Hotel Monasterio de Rocamador

One of the best hotels we have ever stayed in. Full of atmosphere and history. Excellent food, wonderful staff. Well worth the 1500 mile drive. We love everything about this place and we are already planning our next visit, later this year. Very highly recommended.

A disclosure, here, from long ago (1999): I spent a night here, traveling with my then-young daughter, and it was an altogether memorable experience. Enough that I'd check in to see what news was of this spot, and was saddened to hear of its closure for a decade, reopening just a few years ago (pre-covid, but barely). So my wife & I went here at the end of a nine-week stay in southern Spain and as the third leg of a jaunt into Portugal before leaving from Madrid's Adolfo Suarez Airport barely 30 hours later. When someplace fine has gotten better still, does it require a cascade of superlatives? Maybe; fill in your own. We slept in complete comfort (despite fighting off head colds), ate better than well, enjoyed the grounds, delighted in conversations with the staff, and quaffed the lovely wines produced by the bodega (Nadir winery) owners who invested considerable effort and funding to bring this site back to life. The room we were issued (#37) included the biggest king-sized bed I've ever seen and despite a Badajoz-level unseasonable warmth, the climate system worked perfectly and was highly responsive. The landscaping and care taken with the rooms and meals are notable; the staff was always polite and quick to answer questions, would volunteer opinions when sought, and after a couple of rustic and even challenging nights in Portugal's Algarve and Alentejo, it was a true pleasure to see how this Spanish locale does it right. It has a long and fascinating history, and what's there is done right. The dehesa (oak woodland) surrounding the Hotel Monasterio Rocamador (there's a French Rocamador also; no relation) is splendid. Explore and enjoy.