Parador Zafra
The Parador “Duque de Feria” in Zafra occupies a majestic castle which was begun in 1437 as the residence of the Dukes of Feria, one of Spain’s great families. 
The spectacular facade expresses the importance of this castle-palace, which is the ideal base for exploring the architectural heritage and the natural beauties of the area.
Nine towers with battlements stand guard over a regal, grandiose interior which conserves beautiful coffered ceilings, trunks, ironwork, balustrades and other decorative details from the former palace.
The bedrooms, which still have their ducal coffered ceilings and decorative details, are lordly, elegant and spacious. The swimming pool and well-tended garden are also worth a mention.
The Zafra Parador is a high comfort hotel, nice, clean and big rooms. We had one with a nice view to the old city area.
The restaurant in the open air courtyard is nice too, the service and food good.
The employees in the hotel speak better English than you normal experience in central Spain (far away for the coastline).
We will come back to Parador Zafra one again.
We very much enjoyed our stay at the Parador of Zafra. It was conveniently located, breakfast was superb (as in all paradores we stayed at by the way) and the room was spacious, perhaps a bit dark, but provided with all the amenities required. We also had a light meal in the bar, which was tasteful. We were not disturbed by any noise.
At reception they were very polite and helpful. Definitely worth a visit.
We were very pleased with the Parador in Zafra. Our room was very comfortable with a spacious bathroom. The room overlooked the square but it was not noisy as traffic does not pass. Breakfast in the restaurant was excellent with friendly staff. We did not have dinner in the restaurant but we did eat in the bar where the food and the service was really good. The hotel is very central for exploring Zafra. We would definitely stay there again if passing that way.
Great location and town. True historic inland Spain. Room fine.
However reception staff unhelpful and made us feel like naughty schoolchildren as we did not have our passports on us. (Other hotels have not asked for this).
Dinner fine but has been this good in lower grade hotels. Breakfast great.
We stayed two nights at the Parador in Zafra at the end of August and thought it was beautiful. Our room opened out onto the courtyard giving it a spacious feel. The pool was a good size, especially in comparison to some others. We did not dine in the Parador as the evening meals seem to have gone up a lot in price (and our exchange rate is poor at the moment!) but we did have the breakfasts, which provided the usual choices. Being able to sit outside was an added bonus. One of the advantages of staying there is that it is right in the town so you can wander in and eat at one of the many cafes and tapas bars. Some of the staff at the Parador were not particularly helpful (others were) but, unfortunately, that is sometimes the case with this hotel group and I largely blame myself for not speaking better Spanish.
We would happily stay there again.
Paradore itself was beautiful. Rooms very large and clean. Pool was perfect after a day of travelling.
HOWEVER, restaurant staff were not very friendly or helpful. Food was expensive and not worth the money. We should have eaten out somewhere else.
Lady who gave us breakfast was very nice and friendly which made us feel a little better.
While the Parador looks great from the outside en also from the inside, the room we had was noisy and it smelled in the bathroom. After we told the reception about the smell a cleaning woman came and poured some nice smelling liquids in the toilet, bath and bidet. It held for a couple of hours and then the nasty smell was there again.
A note about the restaurant… The waiters hardly speak English and we felt unwelcome by their unfriendly attitude. It was as if it was too much of a trouble that we wanted to have dinner! Besides the atmosphere, the quality of the food was far below average for a 4 star hotel!
We would not recommend this Parador to our friends and family.