even though - traveling with a dog, we were accommodated in one of the lower quality rooms (the parquet floor and the wooden door were pretty badly damaged).

but let down by poor acoustics , I suspect the inner door to the rooms was either not fitted or removed for whatever reason resulting in a somewhat noisy experience when guests or staff were near the corridor outside our door.

If the door could be split so the top could be opened that would overcome the problem.

A bathroom, small lounge area with sagging striped sofa and a sliding door leading to a very small bedroom with the narrowest four poster bed we'd ever seen.

It is a noisy hotel as the floors and doors creak.

The next confusion was the missing price list for the minibar in the hotel room, so one could assume that the various soft drinks such as water or Coca-Cola are courtesy from the hotel.

However, it was disappointing to then see that they offer plastic straws in the restaurant and they wrap the cups in the bathroom in plastic too.

The signature dishes judías de Barco (white beans with meat) and natillas (some sort of custard) could have been better.

Neither of us having tried bacalao before I can't really comment on the quality; perhaps it's supposed to be rubbery and tasteless (they have that down to a fine art in the kitchens at the Parador Gredos).

The only weak point we found is that the place can get very crowded and busy during the weekend, as locals from the nearby villages often come to hang aroung and have a cup of coffee at the hotel.

This place has surprising history and is in a beautiful natural location.

Wi-fi worked very well and the location was perfect.

Stunning location, great atmosphere and superb service.

This is the original Parador and is in a spectacular location in the hills and forests of the Sierra de Gredos.

This was a good location with outstanding walks through the forest and Alpine type pastures.

We were in the midst of a heatwave and despite no air conditioning it was Coll enough to sleep due to The mountainous location.

The hotel itself, as you'd expect, is highly comfortable and the beautiful location it's in offers walks for all types-challenging or a casual stroll and right from the front door.

If walking in the sierra is planned then this location could not be better.

As always staff were cheerful and helpful, this Parador is in a great mountain location for some excellent walks and looks to have been modernised for its birthday celebrations.

In all, this is just a warm, welcoming hotel, in a beautiful rural location, and if this is your kind of thing, really shouldn't be missed.

Loved the location and the atmosphere this parador generated.

The hotel its self is in a great location with good views and lots of parking.

The landscape was also a great surprise; located in a forest in a mountain range not too far away from Madrid, you will be able to enjoy excellent views in your way to the hotel and, of course, if you decide to use it as basecamp for hiking around the area.

Breakfast was plentiful and very fresh and tasty.

Reasonable prices, helpful staff, excellent food, amazing surroundings.

Good food and wine and very nice lounges.

The food (dinner and breakfast) was excellent.

The hotel has fantastic amenities and the restaurant is beautiful.

Restaurant and bar areas high quality and service.

There was plenty of space and large, comfortable lounges to sit and relax, we enjoyed their delicious menu of local foods, especially the trout and the staff who were unfailingly welcoming and highly professional.

We ate at the restaurant too, for most meals.

Restaurant and cafeteria serve great food.

Usually the parador restaurants have a very good reputation

The food has, without exception, been excellent and the trout, cheese and beef (cooked rare), all local, are particularly good.

The food is variable, first night average,2nd night excellent.

The food is good and the restaurant offers nice views.

The building was stunning and our superior room was fantastic with a four poster bed and a large terrace on the top floor with breathtaking views.

Next to the rooms were you can stay with a dog is a great walk.

We had a good sized room with everything you could need

I was also pleasantly surprised to see that they are an environmentally friendly hotel and they have the 12 Global Goals stated in their rooms.

Set in the midst of the Sierra de Gredos mountains, its public rooms and terraces enjoy spectacular views.

The rooms and service are excellent here.

Breakfast had an extensive range of options and rooms to the expected high Parador standard.

A side from the hoot room the Parador is a piece of museum.

Many of the rooms have these great views,

We upgraded our room so we got a fantastic balcony.

The helpful friendly receptionist allocated us a mountain view room which was a real bonus.

For 69 euros only: one standard room, one person, breakfast, (no views).

The rooms are large, clean and well equipped.

The room was comfortable and we were pleasantly surprised by the welcome given to our pet dog, who was given his own little bed, bowl and biscuits.

