This hotel is located in the mountains of GC. It is an ideal spot to start hiking tours, to do some trips to other places on the island. The hotel is just beautiful - its garden is divided in three parts: a pool part, a part where you sit under trees, a part where they grow some vegetables etc. It is very well oganized, just 10 ten rooms and even if they are all booked, you find a place to rest, to chill out.
Especially, I liked the different terrasses and places to sit and also the fact that the hotel offers a "salon" where you can prepare some own food in case you only booked breakfast.
The rooms in this old house are of style: very well renovated, with love for the detail and a lot of non-ikea-furntiture.
The village San Mateo is nice, but not necessesarily one where you constantly want to be - having a car or being willing to use (the excellent) public transportation is recommended to get to other places as well. By car, it takes you max. about 50-60 minutes to go to other little villages, towns or the beach.