Comments on: Parador Ciudad Rodrigo

By: Richard Stone

Richard Stone — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:52:09 +0000

Our first visit to a Parador, on a trip around five of them. All the staff were very helpful. My wife is disabled and they were quick to help her on the passenger lift. Breakfast was prepaid, and was as good as other comments said they were. We didn’t eat in the Parador in the evening, after seeing the (generally) negative comments. However, the Plaza Mayor had only ordinary places to eat.

By: Steve Brown

Steve Brown — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:47:05 +0000

This was the second Prador at which we stayed and both were FANTASTIC. I would highly recommend this one as well as the one in Hondarribia. The staff was extra nice and helpful and the restaurant was excellent.

By: Richard Hurdley

Richard Hurdley — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:12:30 +0000

We stayed at Rodrigo Parador with our four children en route to the Algarve. We were amazed by the rooms and the quality of service – our only regret is that we didnt stay longer!
Breakfast was superb!

By: Elizabeth Brown

Elizabeth Brown — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:27:56 +0000

Stunning hotel, surprisingly difficult to find! Excellent reception. Lovely room and grounds. Had to wait a long time for anyone to staff the bar before dinner. The dinner menu was less than tempting and the food was absolutely dreadful. In contrast breakfast was extremely good.

By: Peter Perls

Peter Perls — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:25:07 +0000

Reception staff greeted us warmly, the room they gave us was excellent with a view over the car park. It was very clean, light and airy. The public rooms were comfortable and interesting As regards the restaurant, breakfast was of a good standard with a varied selection. We cannot get our head around the Dinner menu however. What we ordered was edible but ,we feel ,very poor value for money. Nobody, whichever parador we stay in, seems to be able to speak sufficient English, to be of help. Finding our way out of the Parador to the main route was very hard.

By: Brian Sugden

Brian Sugden — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:13:05 +0000

A wonderful start to a 5 paradors in 7 nights. The front desk staff were very, very helpful. We were able to climb the tower – well worth the climb, but it’s rarely open – ask the staff. The room was nice and clean. The parador itself was gorgeous – great light, terrific furniture and accessories. The breakfast had a wide variety of choices, all good and one of only two of the paradors to serve delicious migas. The only drawback to it was not having the thick hot chocolate into which you dip churros. The town itself was great to walk around in. We had a good and very inexpensive dinner (menu del dia) sitting outside one of the cafeterias on the Plaza Mayor. We’d go again!

By: Robert Salter

Robert Salter — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:09:24 +0000

We stayed just one night en-route to Porto. The reception staff were excellent and very helpful, the breakfast was of the usual high standard although we did have to wait rather a long time for our coffee despite trying to attract the attention of the waiting staff. Were we being ignored whilst people who arrived in the dining room after us were served? Not sure.
The room, although small, had a wonderful view of the river. The town itself is of limited interest and can be seen in a couple of hours. Food anywhere in the town before 2030 is difficult to find and once the day trip tourists have gone home, the town is empty. I would recommend this hotel as a good place to stay if you are en-route to somewhere but to make a specific journey to the town would probably be a waste of time.

By: Poul Fonager

Poul Fonager — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:10:15 +0000

We enjoyed the 2 night stay. Everything was perfect except the dinner and the service in the restaurant. The staff could not speak english and were not at the expected level.
Next time we visit Spain we would like to stay at a paradores-hotel

By: Kevin Green

Kevin Green — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:20:58 +0000

The Parador was interesting and historic like the whole town. We visited because of my interest in Wellington’s storming of the town’s walls which are still visible. The museaum was also very good to visit. This Parador has no swimming pool but the river has some lovely bathing areas where we swum, the staff at receiption could have mentioned this to us when we asked whether the Parador had a swimming pool. Breakfast was of a superior quality and our bedroom, which did not have a view, was very comfortable. All the staff spoke very good English.

By: Alasdair Johnston

Alasdair Johnston — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:32:28 +0000

Staff good; ambiance ~ a typically good Parador adaptation of an historic castle. Cuisine to usual excellent standard, but bedrooms rather small and long walk from reception [and an irritating short-cut to the enclosed private car park closed to residents]. No UK language channels on room TV.
The town is a remarkably preserved example of an eighteenth centuray fortifed town but otherwise of very limited interest. Allow about 1 hour to walk the city walls and abouot the same for the town itself.