Parador de Santo Estevo

UN LUGAR CON MUCHO ENCANTO, ESPECTACULAR EL MONASTERIO Y EL ENTORNO, PARAÍSO NATURAL CON MUCHO ENCANTO, UNA VERDADERA MARAVILLA.

Perfecta ubicación Edificio singular con un claustro impresionante y un entorno increíble

This parador is one of the most stunning we have visited. Incredible location (if not easy to find!), beautiful public areas, and the usual very helpful staff. I can highly recommend it. But we did have a couple of issues that slightly disappointed us. Given we reserved a standard room I wasn't expecting one of the best views from our room, but we equally didn't expect to view a bunch of old scaffolding poles lying discarded right in front of our window. These should have been tidied away out of sight. Secondly there was a large birthday party event on the second night we were there. It was noisy, it meant that some of the public areas had been closed off to the rest of us during the day, and it didn't really fit in with the atmosphere of the place, which was more one of quiet contemplation, as should befit an ex-monastery. This is not the first time recently that a parador experience has been slightly tarnished by external parties. Paradores needs to decide on it's corporate identity, is it about a unique experience, or is it purely about making as much money as possible?