Aras Rural, hotel and wooden houses

Why sleep here

Aras de los Olmos is within the same Starlight Reserve as Galáctica, 21 minutes by car, and the village has its own observatories: that of the Universitat de València and that of the Asociación Valenciana de Astronomía, on the Muela de Santa Catalina, and La Cambra, of the AstroAras association. The complex is at the end of the village, in 11,000 m² of pine wood, and from your cabin door you have plenty of sky.

Hotel or cabin

The hotel has 15 rooms with rustic wooden decor (twelve doubles, one triple and two quadruples), with bathroom, wifi and, in some, a balcony. The 12 wooden houses sleep up to six people: three bedrooms, a bathroom, a living room with sofa bed and television, and a full kitchen, with bed linen and towels. There is a restaurant, a meeting room and a garage for bikes.

Prices

A double costs €90 a night, €100 with a balcony; the triple, €120, and the quadruple, €140. The cabins, €135 for one or two people, €160 for three or four and €200 for five or six. The weekend buffet breakfast is extra, at €12. The website announces discounts for long stays and midweek. Check-in from 16:00 and check-out until 12:00.

Astronomy from the hotel

On its packages page it offers two plans with a local company: an hour-and-a-half observation with professional equipment at the La Cambra observatory, or a full afternoon with the Big History planetarium at 18:30 and observation at 23:00, with a minimum of four people. It publishes no prices: you book by phone, on the number the packages page itself gives.