My husband and I just got back from spending 3 days at the Casa Luna Quebrada location. It is a beautiful B & B with lovely courtyards and our room was very romantic, the Rojo y Oro room. The first night, we decided to light the gas fireplace. There is a sign on the fireplace asking that you have an employee light the fireplace and that you should turn it off before you go to bed. About 10 minutes after the fire had been lit, I began to get a headache so I asked my husband to check to see if the flue had been opened. He checked and discovered that there was NO flue! It became very clear why they didn't want you to sleep with the fire on.
We immediately turned the fireplace off and opened the windows to air out the room. Since the fireplace is the only heat source for the room, we were lucky that it wasn't an especially cold night.
The next day, my husband told management about the problem and they offered to move us to another room. That room didn't have a flue in the fireplace either so we didn't move. (We did love our room). They tried to fix the situation by bringing in a gas space heater that they set up in the fireplace which alleviated the problem a bit because it wasn't throwing out the quantity of fumes that the gas fireplace had. I still felt very uncomfortable having it on though so we used it just long enough to take the chill out of the air. I'm not an expert but I've always heard that if you are using a gas heating appliance, it should be vented.
I'm not sure if all of the fireplaces are unvented but we were talking with another guest who also got a headache soon after the fire had been lit and hers also had no flue so at least 3 of them are unvented.
I've read through all of the reviews for Casa Luna and was surprised that nobody complained about this issue. To me, it could be an extremely dangerous situation which is why I am writing this review.
I have nothing against Casa Luna and think it is a beautiful, charming place to stay in San Miquel and is pretty close to the main square. Just maybe go when it's not so cold or take some warm pajamas.
