Hotel Rural Cuarto de Milla

The house

The rural hotel of Gredos a Caballo, the horse-riding company that has worked in Hoyos del Espino since 1981. It is a three-storey house, simple and warm. Downstairs are reception, toilets and the dining room, with big windows onto the porch and a stone fireplace. On the first floor, the double rooms, with a double bed or twin beds, simple and modern in design, each with a bathroom and television. Upstairs, a shared attic with a television area, pouffes, a big table for board games and a corner for reading and chat, useful on rainy or snowy afternoons.

Prices and packages

A double room with breakfast costs €70 a night, and €50 for single use. The house's special appeal is the packages with horse riding:

• 2×1 on horseback: two nights in a double with breakfast and a two-hour ride, €105 per person.
• 2×2 on horseback: two nights in a double with breakfast and a two-hour ride each day, €140 per person.

They are valid any day of the week except long weekends and weekends in July and August; the single-use price must be requested. The rides cover pine woods, country lanes, broom scrub and the Tormes bank, with the sierra in the background. Hotel bookings on 615 946 025. The website does not publish check-in and check-out times, parking or a pet policy.

On horseback, without a package

Guests can also book Gredos a Caballo's rides separately: the two-hour one, for beginners, costs €45; the half-day, for enthusiasts, €60; and the full day, for riders who ride regularly, €115. There are weekend and multi-day rides, full-moon night rides and tailor-made rides for groups, all year round. They are booked on 645 387 927. If you travel with your own horse, the house offers to stable it. More details in the horse ride through the Tormes valley.

What to do nearby

Hoyos del Espino is the gateway to the Plataforma de Gredos, where the route to the Laguna Grande starts. In summer and at weekends access is regulated: check the Plataforma access before going up. In the same village are the Aguas de Gredos spa and, for eating, La Galana or the La Mira de Gredos restaurant.