Puente de Alconetar

HGAR1, Garrovillas, Madrid and Inland Spain

Historic village hotel with pool in Extremadura

The impressive C15th Palace of Los Condes Alba de Aliste in the little white town of Garrovillas, Extremadura, is now the home of this beautiful four star hotel which offers all the modern comforts whilst retaining many original features.

It has been restored and renovated to create a pleasing mixture of ancient and modern with high stone walls, domed ceilings and original secret staircases along with modernist touches.

Built in granite, the hotel stands in one corner of the amazing (15th Plaza Mayor de Garrovillas, considered one of the finest squares in the whole of Spain. Just sitting on the balcony of the hotel overlooking the square you really feel as though you are a part of a world long gone.

The shady peaceful garden with the palace's original well and the swimming pool area with views onto the town and beyond are great places to relax after a day out sightseeing, or just to enjoy a book or a leisurely breakfast.

The friendly helpful staff will do their best to make your stay and visit to the area an enjoyable and memorable one.

Although Garrovillas is somewhat remote in feel, you are well placed for visiting the World Heritage cities of C?ceres and M?rida and for exploring the smaller historical towns of the region.

Accommodation

20 bedrooms – 9 twin rooms, 7 double rooms, 3 superior double rooms and 1 room adapted for the disabled. All have full, ensuite bathrooms. The twin and double rooms are modern, functional and comfortable, all with views.

The superior double rooms are larger and look onto La Plaza Mayor.

They are divided between the first floor and second (attic) floor.

All rooms have T.V., hairdrier, minibar, safe, air conditioning and heating and laundry service.

Hotel Features

Restaurant
Breakfast room
Cafeteria
Swimming pool
Terrace and garden
Lift
Sitting areas including balcony looking over La Plaza Mayor and parking

Restaurant

Buffet breakfast is served in the breakfast room or out on the terrace in the garden in the warmer months.
The stylish restaurant "Torre de Floripes" serves lunch and dinner. Regional cooking with modern touches using seasonal, local ingredients. Special menus, depending on the season, feature game. Good wine list with some of the best wines from Ribera de Guadiana. The restaurant is open to the public.
There are other simple restaurants and bars serving tapas and raci?nes in the town

Hotel Facilities

24 Hour Reception
Tour Booking Service
WiFi all areas
Lift
Garden/Patio/Terrace
Shared Lounge / TV Area
No smoking in hotel
Air Conditioning

Sports and Wellbeing

Swimming Pool (outdoor, seasonal)

Room facilities (all rooms)

En-suite bathroom
Heating
Air conditioning
WIFI
TV
Fridge / Minibar
Coffee maker
Desk

Dining

Bar, open to the public, serving drinks and light snacks

Accessibility

Facilities adapted for guests with reduced mobility
Room(s) adapted for guests with reduced mobility
Parking space adapted for guests with reduced mobility

Parking

On-site parking (free)
Electric vehicle charging station

Pets

No pets allowed
Pets allowed by prior arrangement - please consult

Garrovillas, Madrid and Inland Spain

Enter one of Spain's most beautiful squares in the small town of Garrovillas and you might think you were walking back into the fifteenth century – sturdy granite pillars and the walls of the whitewashed houses, the oldest going back to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, tilt this way and that. You might even think you had had a glass too many, but the town was designed this way for the natural slope of the land.
The square is where it is at here, particularly atmospheric on Wednesday market day when stalls fill the plaza and country folk come in to sell their wares. It also becomes the town's bullring when the fiestas are on in mid August.

Visit the town and its monuments and places of interest.
Walking in the local area – very well signposted footpaths.
Visit the great historical cities and towns of Cáceres (thirty five minutes), Merida (one hour and twenty minutes) and Trujillo (one hour and twenty minutes).
Visit Alcántara (40 minutes) with its magnificent and imposing half-mile long second century Roman bridge over the Rio Tajo.
Visit Coria ( 50 minutes) with its perfectly conserved walls, a fifteenth century castle, a Gothic cathedral and a Roman bridge.
Visit Arroyo de La Luz (30 minutes) where in the Asunción church there are beautifully restored altar paintings by C16th Extremeño mystic painter Luis de Morales "The Divine", one of the least known of the Spanish masters. You might also want to pick up some locally made pottery there.
Take a trip to the park of Monfrague ( one hour and fifteen minutes) which is one of Spain's finest nature reserves, with 218 vertebrate species which breed there.
Go to nearby Casar de Caceres to buy a "Torta de Casar" – a locally made, but nationally recognised semi -soft sheep's milk cheese, similar to Camembert.
Sail or fish at the Embalse de Alcántara.
Enjoy the local gastronomy – game a speciality. Try one of the all time great dishes of French haute cuisine – Pheasant Alcántara style – stuffed with foie and cooked in a sauce of truffles and port wine. The original recipe comes from the Alcántara monastery.