Parador
de Mérida, Badajoz, Merida **** Located in the heart of
the city, the Parador de Merida occupies an old convent of baroque style,
preserving many of its ancient elements. The hotel offers 82 well
appointed rooms that are equipped with a host of modern amenities. The
decor can be considered austere, like cells with terracotta floors, vaulted
and beamed ceilings, wooden furniture and views to the garden. You
can dine at the onsite restaurant that serves delicious typical regional
cuisine. Conference facilities are available for your business needs.
The hotel also offers golf course, tennis courts, swimming pool, sauna
and gymnasium.
Parador
de Zafra, Zafra, Badajoz **** The hotel is housed in a
15th century castle where Hernan Cortes lived. From the hotel, located
in the heart of the town, which has been declared to be of historical and
artistic interest, guests can visit beautiful Zafra, a place in which moors
and christians managed to live in perfect harmony even after the reconquest.
Decorated with rustic furniture and slender wooden beds. Some of them have
marvellous panelled ceilings. All of them are quite spacious. The
spacious white washed dining hall is a pleasant place for guests to enjoy
the delights of this country's inspired cuisine. Main dishes include lamb
stew and iberian sirloin. Nine battlemented towers jealously guard a regal,
gandiose interior, which conserved beautiful coffered ceilings, large chests,
ironworks, handrails and other decorative details belongings to the former
palace. The swimming pool and the perfectly tended garden also stands out.
Parador
de Cáceres, Cáceres **** This
hotel is situated within the Palacio del Comendador, so named because it
was found by Don Diego Garcia Ulloa, Commander of the Order of Santiago
in the 14th century and is in the old quarter of the city of Caceres. A
stay at this hotel will allow the visitor explore this wonderful walled
city, replete with palaces of incomparable beauty. Located on the
Calle Ancha, the point of reference is Plaza de Santa Clara. The rooms
feature soft cream colours, wooden beams and welcoming, stylish furniture.
Country cuisine and fine wines can be sampled in this beamed ceiling austere
room which gives way to the interior patio. Iberian sirloin steak
with Casar cheese and roast kid with rosemary are representative of the
varied cuisine of Extremadura.
Parador
de Guadalupe - Caceres Province **** The hotel is housed in an
old hospital that was intended for pilgrims in the 15th century. The parador
takes its name of' Zurbaran' from the fact that the adjacent Guadalupe
monastery preserves a collection of pictures by this famous artist. The
impressive fortress-monastery of Guadalupe is a centre of pilgrimage in
the region of Extremadura. They are decorated in rustic style. Most
of them are located around the inner square. spacious common rooms on the
inside with white walls and bedrooms which recall the religious function
as convent. The cuisine in Extremadura is varied, with many typical
dishes such as 'la caldereta de cordero' (a lamb dish), 'el pestorejo',
'la sopa de arroz cacerena' (a Rice soup), 'el bacalao monacal' (a cod
dish), 'el pincho mudejar' (skewered meat), and 'el pollo a lo padre' (a
chicken dish). For dessert there is 'el nuegado de Guadalupe' and when
the time of year is right, 'el pudding de castanas' (chestnut pudding).
Parador
de Jarandilla de la Vera - Caceres Province **** The hotel was named after
the emperor that lived in the old castle- palace that is the parador today.
The building conserves its original walls and drawbridge. The two storey
building centres around the splendid courtyard adorned with old coats of
arms. The front section of the patio has a cloister on one side and some
large windows cut out of stone on the other. Recently redecorated
rooms which provides an intimate and peaceful atmosphere. In this
region charles i of Spain discovered, roast kid, the excellent range of
Extremaduran pork sausage meats, the exquisite cheeses of la Vera and the
famous hams of Piornal. Specialities at the parador's restaurant.
The Parador is located in the center of Jarandilla de la Vera. The distance
to Madrid is 232kms.
Parador
de Trujillo, Trujillo **** This hotel is situated in
the converted Santa Clara convent which was founded by the order of the
conceptionists in the 16th century. The convent building is simply laid
out around a central cloister which now has three renaissance fountains
and lovely plants and trees growing around them. Nuns used to live
in the convent until it was converted into a hotel, therefore their cells
have been used as rooms for guests. There are 45 doubles and a suite, distributed
around a renaissance cloister and its well, with views of the town or nearby
fields. The refectory, a vaulted room with a magnificent tiled wall
is where international and Regional cuisine can be sampled. Ideal
for rest, leisure work, the Parador has monastic style common rooms and
details, spacious, quite and pleasant living rooms, noble bedrooms in which
wood takes preference.
