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COLLIA ARRIONDAS DONAMARÍA

Posada del Valle Nigel and Joanne Burch have Donamariako Benta In one of the least spoilt
transformed a late-19th-century ‘priest’s farmhouse’ parts of the Pyrenees, on a secondary pilgrim
on a rock outcrop with stunning views over the route to Santiago, this rough-stone inn is a perfect
Picos into a cosy, friendly family hotel. There’s a retreat for jaded town dwellers in search of a
garden for guests, set in an organic farm with rural idyll. It is a hospitable place, too. There are
w wildflower meadows, cider apples and sheep. two sitting rooms, furnished with originality, and
W Walk, surf, fish and canoe to your heart’s content. modest bedrooms in an annexe.
N 33549 Collia Arriondas, Asturias. Map p287 D2. N Barrio de la Venta 4, 31750 Donamaría, Navarra.
§ (985) 841 157. ` (985) 841 559. Map p288 B2. § ` (948) 450708. $ donamariako@
$ hotel@posadadelvalle.com 0 b,d. Rooms 12. jet.es 0 b,l,d. Rooms 5. ∂¢ Christmas; Sun night,
∂ ¢ mid-Oct to late Mar. / MC, V. ¡¡ Mon. / MC, V. ¡
COVARRUBIAS ESCALANTE

Arlanza Ask for a room on the cobbled square San Román de Escalante A refined 17th-century
and watch village life go by. An old nobleman’s house is the setting for this restaurant with rooms,
house, the Arlanza’s dark, beamed interior is plenty of class and a Michelin star. Guests who
done out in rustic style, with a fine tiled staircase stroll in the lovely garden will encounter modern
and modestly furnished bedrooms. Meals are the sculptures, while the period-style rooms are filled
highlight: soup so hot that it has to be eaten with with paintings, old and new.
a wooden spoon, and local wild boar. N Carretera de Escalante-Castillo km2, 39795 Escalante,
N Plaza Mayor 11, 09346 Covarrubias, Burgos. Cantabria. Map p287 F2, p288 A2. § (942) 677745.
Map p287 F3. § (947) 406441. ` (947) 400502. ` (942) 677643. $ sanromanescalante@mundivia.es
$ reservas@hotelarlanza.com 0 b,l,d. Rooms 38. 0 b,l,d. Rooms 16. zS ∂¢ late Dec to late Jan.
¢ mid-Dec to mid-March. / AE, DC, MC, V. ¡ / AE, DC, MC, V. ¡¡¡

FUENTE DÉ LECUMBERRI
Parador Río Deva The stupendous panoramic Ayestaran This friendly hotel, with tennis court,
setting, high in the Picos de Europa, makes up is split between summer and winter buildings.
for the dull rooms at this modern parador. Both are simple but with welcoming rooms.
N 39588 Fuente Dé, Cantabria. Map p287 D2. N Aralar 22–27, 31870 Lecumberri, Navarra. Map p288
§ (942) 736651. ` (942) 736654. $ fuentede@ B3. §` (948) 504127. $ hotelayestaran@terra.es
parador.es 0 b,l,d. Rooms 78. ¡¡ 0 b,l,d. Rooms 76. ¡
HARO LENA
Los Agustinos Old monastery with vast Hostería del Huerna Modest mountain hotel,
beamed sitting room. Plain bedrooms. a favourite with Madrileños seeking a cheap
N San Agustín 2, 26200 Haro, La Rioja. Map p287 F3, weekend break. In winter, the snug salon has
p288 A3. § (941) 311308. ` (941) 303148. an open fire. Rather small bedrooms.
$ losagustinos@aranzazu-hotels.com 0 b,l,d. N Riopaso, 33628 Lena, Asturias. Map p287 D2. § (98)
Rooms 62. ¡¡ 5496414. ` (98) 5496431. 0 b,l,d. Rooms 30. ¡
For key to symbols see backflap. For price categories see p285