Spanish hotel : locut. A Spanish hostel is a place or situation where you only find what you bring to it.
By extension, a place where you can find everything, where you meet anyone.
The first meaning shown is the original. It comes from the bad reputation which, from the XNUMXth century, was made by foreign travelers to hostels Spain where visitors were advised, if they wanted to eat their fill, to bring their own food and drink. , possibly additional: - a simple misunderstanding of the true meaning; - everyone bringing their own meal, there was inevitably a wide variety of food in the hostel; - a very varied fauna frequented the inns placed on the pilgrimage routes to Saint-Jacques de Compostela, since we were likely to meet people from many different countries.
By extension, we designate by Spanish inn any idea or situation where everyone finds what they are interested in, what they understand, according to their tastes, culture, convictions ...