TdR Hotel Toruño del Rocío

Toruño del Rocío is a thirty-room hotel at 22 Plaza del Acebuchal, in the centre of the village of El Rocío, next to the thousand-year-old wild olive tree that the village calls "El Abuelo" (the Grandfather) and a step from the hermitage. The south-facing rooms look onto the Doñana marsh; the north-facing ones onto the square. The hotel itself describes itself as something between a rural stay and a hotel with soul, in a simple marsh style.

Marsh, square or courtyard: three prices

There are three room types, all with private bathroom. Those with marsh views have one or two beds, with an outside window or balcony, from €81 a night. The exterior twins, facing the marsh or the Plaza del Acebuchal, start from €72. The interior ones, with a window onto the Andalusian courtyard, cost from €63, and among them there is a single for solo travellers and an adapted option; ask about availability of the adapted bathroom. If you book on its website the hotel guarantees the best price and, subject to availability, early check-in or late check-out.

Marsh breakfast and eating house

Breakfast is served in the Blanca Paloma lounge, on the ground floor, from 7:00 to 10:30, with extra virgin olive oil, artisan sweets, and cured meats and charcuterie from the area. In the same house is the Toruño restaurant, open every day, with mostrenca and Huelva prawn rice dishes, and its terrace on the square.

Rules and times

Check-in is from 15:00 to 23:00 and check-out before 12:00. In summer you can extend check-out for a charge: 30% of the last night's price until 14:00, 50% until 16:00 and 100% until 20:00. Reception is staffed 24 hours. Smoking is not allowed in the hotel, nor are e-cigarettes, and outside food or drink may not be brought into the common areas. The building has a lift. The website doesn't say whether pets are allowed: ask beforehand.

Parking and getting around the village

The hotel has no garage, but you can park free around it, on the village's sand streets or in the Plaza del Acebuchal itself. From the door you walk to the El Rocío hermitage and the Paseo Marismeño. Matalascañas and its beach are a few minutes by car, and on the way is El Acebuche, where the 4x4 tour of Doñana departs.