Hostería San Millán

The Hostería San Millán occupies a wing of the Yuso monastery, on the monastery square of San Millán de la Cogolla. Sleeping here is sleeping inside the monument: the Yuso ticket office is a minute away, the public car park next door and the office from which the climb to Suso leaves in the same complex. It is a 25-room hotel with its own restaurant, for anyone who wants to see the monasteries unhurriedly and not drive at night.

Rooms facing the square or the Encinales hill

All 25 rooms are exterior and come in four types: double rooms, junior suites, the San Lorenzo room and the royal suite, the most special in the house. Some face the Yuso square and others the Encinales hill; from some you can see the Suso monastery or the Sierra de la Demanda, with San Lorenzo and Cabeza Parda in the background. If the view matters to you, ask for it when booking. There is free wifi in the rooms and in the common areas.

From breakfast to dinner without leaving the monastery

Breakfast is served from 8:30 to 10:30, sweet and savoury, with coffee, fruit and cold cuts. The restaurant In Vino Veritas serves dinner every day from 20:30 and lunch at weekends, with a €35 menu at midday; book even if you are staying here. In the monastery's old kitchen is the gastrobar and café, open for a drink at any time. There is a terrace, a games room with a pool table, a television room and board games.

Arriving, parking and getting into Yuso

Check-in is from 12:00; if the room is not ready, they keep your luggage. Check-out is until 12:00. Reception is open 24 hours, but if you arrive after midnight they ask you to let them know. There is no garage: the public car park, outdoors and free, is next to the hotel and the monasteries. Pets are not allowed.

At reception they sell tickets for Yuso. Those for Suso are separate and booked in advance, because places are few.

By car, from Logroño via Nájera, it is about 45 minutes. Without a car, the VLR-108 bus from Logroño arrives in about 55 minutes.

Wineries and villages five minutes away

The hotel points out two wineries in Badarán, five minutes away: David Moreno and Martínez Alesanco, which runs a guided tour on Sundays at 11:00. About 2 km away is the village of Berceo, and by car, Cañas and Nájera.