El Fundil mountain rural hotel

El Fundil is a twelve-room rural hotel in El Pino, in the upper Aller, on the Asturian side of the San Isidro pass and the south face of the Redes Natural Park. The two resorts on the pass, Fuentes de Invierno in Asturias and San Isidro in León, are about 15 minutes away by car; Valgrande-Pajares, under an hour.

Old wood from El Pino

To decorate it they used traditional elements of the area and wood from centuries-old buildings in the village itself, which can be seen in the beams of the fireplace lounge and in the stone-and-wood reception. The twelve rooms are all outward-facing, each with a full bathroom and views, a Smart TV, safe, hairdryer, telephone and heating you control in each room. There is free wifi throughout the hotel and a lift.

From the basic to the suite with a corridor balcony

• Suite, on the second floor: a 1.50 m bed, a hydromassage bath and a traditional corridor balcony for your own use, with a table and chairs, looking over the valley.
• Doubles, with one 1.50 m bed or two beds, on the second floor; the basic, on the first, with one or two 0.90 m beds.
• Family, two rooms connected by a door, for three or four people.
• Triples and quadruples under the roof, with 1.50 m beds or single beds.

Children count towards each room's capacity; the cot, for under-twos, is requested when you book.

El Chigre, the house bar

El Chigre is set up like the old bars of Aller and is for guests only. It serves breakfast, which is optional and requested when you book, and through the day coffee, vermouth, natural cider, boards of local cured meats and cheeses, cured beef and ham, sandwiches and pizzas, the latter with prior booking. It has a green area outside and the hotel terrace looks onto the valley. For a restaurant dinner, go down to Felechosa, to the Casa El Rápido dining room.

Skis, bikes and dogs

It has a room for skis, boards and boots, and another for bikes with a washing and repair area. There is parking for guests. Pets do not sleep in the rooms: the hotel has a private, isolated area for them, and you must say so before booking to see if there is room. The hotel is smoke-free.

Prices in ski season

In ski low season, Sunday to Friday and with a minimum of two nights, the double costs €85 a night, the superior double €100, the suite €95, the triple €120, the quadruple €140 and the Family €150. With more than two nights breakfast is included, and the offer adds handling of the lift pass, ski storage for the whole season, free snowshoes for guests, a discount on equipment hire and a voucher for the Mining Spa.

To confirm, 50% is paid in advance. If you cancel with less than ten days' notice it is not refunded, and the hotel warns that it is not refunded either for lack of snow, a closed pass or resorts not opening: it does not depend on them. Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out at 12:00; if you arrive after 20:00, let them know.

Telephone: 985 487 032 and 609 952 444.