ME! ME! ME! OH ME!! hehehe... I so rarely get to post/recommend HOTELS (as opposed to hostels/hostales).
So you want a "nice" hotel in Santiago de Compostela, eh?
Last spring/Semana Santa, my ladyfriend and I got a good deal ($75 US double) through a local Madrid Halycon travel agent at
Hesperia Compostela . I took an
OVER ABUNDANCE of photos of this castle-like hotel. VERY nice. LARGE sitting rooms on each floor, small-ish reception area, but very well located and there's an underground car-park on the adjacent plaza.
In the main photo of the hotel on their
website , we had a room 2 windows to the left of the "tower", top floor.
It's about a 5 minute walk to the cathedral and OH-SO-MANY restaurants between the two. WOW! MY GOD! I LOVED Santiago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT food, ancient, GREAT food (oh.. I already said that), beautiful cathedral (enter the claustro if you like.. impressive - entrance fee required). I should really post some photos of that trip somewhere, eh? Hmmm... I know. I know.. NOW?
EDIT: Here you go!
HERE on my ClubPhoto account (Galicia2002: Part 1) you can see several exterior photos of the hotel I mention above. I also took SEVERAL (too many) interior shots too, but only #680 is included -- this is one of the sitting rooms located on each level adjacent to the elevators. Let me know and I can email you those interior shots if you're interested in them.
Read all about my Galicia trip in my journal @
http://www.MadridMan.com/madrid02.html .
Have a GREAT time in Santaigo de Compostela and Spain!!!!! I KNOW you will.
Saludos, MadridMan