Hotel Infanta Isabel

Hotel Infanta Isabel occupies a late 19th-century building at number 12 on Segovia's Plaza Mayor, right opposite the cathedral. It belongs to the Recordis Hotels group. What you pay for here is the location: many rooms have a balcony onto the square and the cathedral, and from the door you can walk to the whole old town.

Thirty-nine rooms, six types

The hotel has 39 rooms decorated in late 19th-century taste, with parquet floors, soundproofed windows, air conditioning, a safe and free wifi. Rates start at €56 a night on its website.

• Double: outward-facing, up to 20 m², with two beds or a double bed.
• Double with square view: with a balcony onto the Plaza Mayor.
• Superior with square view: 30 m² and three balconies onto the square, the cathedral and the main pedestrian street.
• Triple: 30 m², double bed and sofa bed or extra bed.
• Family: 35 m², 1.80 m bed and a bunk bed, for four; for five, ask.

If you want a balcony onto the square, ask when you book: they try subject to availability.

Breakfast, no restaurant

There is no restaurant; it serves a buffet breakfast from 8:00 to 10:30. For lunch, the square is full of roast houses: José María, a few steps away, or Casa Duque, down towards the Aqueduct.

Car: garage with valet parking

The historic centre is no place for a car. The hotel has a private garage with valet service, from 8:00 to 23:00, for €16 a night; it is 400 metres away and spaces are limited, so book it. Outside those hours there is an agreement with the Parking del Acueducto. The Segovia-Guiomar high-speed station is 4 km away, with a city bus and taxis; Madrid-Barajas is about 90 km away, with a transfer for €150 per vehicle if requested 72 hours ahead.

What is shared with the Hotel Real

Guests can use the rental bicycles, gym, reading rooms and panoramic terraces of the Hotel Real, from the same group, five minutes away on foot. In summer they also get free access to the pools and courts of the Casino de la Unión, in Hontanares de Eresma, a quarter of an hour by car.

Conditions

Check-in from 15:00 and check-out until 12:00; late check-out until 18:00 costs €30, subject to availability. Reception open 24 hours. Pets are not admitted. Babysitting is available on request. Cancellation depends on the rate.

Opposite is the cathedral, and if you are going on the balloon flight at sunrise, sleeping here saves you the early start from Madrid.