Walking distance (25 minutes) to just about everything.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jose

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was ok staying there. I had a private room. The Seminary building is huge and beautiful architecture. It was cold, I ask for another blanket and the guy in reception gave it to me very kindly. All people who work there are very nice and friendly. It is 13-15 minutes walking to the cathedral. The path to go there is nice. It makes you feel you are doing the “Camino de Santiago” because you walk the last stretch of The Camino
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alex, Mount Eliza

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good value for money and within 15 minutes walk of most things.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carlos

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Me gusto. Muy buenas condiciones, eso si hay que caminar mucho al interior para llegar a tu dormitorio, ya que es gigantesco
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

A'Savvy

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Value for money
The reception staff were fantastic. They stayed till past closing time as we couldn’t get a taxi easily from the station. The reception staff were always helpful and smiling. The room was good for the price, but I had a chipped sink and water leaked onto the floor. The blankets were not fresh, but the room was clean. The toilets need to be refreshed/cleaned more often as a bad smell permeated out. Lovely building and surrounds
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sandy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was amazingly cheap and affordable. Have everything I need
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Maria

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Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Svetlana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Monica

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Guillermo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

6/10 Okay

Diane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

Diane

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

bolero, chicago

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location was great great price
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jerry

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Donald

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Great way to end the Camino
If you are a Camino Pilgrim and cannot get a room at the Seminario Mayor (San Martin Pinario) then I recommend the Seminario Menor. That is how I ended up there. I stayed at San Martín Pinario in 2019 upon finishing the Frances and I stayed here a few days ago in Sept. 2021 at the end of the Camino Primitivo because I waited too long to try to get a reservation. After two weeks of bunk beds in shared albergues a private room was a luxury. But only to someone who has been on the Camino - don’t stay here just to save money unless you are a pilgrim. For 17 euros a night I got a small room with a twin bed, disposable sheets, a sink, a desk, closet, chair and a pretty nice view. The bathrooms and showers are shared and not much better than a typical albergue. The building is beautiful from the outside but about 1 km from the Cathedral. I didn’t mind a little walking after the 350 km I’d already walked. The biggest plus for me was I could stay two nights unlike most albergues. If none of this makes sense to you, don’t stay here. If you get what I’m talking about I hope this review helps. It was a nice way for me to end this Camino.
My own room for the first time in two weeks
View from below
Camino luxury but by no means a hotel
View from the room
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Po Yan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very spacious room. Supermarket in the basement.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Arlene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spotless & great value for money.
The Albergue was spotless and great value for money. Everything I needed. The staff were very helpful. My room was comfortable and there were loads of bathrooms all over to share. It was nice and quiet.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

James

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Good clean plenty of room and good facilities, laundry, cafe and great gardens, close to the centre.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Location & Value for Money
Large Old Building a short walk across a grassy valley to the centre of Santiago de Compostela. The private room I stayed in was very basic with a basin but wonderful views of the courtyard gardens & beyond. Shared bathroom and large well equipped kitchen downstairs next to a store which stayed opened late & served soup etc. The dormitories were very large (but the pilgrims were used to that) and the kitchen could become crowded with groups of pilgrims arriving.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Thomas, Vancouver

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This property is in a monastery;so if you don’t want to live like a monk don’t book this place!Seriously this is a big hostel with many dorms and rooms and lots of people young and older.If you want a quiet stay you want a single room.A good value accommodation with parking and not too far from the railway station.I’d stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Noemi

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Great stay
The place is huuuge with sooo many pilgrims but it's superclean and very well organized. Good location, close to center and the cathedral. Has a small supermarket inside, but there are many others nearby. The kitchen is well equipped.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Simple but great for pilgrims
Simple but great for pilgrims. Slightly annoyinh you need to leave between 930 and 130.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Clean and has what you need
Clean and has what you need. Private room is good. Bathrooms could be cleaner
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Simple but clean
Basic and simple but clean. It can be a bit noisy as everyone slams doors
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Michelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Overall good
This is albergue which is good for pilgrims walk to Camino de Santiago.thatwhy cheap. Very cold room, no hot water shower. They will close winter season.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Marnie, Hastings, UK

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Interesting end to the Camino
It was a good place to finish my walk. I liked that you could choose a single room for not much more than a dormitory, which was basic but comfortable. The building is appropriately atmospheric and had most of the facilities a backpacker needs. Mixed showers and toilets. Easy to book an extra night, but then it was the end of the season.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Seminary good, other travelers noisy
After 5 weeks hiking the Camino del Norte, the seminary is perfectly adequate, with facilities that are cleaned daily, clean sheets provided for bed, a restaurant and washing facilities in the basement. It's in a lovely location and the building is historic. The main issue is the acoustics of the building and other travelers who ignore all the signs asking for quiet in the sleeping areas and silence after 11pm. Unfortunately, it only takes a few people to wake you up every couple of hours with either banging doors or talking loudly in the corridor (or on mobile phones in rooms - it's easy to hear through the walls, even a few doors down) to really ruin your stay - not being able to get any sleep makes everything else seem worse than it is. The staff were helpful, though, and the seminary is in a great location to find local markets, the Cathedral, Park Almeda and other great things to see and do once in Santiago.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Benoit, Montreal,Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Cheap bed room
In this big albergue, there is room for 300. During my stay ( 16 to 19 of march ), we were around 20

6/10 Okay

philip

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
economical
A bit uncomfortable but it cheap. A beautiful building and some great views.

8/10 Good

JUIL

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Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

ALEX HARVEY

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Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Margaret Isabel

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Jorge

Business traveler
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Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Bettina

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

RIjk

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

anna

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Struttura bella e grandissima, ottima organizzazione, personale molto gentile e disponibile. Camerate molto grandi con letti singoli (non a castello). Servizi puliti e in numero adeguato.

10/10 Excellent

Victoriano

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Personal muy amable
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

anna

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Struttura bella e affascinante, un posto storico in cui soggiornare alla fine del Cammino di Santiago. Camerate molto grandi e pulite, personale gentile e disponibile. Disponibilità di servizi all'interno: caffetteria, lavanderia. Posizione un po' fuori dal centro ma con una bella vista sulle torri della cattedrale
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sojung

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순례길을 마치고 머물기에 딱 좋아요. 처음엔 대성당과 떨어져 있다고 느낄 수 있지만 이 정도는 걷기에 좋고 넓어서 좀 안정감이 있어요. 또한 있는 동안 순례길 여운도 느낄 수 있구요 ㅋㅋ 도착하고 또 새로운 길을 떠나는 순례자들을 보게 됩니다. 주방도 학교 주방같이 넓고 좋아요
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Gustavo

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bjarne

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
El Seminario tiene un encanto especial por su historia, sólo deberían hacer algo con la calefacción, las habitaciones muy frias
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

John

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Velfungerende
Stort men velfungerende hostel
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

2/10 Terrible

Roland

Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tuan

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Danke!!!!
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Me gusto estar hospedada como peregrina en el Albergue..muy limpio y la habitacion sencilla y comoda . Con vistas y buena atecion...buenas duchas Muy bien ubicado y con la linea 13 que te lleva y te trae del centro .. voy a volver..saludos
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Christian

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Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

6/10 Okay

Yves

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Très bruyant pas l’idéal pour se reposer
Conforme à ce qui est proposé mais très bruyant en raison de l’absence d’insonorisation dans le bâtiment.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Me encanto la vista, el espacio es grande y limpio
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021