Hotel La Siuranella

A small hotel inside the village

La Siuranella is a small six-room hotel on carrer dels Rentadors, inside Siurana: the stone village on the cliff top, with cobbled streets and old houses. You sleep up here once the cars have gone. It belongs to the household of the chef Rafel Muria, who runs the Michelin-starred restaurant Quatre Molins in Cornudella; the hotel can also book you a table there, at the Antiga Serradora or at Brichs, in Falset.

The rooms

Each has its own character, somewhere between an old Priorat village house and modern comfort. Three overlook the quiet village streets and three look onto the Montsant range. All have a bathroom with a shower, bathrobe and slippers, high-quality mattresses, several types of pillow, television and wifi. Some can be adapted for children, with an extra bed depending on age: say so when booking. Pets are allowed, on a lead in the common areas and not to be left alone in the room.

Breakfast and dinner

A full Mediterranean breakfast is included. For dinner, the house restaurant, Els Tallers, serves a menu that changes daily every night from 20:00 to 21:30, made with local, seasonal produce, with starters to share and a choice of first courses, main courses and desserts. At lunchtime, from March to October and weather permitting, the Terrassa Montsant opens, with a menu and views of the range; from July to October dinners also move to the terrace.

Getting there

You drive up the Cornudella road to the entrance to the village, where the P1, P2 and P3 car parks are, paid; from there you walk in. It is about 55 minutes from Tarragona. Check-in is from 16:00 and check-out until 11:00; before arriving you complete the online registration, which gives you the lock code.

What to do nearby

Everything is on foot: the village, the castle and the church of Santa Maria, the Camí de la Trona beneath the cliff and the guided visit of legends and geology. Down below, kayaking on the reservoir and a swim at the Toll de la Palla.