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Posada Rural Fotibre is located in Fontibre, only 50 m from Ebro´s birth. To 5 km from Reinosa and 65 km from Santander, the capital of Cantabria in the North of SpainWe have seven doble rooms with privated bathroom, hairdryer, products for bath, TV, telephone, mini-fridge, wi-fi area for free, etc. Also we have jacussi in some roms. We have a confortable livingroom with hearth, garden and aporch where we serve the breakfast with natural products to come from our area.
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Hosts are wonderful. Feels like staying at a good friends house. House is beautifully set and quiet, just a few steps from Ebro River beginnings. Very quiet and peaceful setting, good breakfast and centrally located to visit many places around. Ebro reservoir, tres mares peak and more
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Date of stay: July 2022Trip type: Traveled with family
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We stayed at the Posada Rural Fontibre for 1-night in late May (€75) while on a trip from Bilbao to visit the Iglesias Rupestres along the Ebro River. Fontibre is a tiny hamlet with 2 restaurants, the source of the Ebro River and not much else but rural tranquility. The posada fits right in, an historic country inn, 2 floors of rock, brick, dark timbers & wood accents fronted by a sun room and a pleasant grassy garden with a couple of picnic tables.
Our 2nd floor room was spacious, with a high sloping wood-gabled roof, plastered walls with exposed rock in an accent wall, and a Juliet balcony. It was furnished with 2 single beds (shoved together), a large wood armoire for clothes storage, small desk & chair, mini-refrigerator and small wall-mounted TV. The bathroom had a vanity with a reasonable amount of space around the single sink & a quarter-circular shower stall, but only minimal toiletries.
The hallways and common areas were packed with period furniture and rural collectibles (cow bells, old photos, maps, etc.). Breakfast was basic, toast, a fruit basket, sweet cakes, yogurt, orange juice & coffee. Our host was friendly (no English, so we had to overcome a bit of language difficulty – no problem), and helpful (he led us to the only open restaurant for a late lunch). Overall, a very comfortable stay at a pleasant and atmospheric rural posada at a reasonable price.
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Date of stay: May 2022
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A welcoming room in a very calm place a few yards away from the river Ebro's spring. Very helpful hosts. A very good restaurant at a few yards (closed on mondays though) a lively restaurant 6 kms away. A peaceful and interesting discovery of the little park around the river's spring.
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Date of stay: February 2017
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Enrique G, Propietario at Posada Fontibre
Responded Mar 4, 2017
Thank you very much for your opinion. It was a pleasure to met you in our hotel and to realize that you were comfortable here. You are always welcome again! Big hug Rosario y Enrique
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We made a reservation and as requested by the owners advised them of our expected time of arrival. In our case between 2pm and 3pm. We arrived at 2.10pm but the place was locked up and no one there. We waited until after 3pm and still no one arrived. We had to leave to look for other accommodation. It transpired that the owners had gone to meet another guest off a train and the train had been delayed.
Why did both owners go..one could have stayed with the property.. why not leave a note directing us to a hidden key..in such a small hamlet they must have a friend who could have held a key...when they were delayed they could have phoned a friend in the village to come and explain...we were just left there wondering if they had completely forgotten us. Our difficulties compounded by the fact that we were travelling by bicycle.. a fact which they knew.
Probably will never happen again but we couldn't just forget it. If it had been bad weather we could have been in severe difficulties.
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Date of stay: September 2014
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
Room Tip:Cant help you we never got inside
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Response from Enrique G, Propietario at Posada Fontibre
Responded Oct 11, 2014
As we let you know some days ago, this situation never happened to us before. First of all sorry for the inconvenience, you are totally right in your opinion. The trouble was that we didn´t know that the train was delayed and we couldn’t do anything in advance. We had to leave a note in the door as we usually do but not this time, sorry again. It was our fault and we are so sorry about that. But in case you realized that few minutes after your arrival there was no one in the hotel maybe you could have tried to find our telephone number in internet, in our web site etc. We don´t desire you keep this bad opinion about us, so if one day you come back to Cantabria you are invited by us to spend a weekend in Posada Fontibre for free. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, but as you can check in the rest of the opinions, our guests are always delighted and grateful on our attentions. Regards Rosario and Enrique
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Stayed here for 1 night after getting the ferry from Portsmouth to Santander. Beautiful location and very clean. The host was perfect (he speaks very little English) The bedroom was very comfortable and we had a a great night’s sleep. The continental breakfast served in the sun lounge was great.
