Welcome to Slow City Hostel, an old family house in the historic centre of Pontevedra,converted into a hostel.One day I decided to fix up my grandparents' house in the historic centre of Pontevedra and create a place to welcome travellers from all over the world.welcome travellers from all over the world and it was done! After a lot of hard work and effort, in 2015 I opened thefirst and only (at that time) hostel in the Monumental Zone of Pontevedra, which I called Slow City Hostel, as a tribute to the quiet pace of the city.Hostel, as a tribute to the quiet pace of this beautiful city.In 2020, I increased the options and capacity of the hostel with a 6-person flat located on the ground floor of the house.ground floor of the house.Over the years, more than 10,000 travellers from all over the world have passed through the Slow City Hostel,many of them pilgrims on their way to Santiago, but also sportsmen and women, adventurers, backpackersof all ages, families...

Slow City Hostel's blackboard where travellers from all over the world have been leaving their messages.

Did you know?

- In 2014 UNESCO declared Pontevedra "the most comfortable city to live in Europe".

- The birds that appear in our logo are a pair of red-rumped redstarts that come every year to nest in our

every year to nest in our courtyard.

- A few metres from the Slow City Hostel is the Sanctuary of the Apparitions, where the Virgin Mary appeared to St. Lucia.

appeared to Saint Lucia, one of the girls of Fatima.

- The neighbouring church of Santa Maria has a stone engraving reflecting this street, formerly known as the street of the Toneleiros.

as the street of the Toneleiros

- In the streets and squares surrounding the Slow City Hostel, films such as "Tongue of the Butterflies" and series such as "The Butterfly Tongue" have been filmed here.

and series such as "Los Gozos y la Sombras" or "Un Asunto Privado" have been filmed in the streets and squares surrounding the Slow City Hostel.