Unique hotels to discover the most exclusive side of Castile and León

Castile and León is adding yet more reasons to attract visitors seeking accommodations with personality, history and experiences linked to the region. The opening of two 5-star hotels in former palaces in the provinces of Segovia and Burgos, along with the new international leap taken by La Casa del Presidente (Ávila), which has joined Small Luxury Hotels of the World, strengthen the region’s international projection. In the province of Segovia, the Palacio de Paradinas has recommenced its activity after a restoration process initiated in 2020. The 15th-century building has been transformed into a five-star hotel with eight rooms, six of which are suites, while maintaining its architectural identity. The result is a setting that embraces an intimate scale, with rooms ranging from 30 to 65 square metres, a courtyard with columns, a porch, library, lounges, a garden of more than 2,000 square metres and a saltwater pool. The experience here extends to the dining table and personal care. The restaurant is based on Segovian and Castilian culinary traditions featuring local and nearby products, while the wellness offer includes tai chi and chi kung sessions as well as treatments by reservation. The palace also opens its spaces to congresses, meetings and celebrations. The refurbishment has entailed an investment of 3 million euros, with co-financing from European funds and the participation of professionals, other suppliers and local artisans. On an entirely different scale is Castilla Termal Palacio de Avellaneda, located in Peñaranda de Duero, Burgos. The company’s sixth hotel occupies a 16th-century palace built by the Zúñiga y Avellaneda family and declared a Site of Cultural Interest. After three years of development, the 5-star hotel has opened with 80 rooms and suites, event spaces and two gastronomic concepts focused on local and seasonal products: the Los Zúñiga restaurant, located under the arches of the Renaissance cloister, and the Gastrobar Condes de Miranda, soon to be opened to the public. Water represents another of its essential themes. The establishment features a summer pool, a spa and a wellness area, with oligometallic, mineral-medicinal and thermal waters, in addition to treatments and experiences centred around relaxation. Ávila offers a different interpretation of heritage. La Casa del Presidente occupies the residence that Adolfo Suárez commissioned in the 1970s in the centre of Ávila, a building located next to the city walls that housed meetings and conversations held during the Transition. The novelty is its incorporation into Small Luxury Hotels of the World, an international network of independent hotels that expands the accommodation's international reach.

Located in the heart of Ávila, on Telares Street, La Casa del Presidente has direct access to the city walls from its gardens © La Casa del Presidente

The house retains the original structure, with its 10 rooms distributed among the categories Deluxe, Junior Suite and Suite, featuring names such as Libertad, Concordia, Diálogo or Paz. Additionally, it boasts a swimming pool, garden, breakfast with local products and a gastronomic proposal at the Caleña restaurant directed by Diego Sanz, where homemade stews, pickles and traditional Castile and León soup dishes are reinterpreted through local produce. The establishment has been listed in the Michelin Guide since 2025 and holds a Repsol Sun. Three different formats and scales make Castilian heritage a central part of the experience: the intimacy of Palacio de Paradinas, the thermal spa of Castilla Termal Palacio de Avellaneda and the contemporary memory of La Casa del Presidente broaden the ways to discover the region through accommodations where architecture, gastronomy, wellness and the territory are integrated into the very stay. Location Castile and León occupies the northern half of the Meseta Central, in the northwest of Spain. Its main road axes are A–1, A–6, A–62 and A–66. It has airports in Valladolid, León and Salamanca, as well as high-speed rail service in Segovia, Palencia, Zamora, Valladolid, León, Burgos and Medina del Campo. Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas is the main international airport of reference.