Parador Sto Domingo de La Calzada
The Parador of Santo Domingo de La Calzada is in a 12th century former hospital next to the Cathedral, built by Saint Domingo to house the pilgrims on St. James’ way. 
Regal and elegant in style, it has majestic lounges and a vestibule full of gothic arches and coffered ceilings. Noble materials and bright colours – blue and white – lead on to comfortable, tastefully decorated rooms, some with canopied beds.
These warm, harmonious surroundings are also suitable for social events and gatherings. The restaurant offers local stuffed peppers, cod Rioja style and mixed Ribera vegetable platters, and the excellent wines of La Rioja.
This was our 2nd stay at Santo Domingo de la Calzada. On the first occasion directions re entry to the town would have been helpful, we obviously knew how to get in this time. Staff very pleasant and helpful. In the restaurant menus were available in English and one waitress had a smattering of English. There was a lack of more simple dishes for those with a less robust appetite (surely there are Spaniards with smaller appetites). Rooms very comfortable. Not very much to do in town but it is a good centre to explore the Rioja region.
1. Overall very comfortable until it rained when water came inthrough the window/ceiling.(fault was found and should not have arisen)
2.Staff pleasant but through age and heat were reluctant to scarry luggage up the stairs to the ‘top room’. Very appreciative of the help from a 67 year old(Me)
3.Directions were very bad. After a long day out we spent 25 minutesw ‘trying to get in’ The very narrow entrance was not expected and was not clearly signposted.
4.We dined in one vening having been disappointed at a previous Parador and were very disappointed on this occasion.
5. Overall we think the Paradors are great and will stay again.
we had a great time and the staff was helpful. The only problem we had was poor directions on parking. You need to mention the street entrance with the car guard to get to the parador. We drove around for half an hour before being directed to it. I had to walk in on foot to the parador and get directions. At first I thought our room overlooking the street would be noisy because we could hear early evening voices, etc., but Santo Domingo is a sleepy little town and by bedtime and through the night there was no noise. The location is good for exploring the wine region.
We enjoyed our stay in the Parador de Santo Domingo de la Calzada. We shall go again, everybody was very polite and helpfull and our room was just perfect. We would like to say thank you to the receptioniste who welcomed us and also to all the staff.
Arrived in the snow. But what a warm welcome. This was to be our first Parador experience having heard about them so many times over the years. It was no disappointment. Accomodation, food, service was superb. Went on to four more Paradors on the route to Santiago and every one was a new and fantastic experience.
Looking forward to more in the future
Problem with reservation, my fault, but reception staff were very hellpful and soon sorted my problem.
Could not fault the hotel, excellent location, rooms and meals.
Another great Parador experience to add to our list
Thank you
We just left your Parador today, October 4th, and thoroughly admired the artwork especially one by an F. Bergareche in the lobby. We would appreciate it a lot if you could let us know how to contact the artist.
Sincerely,
Service at the desk , although busy was very courteous and helpful. The room was superb, and extremely quiet. The food , at dinner and breakfast was absolutely great. We enjoyed walking about in the parador …the interior is so beautiful. On a scale of 10, I would rate
this hotel as a 10.
Fantastic parador. Lovely rooms – fabulous location – good breakfast. Staff were superb to say we speak no Spanish at all.
You can park outside the old town and this is only a minute walk away. Not much to do in the town itself but plenty round about. We stopped for 2 nights and really enjoyed it. Would stay again & reccomend it to anyone.
Reception was no more than OK (too busy), and not very helpful about parking – our car was too tall to go in the underground car park, and there were no obvious alternatives.
Our room was smaller than others we stayed at, with no real view.
The restaurant was OK but nothing special.
Santo Domingo itself was not too interesting, but maybe we were spoilt by having been at Caceres the night before !
we stayed at 6 paradores, but much preferred the older ones like santa domingo. we did not know there were 2 paradoes in the town, for visitors this could be made more clear please. it would help to know in advance that there is a charge to use the garage. the parador was very comforable and we had a very nice room facing the cathedral. the staff were friendly and helpful. the cathedral is an amazing experience as there is a high tech exhibition which contrasts very well with the magnificent cathedral with its live resident chickens! we would reccommend others to stay at this parador – thank you.