Hotel Campoamor

Generally I was quite dissatisfied with my stay a this hotel; however, the older of the two men on the front desk (bearded) was friendly, professional and courteous. The other guy...not so much...

There were two elevators - only one of which served the top floor (6th). It was also shared with the cleaning staff and involved a long wait.

We chose the suite and regretted it. The most obvious issue relates to the room's design. The toilet (no sink) is in one room and the shower and sinks share the same space as the living area. The shower is circular and is positioned right in the middle of the room. Now, this may have sounded like a good idea in theory but it is a white elephant. First of all the electronic door has a life of its own. It may close properly and more often than not it will not! The surrounding floor looks like it has been flooded many times. Sometimes there is much wiggling of the controls to get out of the damn thing. It really is useless.

In terms of other gripes about the room. There was no 'Do Not Disturb' sign, which meant the cleaner arrived unannounced at least twice. We finally got a sign on the last day. There was no bottle opener or corkscrew - we had to queue up at reception several times to have a bottle of wine opened. On one occasion the young man at reception was happy to answer the phone and take down a booking (several minutes) while serving someone at the counter but he was unable (more like unwilling) to pass me the corkscrew that was secreted under the reception counter like it was Crown Jewels.

Breakfast is served in the basement, and it feels like it. Not a bad selection of the usual Spanish breakfast suspects, but the scrambled eggs on the other hand looked like they had been cooked the day before. It was the same each morning of our stay. Rubbery would be charitable.

Summary. Only recommended to those who wish to view the stupidest shower unit in Europe.

Great hotel in the middle of Oviedo. Comfortable bed. Helpful staff. Overall good.

CampoAmor hotel is situated in a strategic position in Oviedo, very close to the main attractions of the city and to the center. The room was nice and clean, and the breakfast was okay.

What I found embarrassing is that the receptionist didn’t know A WORD in English. Completely unprepared and we had a lot of difficulties trying to communicate with her. We honestly understood she didn’t know how to deal with the fact that we didn’t speak Spanish, and I believe is unacceptable. Staff at a hotel must be ready to speak a worldwide language such as English.

A part from that (which I have to say, in the end wasn’t a problem because we were able to communicate since we speak Italian and is quite similar to Spanish) the stay was good.