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Added by Jopie, at 12 November 2015
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- Tuesday Open 24 hours
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- Thursday Open 24 hours
- Friday Open 24 hours
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10 Reviews
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19 October 2017
Disappointing. Having very good experiences with Paradores in Carmona, Granada, Ubeda, Sierra de Cazorla, this one is definitely a let down.
Room (junior suite), large and comfortable but very obvious lack of maintenance, rug in a dubious state of cleanliness, rattan seats on balcony pretty frayed, sinks not draining properly etc. For a suite room, at that price one would expect better. Restaurant. well, if one want to sit 2 hrs 15 minutes for 3 small courses of very, very average quality - food obviously too long below a warming plate - go there; poor service, waiting almost a quarter of an hour to have the main plates course taken away after finishing, etc. Once, not twice. Breakfast ok though self-service!response / report this review -
20 August 2017
Nice quiet hotel that feels like you are in the middle of nowhere while you are a short stroll from the city.
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29 June 2017
Ot is a nice place not far from the center and close to El Torcal reserve.
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13 June 2017
Splendid architecture with a view from the quiet terrace. Fine coffee and dessert.
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10 June 2017
Beautiful hotel, marvelous location and views from the room, cafeteria terras, swimming pool. Very friendly staff.
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27 February 2017
The hostel seems like a place that os easy yo park, and os verte large. When i finish my course, my clases and i are going yo celebrate our graduation at the hostel, because they have very rich and varied food and has several rooms where se will attend each school. Also, from the hostel to the centre of Antequera it takes about 10 min walking.
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28 December 2016
Large, well appointed rooms with all the necessities and luxuries you'd expect of a hotel of this class let down only by terrible internet access and poor mobile phone signal.
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27 November 2016
Amazing views, Parador quality accommodation and service, with impressive off-season value
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05 November 2016
Not bad, not good, but very well situated
Nothing much outstanding about this Parador.
Large rooms, with plenty of natural light. Large bed, two armchairs, desk - just as one would expect. Scruffy bedside table looked as though it had been bought in IKEA 10 years ago and had hard wear since.
The bathroom was of a good size, well equipped. Its walls were made of pale green translucent glass, which was very attractive. This did prove to be a big disadvantage, however.
While you could not see through it, light passed through. So when you crept out of bed at three in the morning to go to the bathroom, trying not to make a noise and wake your partner, your efforts were foiled the moment that you switched on the bathroom light, as the bedroom - not just the bathroom, the whole bedroom - was suddenly flooded with enough light to wake a hundred sound sleepers.
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The restaurant was expensive and not particularly good. I can make no comment on the bar service as we never managed to get served there, since there were only staff in the bar when the various conferences paused for a break. Unacceptable.
Breakfast at €15 each - adding €30 per night to your bill - we decided to pass on, however delicious and copious it may be. Instead we strolled 5 minutes to the beginning of the main city street - Calle Infante Don Fernando - and there ate breakfast with churros for two for under €4. €4 for two. And in a charming traditional bar, the "Bar A la Fuerza" which has been going for near on 100 years.
The restaurant we tried one night. It was not good overall. It was also almost empty - only 4 tables. The Jamon de bellota was good, but was served with what was trying to be toast but wasn't.
The rest of the meal went downhill. Mushroom soup with a poached egg - the egg was stone cold, obviously just taken from the fridge and plopped in. Fish soup - gazpachuelo - with seafood. Totally tasteless. Could have been potato soup for all the taste the white liquid had.
The roast duck wasn't roast but pan fried magret de canard. - how else would the underside of the breast be cooked when the inside was running with blood? When asked to have it slightly more cooked, it was returned scorched black. Don't think this was a language problem, by the way: we are bilingual Spanish speakers. The accompanying chestnuts and pear were stone cold, the wine gravy was heavily thickened with flour so had a skin on the top.
The carrillada de ternera - stewed beef cheek - managed to be oily and stringy.
The fresh fruit salad with blood oranges, basil and raspberries (as described on the menu) was a mixture of pear and kiwi, with 2 raspberries and a sprinkle of tasteless dried basil. Well, I'm assuming it was basil - could have been whatever came out of the first plastic pot of dried herbs that came to hand.
When I enquired after the blood oranges they came back with a saucer with chopped orange. Ordinary oranges, not blood oranges. On my enquiring if this was a juice orange for the breakfast fresh orange juice machine, they agreed that it was. This in peak orange season in an orange-growing area!
Pretentious menu that they cannot deliver.
The wine was not good quality for the price. Nothing wrong with it, just not very good.
The wine store was glass fronted and nicely lit to make an attractive feature. But it contained both red and white wine on the same shelf. Made me wonder what temperature control - if any - they had to ensure optimal storage conditions.
So not impressed at all by the hotel and restaurant. We ate better food, and for a great deal less, in restaurants in town.
However, its position, and the ample free parking, were the two plus points of this hotel.
The parador was quiet, and a 5 minute stroll took you to the main street Calle Infante Don Fernando.
It was almost flat walking into or back from town, unless you went up the hills either side of the central valley. Apart from the Alcazar castle, you can visit Antequera's main monuments all on the flat.
So stay here, but don't eat.
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19 November 2015
Very good, clean hotel in a traditional Spanish town. Staff maybe not as welcoming as they could be and lunch and dinner offerings were quite limited but the rooms were cleane and the pool area good for sunbathing in summer.
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