To Quinta da Auga, Santiago de Compostela
There were not a few setbacks for the hotel project To Quinta da Auga could get ahead.
located in a old paper mill from the 18th century, After passing through the hands of several owners, the Lorenzo García family acquired it and decided to create a different accommodation concept.
The river Sar lulling Quinta da Auga
They wanted to protect the original structure of the building, recover the old pipes and create a space environmentally friendly.
In this way they began with the restoration of the farm and with the bureaucratic procedures, which lasted six years until they were able to open their doors.
Only for this corner is it worth coming here
They opted for the use of new technologies to create a space sensitive to your environment and make the most of all resources.
The owners of Quinta da Auga enjoy their work... and it shows.
Maria Luisa Garcia Gil and her daughter, Louise Lawrence, Las Luisas, as they are affectionately known, are the visible faces.
“We wanted to create a hotel of those magical, warm and elegant, in which travelers were not customers, but guests” , says María Luisa, an architect by profession, from whose hands came the restoration project.
And they have succeeded. The result is an ecological hotel and the only one in Galicia that bears the seal of quality Relais & Châteaux.
A perfect winter getaway
With 51 rooms, all of them decorated differently, occupies a fifth of 10,000 m2 On the banks of sar river, and it has a five-star spa and restaurants that serve dishes made with the best produce from the land.
To Quinta da Auga (Santiago de Compostela)
But what really sets this place apart is the care that these two women, heart and mind, mind and heart, put into take care of every detail so that the experience of knowing him is truly different.
“I love how human he is. Make both guests and our team they feel comfortable and want to be with us It is the greatest satisfaction for me”, affirms Luisa.
Breakfast served on the terrace of A Quinta da Auga
“Getting this hotel off the ground is the biggest challenge i've ever faced and, although I sometimes thought of throwing in the towel, I am glad I persisted, thanks above all to the values that my family has transmitted to me”, she adds with a smile.
Hotels outside the city of Spain: A Quinta Da Auga (Santiago de Compostela)
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