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Villa Real In a building dating from 1900, the Parador de Oropesa Built of sand-coloured
Villa Real is in the grand tradition of its neighb bour stone in 1402, this was the first castle to be
the Palace (see p311) but is slightly kinder on n the converted into a parador in 1930. The interior is
pocket – weekend rates are particularly as impressive as the exterior, preserving original
reasonable. As well as more formal salons, the ere floors and vaulting. Breathtaking views of the
is an intimate bar. Service is carried out Sierra de Gredos and Tajo valley from the towers
impeccably by a polite staff. and terraces.
N Plaza de las Cortes 10, 28014 Madrid. N Plaza del Palacio 1, 45560 Oropesa, Toledo.
Map p287 E5. § (91) 4203767. ` (91) 4202547. Map p287 D5, p290 B1. § (925) 430000.
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Parador Vía de la Plata Though much of the El Hotel de la Villa The walled medieval hilltop
building is modern, this parador’s historical town, dominated by its castle, is a maze of
association is evident in many touches. It is full of higgledy-piggledy streets lined with beautifully
Roman artefacts, its 16th-century chapel is now a preserved houses. In one of these is this stylish
sitting room and past the reception area is a hotel, a stunning mix of the traditional and the
cloistered courtyard. Upstairs, most of the large contemporary. Its comfortable bedrooms are all
bedrooms overlook the Moorish gardens. different, with glossy well-equipped bathrooms.
N Plaza de la Constitución 3, 06800 Mérida, Badajoz. N Calzada 5, 40172 Pedraza de la Sierra, Segovia.
Map p290 A2. § (924) 313800. ` (924) 319208. Map p287 E4. § (921) 508651. ` (921) 508653. $
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NAVARREDONDA DE GREDOS SALAMANCA
Parador de Gredos The exterior of this 1920s NH Palacio de Castellanos Swish hotel in a
parador is stone, its interior wood. Massive rooms 15th-century monastery, with a vaulted glass roof.
boast beams and hunting trophies. N San Pablo 58, 37008 Salamanca. Map p287 D4.
N Carretera Barraco–Béjar km42, 05635 Navarredonda de § (923) 261818. ` (923) 261819.
Gredos, Avila. Map p287 D5. § (920) 348048. ` (920) $ nhpalaciodecastellanos@nh-hotels.com
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RASCAFRÍA SALAMANCA
Santa María de El Paular Guests share this Hotel Residencia Rector An abundance of
tasteful 14th-century monastery at the foot of the marble and stained glass, and a warm ambience,
Sierra de Guadarrama with Benedictine monks. behind a Renaissance-style façade.
N Carretera M-604 km 26,500, 28741 Rascafría, Madrid. N Paseo Rector Esperabe 10, 37008 Salamanca.
Map p287 E4. § (91) 8691011. ` (91) 8691006. Map p287 D40. § (923) 218482. ` (923) 214008.
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