The rooms are very clean as well as the bathrooms,

Staff friendly and welcome drink on the terrace overlooking the mountains magical.

The natural beauty of the Gredos is easily accessible from the hotel and the staff was helpful in providing information about nearby excursions.

As ever in Paradors all the staff spoke perfect English and were helpful and attentive.

The staff was very attentive and friendly - especially Rocio, one of the waitresses.

The staff all around the hotel, the housekeepers, restaurant staff, receptionists, all of them are welcoming, helpful and friendly.

The staff were good and breakfast offered a wide array of food, fresh fruit, breads , freshly cooked eggs to order etc., all in all pretty good.

Very friendly and accommodating staff; good service.

Breakfast good, staff friendly and helpful.

If you can manage the Spanish, or are happy to go and view without the whole explanation, we'd thoroughly recommend this.

The staff were very courteous, professional and accommodating.

though the person at the reception assured us that the traffic wouldn’t bother us we insisted on getting a room at the other, quiet side.

The staff are incredibly helpful, friendly and efficient and we often see the same faces in the bar and at reception in particular, who always do a great job.

The staff know all about this and admit that it has not worked well for a long time.

The staff were friendly and helpful and our bedroom had wonderful views

Nevertheless the staff make up for any shortcomings in the climate.

First the positive: the staff are the nicest guys!

The last morsel of food had barely left the plate before the plate was whisked away.

however, is the fact, that for some of these dishes had to be paid a "supplement".

Plus the natillas was way too much: a full soup plate.

His veal – a speciality of this mountainous region – must have spent its very long life training  for some kind of bovine Olympics before dying of old age and ending up as a tough, grisly slab  on his plate sans garnish.

We tried to have a snack in the main cafeteria on a Saturday evening, and gave up after waiting more than 20 minutes at a table full of durty dishes as no waiter showed up.

The place is spectacular, with the mountains view, fresh air, forest around for walking and a lot of possibilities for activities around.

Really stunning place to sit and just be.

although the view was over the back/side of the hotel.

Just go the the top floor and sit on the balcony to look at beautiful view.

but it's just the tranquil setting itself which is so stunning.

The original Parador in an historic building dating back to 1928 with some delightful views.

Great location with beautiful views and excellent for star gazing.

The other big advantage of that room was the excellent view on the Gredos mountains

With only the mountains and Forests to see in every direction it was a brilliant, quiet place to stay.

It is a nice place for walking and you have a good view over the Gredos mountains.

button to get one of the waiters over to order.

The smiling waitress assured it would be no trouble.

There doesn't seem to be enough waiters to ensure an appropriate service during that peak time.

Didn’t go anywhere or try any walks as it was so hot.

Good walks behind the hotel in the woods.

but meals are big when you have not been walking all day.

It would be a good location for a walking holiday.

There is walking and riding in the surrounding woods

Perfect for walking both directly from parador and many routes in the area.

This is an excellent mid way point between the northern spanish ferry ports and the Costa Del Sol, (Nerja for us) and we’ll be stopping off for a few days walking next year on our way past.

So we were in search of a place to rest and decided to walk 7 km’s back to this parador.

The staff at reception are very helpful and will give you printed maps and suggested itineraries from a gentle walk round the pine forest, a longer walk along the river past cascades, or one of the signature Gredos walks from the Plataforma to the Laguna Grande (which, whilst needing some hiking stamina needs no technical equipment other than perhaps crampons to complete in the snow).

The common area's are great to explore and a walk in the woods is worth doing.

If you are into hiking, trail running, mountain bike or just walking is a perfect choice.

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Breakfasts at this hotel quite took us by surprise, they are enormous, served buffet style to your table and just as you think, that’s it, more food arrives!

The breakfast is served as a mini-buffet to your table .. far too much,

The food in the hotel was excellent- we had wonderful breakfasts, enormous packed lunches and good menu choices for the evening meals.

but everything cooked with natural ingredients.

(The cakes at breakfast were great as well).

Excellent restaurant (do need to choose carefully) and breakfast was amazing,

Breakfast was one of the more spectacular that I have experienced in hotels - for variety, presentation, etc.

