Hotel Tres Coronas de Silos

The Tres Coronas is a stone manor house on the Plaza Mayor of Santo Domingo de Silos, the village of the Romanesque cloister and Gregorian chant, about 55 km south of Burgos. It has 15 rooms and a grill with a wood-fired oven, and from the door to the monastery church it is a couple of minutes' walk. The staircase up to the rooms already sets the mood of another era.

On the square, two minutes from vespers

Sleeping on the Plaza Mayor lets you do what a day trip does not: stay for vespers with Gregorian chant in the evening, have dinner without a car and enter the cloister on the first visit of the morning. The Yecla gorge is a few minutes away by car.

Fifteen outward-facing doubles

All 15 rooms are doubles, all outward-facing, and some have views of the square. Six have a double bed and in four others an extra bed can be added for a third person. All have a full bathroom, television, telephone, internet, hairdryer and central heating.

Published prices

The hotel publishes its rates, VAT included and subject to change:

• Standard double, outward-facing, Castilian style: €99 to €139 a night.
• Premium double, with breakfast: €155 to €175.
• Cot or extra bed: €25.
• Breakfast: €12.50 per person.
• Half board, with drinks: €90 per person per day; full board, €110.
• Weekend package: two people, two nights, four breakfasts and four dinners, two of them tasting dinners of local food with its Gin Silos, for €395.
• January to March, with a minimum of three nights, there is a lower price per person per day.

Reception from 8:00 to 24:00

Reception is open from 8:00 to midnight and closed from 0:00 to 8:00: if you are going to arrive late, let them know beforehand. The bar and dining room are accessible to people with reduced mobility.

The Asador Casa Emeterio, on the ground floor, makes wood-fired roast lamb its signature dish, with an average price of about €26.

Via Covarrubias or via Lerma

From Burgos, take the N-234 and the BU-901 via Covarrubias, or the A-1 to Lerma, 30 km from Silos. From Aranda de Duero it is 41 km along the BU-910. From Madrid, Bilbao, Valladolid or Santander you can get there in under two hours, according to the hotel.