I am grateful that the hotelier stayed until I arrived. It could have put me in a dangerous situation if he didn't.

The heating system broke and the hostel was closed on arrival (and I specifically thought it was a hotel, from the description, not a hostel), but there were minimal efforts to inform me of this before arrival, while traveling and unable to look at my phone regularly. Two calls from an unknown number, which didn't set off any red flags as that is normal from spam calls. A simple text message works well, and is easy to send.

Palomera have nice walking routes

Difficult to communicate for non-speaking Spanish people. Not much patience unfortunately.

The location is absolutely perfect, a quiet little village about a 15min drive from the centre of Cuenca through very pretty scenery. There is a lovely family feel at La Noguera and we were made to feel very welcome. Very clean and comfortable and we would have been happy to stay longer.