People very friendly, breakfasts are amazing and the views are great

The breakfast is really good, the picnics probably the best we have had on a walking holiday and generally the service is always looking after our best interests.

Nice service, excellent breakfast and very good dinner.

It's one of the most cute and deliciuos breakfast I've always experienced!

The breakfasts really set you up for the day!

Food was excellent and reasonably priced ( Breakfast was 15 euros

The food at dinner and at breakfast was just great, imaginative, very fresh and light, with excellent presentation.

but additionally had a warm and caring approach to the customers.

That means they don't get enough customers to justify it.

On Wednesday evening a group of about 5 people had some drinks served to them in the garden.

Was charged about 7 euro for a melon ball scoup of ice cream for my 3 year old daughter.

Even if it was on limits, you wouldn't want to do it because of the din the kids make.

Amazing hotel, amazing friendliness, service, food out of this world (and we are proper picky gits), a real hidden gem 💎 of a hotel and location!.

The Hotel El Milano Real is near these landmarks: Ermita de Nuestra Senora de Chilla, Museo del Juguete de Hojalata de Candeleda, Megapark, Megalitico La Guana Park, Santuario Nuestra Senora del Espino, Campo De Golf De Candeleda, Ermita Capilla Del Sagrado Corazón, Paseo De La Luz Candeleda, Museo Virtual Fábrica De La Luz, Vivetietar, En Bici por Gredos, Equiberia Segovia, Cinco Lagunas, Piscinas Naturales Arenas de San Pedro, Gredos Ecuestre, Santuario San Pedro de Alcantara, Engredos, Castillo de Don Alvaro de Luna, Puente Medieval Aquelcabos, Senda De Los Pescadores, Cuevas Del Cerro Del Aguila, Cuevas del Águila, Iberica Coast to Coast, Spa Aguas del Tormes, Castillo de Valdecorneja, Cafe Bar 'Al Natural', Iglesia de Ascuncion de Nuestra Senora, Museo de la Judia, Puente Viejo, Ermita del Santisimo Cristo del Cano, Castro De Ulaca, Torres de Avila and La Cascada del Diablo

Nice restaurant with elaborated dished and good quantity.

but it's the same staff (best of all) and restaurant.

We were certainly well fed here as the portions at dinner are huge

The hotel feels like a second home, has great restaurant featuring local specialties, and an observatory on the roof (operated by an astronomer who comes by on clear evenings).

We had a meal in a small restaurant, Drakar, in the village and again had superb food with excellent service.

Their restaurant is so good, the y have different types of food

This excellent small hotel hardly needs reviewers' comments beyond those already submitted: pleasant service, quality (and quantity) of food, extensive and reasonable wine list, comfortable room (ours was 'standard') beautiful surroundings and great walks of different kinds.

Dinner was excellent, good service, if a little slow at first.

The restaurant is very nice and the set menu is mouth watering.

although too full after the dinners to have it more than once.

There is a restaurant with a superb view of the mountains, and the meals were all to a good standard.

There is a nice lounge/bar to meet before and after dinner.

The food was absolutely amazing and after dinner one night we were able to go into the observatory with Paco and see through the telescope.

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Stunning alpine scenery, beautiful river valleys, good botanising, excellent birdwatching, top class hiking for all abilities,peace and tranquility, a superbly run hotel with interesting, informative management, top notch food, an amazing wine list which also has many good value wines, a spa for any rainy days, a library full of interesting books etc., etc.

If the standard of the rooms and their facilities were improved slightly, I would rate this hotel as excellent.

We have a large room on the first floor with a delightful small balcony with an amazing room.

We had a beautiful large room with a sitting area outside leading to the lovely garden.

The rooms are modern and the room service is really good.

Wonderful views from the room, gardens and terrace, which we never tired of.

.. Amazing views from our room (Millenium), same amazing view from the dining room, and mostly amazing dining within that room.

The location is excellent for walking in the Gredos, and our room ('Arabe') was spacious (great for spreading out walking gear) with a large balcony with wide views of the mountains and sunset.

We had a standard room which was clean and comfortable,

Nice rooms, each decorated to an individual theme.

Our room was spacious and we had both a bath and a shower.

I would suggest you get a room with balcony as the view is magnificent.

