Casa Taberna, Rooms

The house

Casa Taberna is a 17th-century Castilian manor house at number 3 of Pedraza's Plaza Mayor, restored in detail by the cook Samantha Vallejo-Nágera. Downstairs are the tavern and the grill restaurant; upstairs, the guesthouse. The house sums up its idea in three words, warmth, simplicity and luxury, and the photos on its website say it all: exposed wooden beams, lit fireplaces, antique furniture and whitewashed walls in light tones. From the rooms you can see the Plaza Mayor and, in the background, the Sierra de Guadarrama.

The rooms

It is not a hotel with many rooms, but a house with a few large ones:

• Suite. About 50 m², with views of the Plaza Mayor, a separate private lounge with fireplace, a private dressing room and a bathroom with shower and bath.
• Junior suite. Spacious and warm, with a lounge, fireplace and a bathroom with natural light, also with shower and bath.
• The whole house. It can be rented in full, with a private lounge and dining room for the group. Availability is checked by phone.

The website does not publish prices, check-in and check-out times or breakfast conditions. The rooms are booked online from the website itself or by phone, on 621 259 016 or at [email protected]. The phone is answered Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 10:00 to 16:00, and Friday and Saturday from 10:00 to 15:00 and from 19:00 to 21:00. Pets are not accepted anywhere in the establishment.

Dining without leaving the house

The appeal of sleeping here is going downstairs for dinner. The house restaurant cooks over embers with the fire in view and serves two menus to the whole table: the Samantha menu, at €90, with country pâté, Cantabrian anchovy, artichoke flower, corvina Bilbao-style, grilled rib steak from mature beef, Cerrato cheese with quince and the house chocolate and hazelnut tart; and the Sabine menu, at €70, a tribute to the cook's French mother, with country pâté and foie gras, onion soup with Gruyère, entrecôte with Café de Paris butter and cheese crème brûlée. Book the table at the same time as the room. The terrace on the square cannot be reserved. More details on the Casa Taberna page.

Who it is for

For a couple's getaway or a small celebration with the whole house. The Plaza Mayor is on the doorstep and the town is explored on foot: the walk around the town and the Castle and Zuloaga Museum are a few minutes away. The car is left in the car parks outside the wall.