Eurostars Hotel de la Reconquista

The Hotel de la Reconquista occupies Oviedo's former Provincial Hospice, which operated as such from 1752 to 1965 and has been a hotel since 1974. The building has been a Bien de Interés Cultural since 1973 and is a national monument. It is a five-star hotel of the Eurostars chain, beside the San Francisco park, between the Calle Uría shopping district and the old town.

The Gil de Jaz hospice

The Baroque façade, with a great coat of arms over the door, faces Calle Gil de Jaz. Inside, the hotel is organised around covered inner courtyards, one of them the Patio de la Reina (Queen's Courtyard), and it keeps the octagonal chapel designed by Ventura Rodríguez. Along the corridors and in the lounges there is a collection of tapestries, paintings, sculptures and period furniture. Every October the hotel welcomes the prizewinners, the juries and the annual gathering of the Princess of Asturias Awards.

142 rooms and 4 suites

The rooms have classic decoration, with carpet and wooden furniture. Check-in is at 15:00 and check-out at 12:00. Breakfast is served on weekdays from 7:00 to 10:30 and on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 7:30 to 11:00; if you prefer it in your room, the chain sells it as an extra for €22 per person. The website warns that maintenance work is under way that may cause occasional noise in some areas: if that matters to you, ask for a room away from it when you book.

It does not admit pets. Groups of more than six rooms may have their own payment terms.

La Regenta, beneath the courtyards

The hotel's restaurant, La Regenta, looks onto the Patio de la Reina and serves Asturian and international cooking with a contemporary approach; it opens for lunch from 13:30 to 15:30 and for dinner from 20:30 to 23:30. Next door is the American bar, for a drink at the end of the day. If you prefer to go out, Casa Fermín is on Calle San Francisco, beside the same park.

For conferences and weddings it has a convention centre of over 9,000 m², with 16 divisible rooms, and a shopping arcade.

Car, train and old town

Oviedo's railway station, on Calle Uría, is less than five minutes' walk away, and the bus station is close. If you come by car, you enter by the A-66 or the AS-2 and the hotel's car park is covered, at €23 a night: leave the car there until you go, because the cathedral, the Fontán and Calle Gascona are all explored on foot. For the Naranco, take bus A2.

Phone numbers: hotel, 985 241 100; the chain's reservations, 913 342 196, 24 hours.