The rooms were very conformatable, the service is very kind with the guests and the hotel has different alternatives if tyou choose to stay there.

We had a standard room overlooking the mountains which was great.

The rooms are fairly large, with very comfortable beds.

Kind, discreet, efficient and very helpful.

Good choices for vegetarian diets 

Staff very accomodating to our needs.

What really impressed us at El Milano Real was the staff most especially the delightful Marissa who was always so cheerful and helpful, Olga,who initially gave us a briefing on the walks and came to chat with us daily and Francis, who definitely deserves the star waiter award!

All the staff were very friendly and knowledgeable.

The staff were charming and helpful .. its not always clear what you can get (tea/drinks in the afternoon),

The staff were efficient and highly professional

but the hotel, Teresa and her team all proved the icing on the cake.

Service is spot on and the staff genuinely do go out of their way to be helpful (we were offered a late checkout to 5pm at no charge).

The staff are all very friendly and helpful.

Nothing was too much trouble for any of the staff.

Where this hotel goes the extra mile is the excellent service and care given by the owner.

Well done Teresa - such an asset to the Headwater service.

It is a small very couth hotel which is well kept and run with extremely helpful and attentive staff (who were particularly good natured about my pathetic Spanish).

All the staff seem quite cheerful and speak enough english to get the job done.

We were very well looked after by the staff.

The surrounding area provides great opportunities for walking and biking with well signposted routes and lots of interesting wildlife.

First If you want local walking information - as the August 2016 couple did - check whether Theresa will be there when you go.

The receptionist helpfully printed off a sheet for us, with some walks on,

We stayed for a week as part of a walking holiday and everyone associated with the hotel was wonderful.

The hotel is in a lovely mountain village with great walks straight from the door.

Perfect starting point for trekking in the area: walking to Laguna Grande de Gredos in 4 hours return walk from the parking at la platform or simply walking one hour from the Tormes bridge to the camping site, easy.

Additionally there is a superb Spa next door, perfect after a day walking in the Sierra.

She ensures that the weather forecasts are up to date and her experience for the most fulfilling walk that day is conveyed by her.

but one day my wife and I took a six hour hike on one of the finest trails I have ever walked, leading to a peak with a view of over 100 miles, and saw not a single soul on the entire route.

We were at the Hotel El Milano Real in September with some friends on a walking holiday with Headwater.

We stayed here mid-April 2013 on an all-inclusive Headwater walking holiday.

but if you enjoy your walking, you will also enjoy being very well fed and looked after.

In so many walking areas we have been welcomed back with cakes, tea and coffee, hot chocolate or even a beer or two.

If you enjoy peace and quiet, walking and bird watching this a great place to be.

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The Hostal Almanzor is near these landmarks: Ermita de Nuestra Senora de Chilla, Museo del Juguete de Hojalata de Candeleda, Megapark, Megalitico La Guana Park, Santuario Nuestra Senora del Espino, Campo De Golf De Candeleda, Ermita Capilla Del Sagrado Corazón, Paseo De La Luz Candeleda, Museo Virtual Fábrica De La Luz, Vivetietar, En Bici por Gredos, Equiberia Segovia, Gredos Ecuestre, Piscinas Naturales Arenas de San Pedro, Santuario San Pedro de Alcantara, Engredos, Castillo de Don Alvaro de Luna, Puente Medieval Aquelcabos, Senda De Los Pescadores, Cinco Lagunas, Cuevas Del Cerro Del Aguila, Cuevas del Águila, Castro De Ulaca, Torres de Avila, Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion and La Cascada del Diablo

They also laid out breakfast for us so we could have breakfast before regular service and prepared lunch packets.

Her salad was the best we tasted in our 10 days in Spain!

Food was excellent & quite reasonably priced.

The food in the restaurant is good/very good.

The food served at dinner, or the tapas at noon time are fabulous.

Food is of a high standard, and for value combined with quality I would recommend a couple of tapas rather than eating from the main menu.

Perfect location, incredible Gredos views, good food, nice couple running it, and basic

We had half board for a few days which was good food for a friendly price.

Overall - absolutely fabulous food, and highly recommended.

The staff is very friendly and the food really 'homemade'.

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