Parador Gredos
The Sierra de Gredos has housed this stone building since 1928, the first Parador, surrounded by crystalline waters, rough rocks and green pine forests. 
The location in Alto del Risquillo is a privileged vantage point over the Valle del Tormes, the Gredos massif and the Piedrahita and Bejar sierras, making it a real excursion centre.
The hotel’s tough stone walls hide an interior with standout comfortable rooms, some with terrace. Classical wood reigns in the dining room, library and lounges. The presence of granite columns and the furnishing provide the space with a traditional Castilian style. The quality of the meat and local vegetables and pulses – such as the famed Barco beans – make for a rich cuisine of roasts and comfort soups and stews.
I cannot recommend this highly enough. So very worth the beautiful drive up the hill. I would gladly be walking the nearby trails, swimming the swimming holes right NOW! The Light of Ávila is only accentuated here.