Hope to visit again.
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Date of stay: May 2018Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Enrique000000, Propietario at Posada Fontibre
Responded Aug 17, 2018
Dear guests, thank you very much for your opinion and sorry for our level of english. although we think we were able to communicate pretty good... You both are always welcome again to Fontibre to keep discover the region. Regards Rosario&Enrique
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My wife and I had an overnight stay here while travelling back from Lisbon to the Bilbao car ferry. Beautiful property in a beautiful location with lovely views but some way out of the nearest town. There is a nearby restaurant but it doesn't open on a Sunday. We arrived on a Sunday! Not a problem if you are not drinkers. We are! So we drove into town and picked up some picnic items and a couple of bottles of wine and enjoyed that in the breakfast room. Our hosts were very friendly and accommodating but their English was as good as our Spanish i.e. non-existent. Wouldn't hesitate to stay here again but not on a Sunday.
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Date of stay: October 2017
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Enrique000000, Propietario at Posada Fontibre
Responded Dec 25, 2017
Thanks for your comment. We regret your inconvenience because the restaurant closes on Sunday. We have several good restaurants 3-5 km away from our Posada, so it is possible to choose other options. We encourage you to visit us again in summer when every restaurants opens every day. Sorry about our Enlish :) Take care. Regards
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This is a rural delight and well worth a stay. Unfortunately the villages restaurant is closed on Sunday so we had to drive to nearby Reinosa for dinner (also hard to find an open place, we ended up in a pizza place).
Our room was very quiet and comfortable and our hosts provided a good breakfast.
Recommended.
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Date of stay: June 2016Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Enrique G, Propietario at Posada Fontibre
Responded Jul 6, 2016
Thanks a lot for your opinion. Unfortunately as you mention many restaurants close on sunday afternoon... sorry about that. Thank you for your visit and you are always welcome to Fontibre again. Regards and have a good trip
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Found the Posada Fontibre on trip advisor and booked to stay one night on the 14th July during our tour of northern Spain. This a great little Posada and the hosts are very friendly and helpful. The rooms are large and comfortable, and the location is great, very peaceful beside the source of the river Ebro. Highly recommend this for a place to stay with a warm welcome.
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Date of stay: July 2015
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Enrique G, Propietario at Posada Fontibre
Responded Aug 12, 2015
Thank you very much for your comment, we are so grateful of your words written. We hope that your tour by northern Spain was great and you are always welcome to our Posada again. All the Best Rosario & Enrique
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Beautiful house run by very pleasant owners, if you Spanish isn't too good their daughter has a good grasp of English. Rooms are well presented and wifi is included. Ample parking and a nice garden to sit in. There are two resteraunts in the village the one near the shrine to the source of the Ebro is exceptional and well worth a visit.
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Date of stay: May 2015
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Trip type: Traveled with friends
Room Tip:Top floor rooms are in the old roof space and very well done, great showers
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Response from Enrique G, Propietario at Posada Fontibre
Responded Jun 2, 2015
Thank you very much for your comment. It was a pleasure to welcome in our house two adventurers by motorbike from so far (EEUU). Hope you enjoyed everything in here and your trip back home was good. Regards and big hug from Spain. You are always welcome. Esther (owner´s daughter)
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We had a delightful welcome at this very pleasant Posada. It is a good place to stay in this lovely area of Spain although unfortunately we only stayed one night during our tour. It is comfortable, very clean and is full of character.
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Date of stay: July 2014
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Enrique G, Propietario at Posada Fontibre
Responded Aug 29, 2014
Thank you very much for this nice comment and thank you also for choose our Posada for your holidays in Cantabria. It was a pleasure to meet you two and you are always welcome. Best Rosario y Enrique
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There are more places to choose from in the Fontibre area.
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