Hotel Venta Etxalar

“Nice and pleasant hotel nested in the scenic mountains. The room was lovely and clean. AC worked marvelously well during the heatwave, allowing for a good night's sleep. The beds are also very comfy. The receptionist we met was polite and efficient and spoke french fluently (and quite possibly the owner). Breakfast is continental Spanish style: eggs, bacon, tortilla, Serrano, cooked ham, cheese, bread, yogurt and am pretty sure I also saw some cereal. Tea and coffee are available, w some juices. The restaurant seems to open at 20:00 for the evening service. The waiters are nice enough but do not speak much else than Spanish (maybe basque also). We did order without too much hassle though thanks to international menus (and a lot of pointing at said menus). The waiters are a little forgetful and we were confused as to whether there was table service or if we had to go order/pay at the bar. But that's trivial really, the food more than made up for this very minor inconvenience. It was fresh and tasty, and promptly served. Watch out as they get really busy in the evenings it seems. Overall I recommend this hotel warmly.”

“Stayed many times for overnight stops either with the family or on a motorcycle trip (motorcycles parked in their basement garage). Very clean rooms, friendly staff but the bar menu is limited with a small selection of tapas/sandwiches and no pizzas (as they used). Breakfast was very good. Would recommend as an overnight stop.”

“Fantastic location beautiful setting..Enchanting location..Evening host was great very helpful. The restaurant was packed and the staff was incredibly organized and efficient. I was beyond impressed. Very tasty and well portioned dishes. Great job restaurant crew . Now the rooms is another subject, very clean and spacious but if you are any where 5ft and taller make sure you get a normal size room. A corner room is so low I hit my head 3 times. It must sound like a funny comment but it can be dangerous specially because this are 6”x8” solid wood. This being the case you can only use 1/3 of the room. The bathroom has an absolutely beautiful free standing tub on the Lowest part of the room so the same problem. We loved our stay will definitely come back! Ps. The morning man host is not a happy morning person.”

“We stayed here for 1 nights on Thursday 25/9/25, We booked here as a late decision the night before and are so pleased we did. Location is off a fairly major road, but we had booked one of the rooms with a balcony which face the back of the hotel, so this wasn’t an issue. That said the aircon in the rooms worked well and there would be no need to have the window open if you were at the front, so I don’t see traffic as a noise issue. The decor of the public areas of the hotel is kind of hunting lodge esc, which looks nice. Check in was smooth and easy (despite us arriving before check in was available/the right staff were there) All the staff we dealt with were very pleasant and helpful. The room itself was spacious, extremely clean, comfortable and well equipped. The Hotel has a restaurant and a bar. The restaurant was not open the night we stayed, however the bar had a good range of dishes (though basic) and we had a very good meal in there. All in we were extremely happy with our stay and will definitely use the hotel as a stop off point if we are ever in need a hotel in that region. I’d absolutely recommend the hotel.”