The Hotel was originally built as a Hospital for the wounded of a 16th Century Civil War. It is an annexe to a beautiful Monastery adjacent and the Hotel looks out onto this quiet square (on a practical note, you can park there!). It has been refurbished keeping much of the character of the original building. The breakfast room has a water leat running through it, and huge wine barrels are hoisted above you...The walls throughout have been decorated with charming and quirky murals of knights and ladies, and the bedrooms have stencilled wall decorations. Sitting in the stone window seats you can easily imagine yourself back in another age. It is wonderful.
There is no evening restaurant, but the receptionist recommended the Bar Oasis, on the outskirts of the town. This is a cafeteria with no pretension, but we really enjoyed personal service from the owner, who took us into the kitchen for us to choose our own suppers, and we put the world to rights over bottles of local Rioja for a couple of evenings!