Hotel AF Pesquera

The AF Pesquera is a boutique hotel in a former flour mill of 1922, on Paseo de la Estación in Peñafiel, at the foot of the castle. It is run by Familia Fernández Rivera, the house of Tinto Pesquera and Condado de Haza, and is conceived for wine tourism: sleeping in the Ribera, eating in its gastronomic restaurant and visiting the family's wineries. It has 36 rooms, a spa and a museum cellar with all its wines.

On the flat, under the castle

The hotel is in the flat part of Peñafiel. On foot you reach the Plaza del Coso and the street that climbs to the castle and Provincial Wine Museum in a few minutes. The most special room, El Castillo, has views of the fortress. Valladolid is about 50 minutes away on the N-122.

Rooms named after novels

• Standard: 24 rooms with air conditioning, heating, television, safe, desk and bathroom with hairdryer; room service is available.
• Deluxe: five, with glass-walled bathroom and a four-poster bed; they are called El Perfume, El Amante, Seda, Lolita and Expiación.
• Suites: Bomarzo and Gato Pardo, with a double bedroom and a living room with sofa bed, the ones that suit families.
• Gran Deluxe: four two-storey lofts with living room and jacuzzi (El elogio de la sombra, Fiesta, Memorias de Adriano and El Aleph) and El Castillo, the largest, with views of the fortress.

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Al Agua Sana Spa

The spa has a hydrotherapy circuit and sessions for therapeutic purposes, as well as treatments and a small gym.

Origen-es and La Perla

Origen-es is the hotel's gastronomic restaurant, with the grill as the star and local produce, above all from the family estate Dehesa La Granja. It has a tasting menu according to season and a cellar with out-of-market vintages from the family, champagnes and sparkling wines. For something more informal, Taberna La Perla serves a menu of small bites, also to take away subject to availability.

If you prefer to eat out, the Molino de Palacios, a few minutes' walk away, roasts Churra milk-fed lamb to order.

Wineries and bikes

The hotel organises experiences with the family's two wineries in the Ribera del Duero, Condado de Haza and Pesquera; book on 983 88 12 12 or at [email protected]. It has a shop with the family's wines and products, and hires bicycles at reception for the Duero trail. The hotel's energy comes from its own solar panels.