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Benavente, Spain Vacations, Honeymoons and Luxury Travel Package
Renaissance Castle-Palace in Old Castile
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Benavente Description
This renaissance castle was constructed under the order of Fernando II of León and was the seat of las Cortes in 1202. It makes up part of the old town, set within the town's ancient city walls. It was almost destroyed in 1808 during the Spanish War of Independence but the huge Torre del Caracol (tower of the snail) survived, it has a lounge with an impressive Mudejar coffered ceiling.
Surrounded by beautiful gardens, the castle's interior has classical decorative features such as tapestries, forged lamps, coffered ceilings, as well as Spanish bricks and woods. Its spectacular rooms are specially equipped to be an ideal location for social gatherings. The sleep-inducing bedrooms are cosy and accommodating, and the restaurant offers local cuisine: Bacalao a la tranca (cod with boiled egg), arroz a la zamorana (rice and pork dish), dos y pingada (fried egg and bacon on bread) and tocino de cielo (custard caramel).
Benavente Services
In-Room Services
- Air Conditioning in bedrooms
- Canal plus
- Double Rooms (double beds): 3
- Minibar
- Places: 73
- Rooms with Lounge Area: 2
- Single Rooms: 3
- Telephone in bedrooms
- Television
- Twin Rooms: 30
General Services
- Air Conditioning in dining room
- Bar
- Bureau de Change
- Conference Suite
- Credit Cards
- Facility Accessibility (Check with Parador)
- Garden
- Life
- No animals allowed
- Restaurant
- Shop
- Seasonal Swimming Pool
Benavente Activities
Things to See
- Puebla de Sanabria (82 km.)
- Castle.
- Romanesque Churches.
- Lake of Sanabria
- Saint Marta de Tera (32 km.) Romanesque Parish Church.
- Benavente, Romanesque Churches.
- Villafáfila, National Park of the Lakes (28 km.)
- Tours.
- Archaeological Tour (30 km.)
- Tour of Tera (80 km.)
- Tour of the Sierra de la Culebra (50 km.)
- Tour of the Tierra de Campos (50 km.)
- Tour of Orbigo (25 km.)
- Granja de Moreruela, Monastery Ruins (25 km.)
Local Festivities
- Feria del Pimiento (Pepper Festival): end of September.
- Semana Santa (Holy Week): Zamora, a 65 km.
- Toro Enmaromado (bull run): Eve of Corpus Christi (Wednesday before Easter Sunday), Benavente.
- Virgen de la Vega: The town's Patron Saint.
Activities
- Fishing
- Hunting
- Rambling
- Trekking
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