Parador de Santo Estevo

After a long drive, emerging from within the lush green mountains was this majestic place full of history and centuries of extensions to its monastery.

The sensation that this place offers in virtually every rooms is, without doubt, the reason it was conceived, a sense of peace that unites you to something bigger.

An overwhelming, medieval hotel that has managed to maintain its original charm whilst being modernized with the utmost respect given to its historic features. It is very interesting how the rooms have been converted for their current use by the hotel.

The service was great, highlights being the restaurant staff and the dishes that are just like the hotel itself: a mix of history and modernity. The rear of the hotel has a path in the heart of the forest; a forest that one notes is wild and authentic... full of life, decorative lights and sounds, like a fantasy world.

Magical hotel, an example of what patrimony can give after outstanding restoration and a good commercial operation.

Integrated with the paradors (state-run luxury hotels), it began as a seasonal hotel, but its success has forced it to open all year. Away from the big cities, it is perfect for an authentic getaway to forget everything.

Good food, great facilities ... and a unique setting: the Ribeira Sacra (striking scenery, wine tourism ...). Much more than recommendable.

A great place to relax, get lost or feel part of the history and nature that surrounds it. In the heart of the Ribera Sacra, this 10th century Benedictine monastery has three cloisters some for guests only, with couches to relax and enjoy the cool summer nights.

There is the chestnut forest where one finds old kitchen ruins. The restaurant, that overlooks this forest, must be visited and one must eat there if possible, do not ignore the delicacies made from chestnuts.