# Posada Real La Cartería

Small hotel en Lake Sanabria and Puebla de Sanabria · Lake Sanabria and Puebla de Sanabria

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/sanabria-lake/where-to-stay/la-carteria · Revisado: 2026-11-13

- Qué tiene: Puebla de Sanabria · 8 rooms, 5 suites · Sauna and Turkish bath · Views of the River Tera

Eight rooms in an 18th-century house on the Rúa, inside the medieval town, with views of the Tera, sauna, Turkish bath and cellar dining rooms.

La Cartería is a Posada Real on the Rúa, the street that climbs through the historic centre of Puebla de Sanabria, tucked inside the walls of the castle of the Counts of Benavente and looking out over the River Tera. The building dates from the 18th century: it was the house where the Cistercian monks of San Martín de Castañeda collected the tithes and later the region's post office, which is where the name comes from.
Inside the walls, above the Tera
Sleeping here means having the medieval town at your door: the castle, the cobbled streets, the Plaza Mayor and the Giants and Big-Heads Museum are a few steps away, and at night you do not need to take the car. The lake is about 12 km away. You get here by the A-52: exit 79 coming from Madrid and 85 coming from Galicia; from Portugal, via Calabor or Rihonor de Castilla.
Eight rooms, five of them suites
There are three standard doubles and five suites, one of them a family suite. The adobe, stone and wood walls sit alongside designer furniture. Number 1 has a gallery over the Tera; 5 and 8 are in the attic, with a large bed beneath the roof's structure of poles and reed lath. All have television and minibar, and wifi is free throughout the house. Bookings are made through the booking engine on its website.
Sauna, Turkish bath and library
The inn has a wellness area with gym, sauna, Turkish bath and Scotch shower. There are two guest lounges with a reading area, television and a computer with internet, and a terrace towards the wall.
Eating in cellars cut into the slate
The dining rooms are former medieval cellars cut into the slate on which the town sits. The cooking is home-style and local: habones, beef, Tera trout, and also mushrooms, game and more modern dishes, with wines mostly from the Duero. For something light, the café serves tostas by the fireplace, with views of the river.
If you prefer to eat out, La Posada, on the Plaza Mayor, has habones and Sanabrian beef chuletón.
Excursions from the Rúa
By car, the lake and monks trail and the monastery of San Martín de Castañeda, the very one that collected tithes here, are about twenty minutes away. In September and October, the deer rut in the Sierra de la Culebra is about 40 minutes away.

## Practical details

- Address: Rúa, 16, 49300 Puebla de Sanabria, Zamora
- Phone: +34 980 62 03 12
- Email: posadareallacarteria@gmail.com
- Rooms: 8
- Facilities: Wi-Fi, Restaurant, Bar, Sauna, Gym, Fireplace, Terrace, Family rooms
- Details checked on 13 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.lacarteria.com/
- Coordenadas: 42.0549, -6.6331

## Cerca de aquí

- [Restaurant of the Posada Real La Cartería](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/sanabria-lake/where-to-eat/la-carteria), a 0 m
- [Castle of the Counts of Benavente, in Puebla de Sanabria](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/sanabria-lake/things-to-do/puebla-castle), a 70 m
- [La Posada de la Puebla de Sanabria](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/sanabria-lake/where-to-eat/la-posada), a 89 m
- [Walk through the town of Puebla de Sanabria](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/sanabria-lake/things-to-do/puebla-de-sanabria-old-town), a 89 m
- [Parador de Puebla de Sanabria](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/sanabria-lake/where-to-stay/parador), a 406 m
- [Restaurant of the Parador de Puebla de Sanabria](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/sanabria-lake/where-to-eat/parador-restaurant), a 406 m
- [Puebla de Sanabria Campervan Area](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/sanabria-lake/where-to-stay/campervan-area), a 431 m
- [Iberian Wolf Centre of Castilla y León, in Robledo](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/sanabria-lake/things-to-do/wolf-centre), a 7.2 km

## Consejos

### Ask for number 1
If you want to see the Tera from your room, number 1 has a gallery over the river.

### Suites under the roof
Numbers 5 and 8 are the attic ones, with the roof structure on show.

### Park outside the old town
The Rúa is narrow and cobbled: ask when booking where to leave the car.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Is it inside the old town?
Yes, on the Rúa, next to the castle wall.

### Does La Cartería have a restaurant?
Yes, in cellars cut into the slate, and a café with a fireplace.

### Does it have a spa?
It has a wellness area with sauna, Turkish bath, Scotch shower and gym.

### Is there a family room?
Yes, one of the five suites is a family suite.

### Does it have wifi?
Yes, free throughout the inn.

Destino: [Lake Sanabria and Puebla de Sanabria](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castile-and-leon/sanabria-lake.md)