Hotel Boutique El Convento de Mave

Mave Nunnery used to be an exceptional and attractive place. Neither its location nor its surroundings were dazzling, but the building itself—an old disentailed monastery in ruins but rebuilt with taste and class—offered a unique atmosphere, a mix of historical flavor with modern comfort, good service, and excellent cuisine. Excellent. Today, however, it has become something very different. With the exception of some of its corners (the "library"), its corridors seem more like a vulgar nightclub than a historical lodging. The rooms have been changed for chaotic avant-garde designs without taking into account that creativity also has its rules and limits. They have forgotten about privacy and comfort, functional and comfortable bathrooms, that a room, especially if it is superior class, has to have a fridge, bedside tables instead of 20x25 boards (forget putting the charger, a book and a glass of water!!), nice lights that are not impossible to use, hangers, a proper shower and toilet (and not a cubicle that looks like a dump), a stool in the shower. The only really superior thing is the price of the suite. Attention is also deficient and unaware of their trade. The restaurant was pleasant but the kitchen was very basic. There are mosquitoes both in the restaurant and in the room. In short: it is more a place for mass weddings and feeling comfortable dancing the conga, than a comfortable and quiet venue in which to enjoy Gothic and Romanesque art. The area abounds with accommodations that have a historical flavor and architectural value but are also comfortable and well-managed. Better to pass, if one is not going to a boisterous and popular event.

En Santa María de Mave, un minúsculo pueblo del norte de Palencua, atesora un monasterio románico ha sido rehabilitado con detalle y junto a él el impactante diseño en hotel, llamado El Convento de Mave. Un lugar para disfrutar de la naturaleza y arte que nos regala esta zona. Desde este hotel se pueden visitar las Tuerces, esta urbe petrificada de una extinta raza de gigantes, y que nos marca la senda de los tesoros de alrededor, a tiro de piedra (nunca mejor dicho). En Olleros de Pisuerga encontraremos la catedral del arte rupestre, la iglesia de los Santos Justo y Pastor. Y en un radio de menos de 10 kilómetros cinco cumbres del llamado Románico Palentino (o el mejor del mundo): Santa María la Real (en Aguilar de Campoo), Santa Cecilia (en Valdespinoso de Aguilar), Santa Eufemia de Cozuelos (en Olmos de Ojeda), San Andrés de Arroyo (en Santibáñez de Ecla) y San Juan Bautista (en Moarves de Ojeda). Arpías, dragones, centauros, demonios, guerreros y ángeles justicieros habitan estos mundos románicos de roca caliza, no menos disparatados y hermosos que el de las Tuerces. Y el Hotel El Convento es el lugar ideal para el reposo del viajero