La Vida de Antes Rural Hotel

The house

La Vida de Antes is a three-star rural hotel in a typical 19th-century La Mancha house, restored with period decorative details and a family atmosphere. It is at Calle Colón 2, in the centre of Consuegra. It has a La Mancha inner courtyard with a glazed gallery, a fireplace and an outdoor patio with a pool, as well as a summer terrace and parking.

In the same building, with a separate entrance, is El Retorno, the 25-seat restaurant of chef Pedro Rodríguez: sleeping here puts a special lunch or dinner a few steps from your room, always by reservation.

The rooms

There are twelve and each one is different: one single, five doubles, five with a sitting room and one adapted for people with reduced mobility. Some look onto the glazed central courtyard and others face the windmills, and among them there are attic duplexes and interconnecting rooms, useful for families or friends. The decor combines restored fine materials with a contemporary touch, with tiled bathrooms and wrought-iron details. There is free wifi and pets are accepted.

Apartments

The same owners have the La Vida de Antes Tourist Apartments on Calle Urda 7, in a family building renovated with traditional materials such as wood, threshing-floor brick and clay tile. They are five minutes from the square, opposite the 18th-century chapel of the Cristo de la Vera Cruz, and next to the steps that climb Calderico hill. They also accept pets. The hotel and the apartments can be rented in full for groups, and the house organises events on request.

Getaways and booking

The official tourism listing includes three getaways with "from" prices: one or two nights with buffet breakfast and a tasting of three D.O. sheep's cheeses and local wine, from €110; one night in a romantic room with buffet breakfast, from €100; and one or two nights with buffet breakfast and a hamper of La Mancha products, from €115.

Book on 925 48 21 33 or by WhatsApp on 626 652 889, from 9:00 to 21:30, and at [email protected].

What is nearby

From Calle Colón you can walk to the Plaza de España and the archaeological museum and, up the chapel steps, to the windmills on Calderico hill and La Muela castle. For a different plan, the tasting at Quesos César rounds off the cheese getaway nicely.