Hotel Rural Las Rozuelas

A 1940 stone house in the oak wood

Las Rozuelas is a stone house from 1940, restored as a country hotel and blended into the mountainside, at Carretera de las Dehesas, 45, in an oak wood halfway up the Fuenfría valley, above Cercedilla. It is not in the village or on the main road: you reach it by a short forest track and what surrounds you is woodland. Cercedilla has mild summers and cold, damp winters, often with snow.

Eight rooms

Two attic suites of 40 and 28 m² with a balcony-terrace and views of the Fuenfría pass, Majalasna and Montón de Trigo; two doubles of 20 m² under a timber roof; and double rooms with a 1.80 m bed that splits into two. All have a minibar, television and free wifi; rooms 1 to 4 also have air conditioning. The website does not publish prices outside its booking system, nor check-in and check-out times, nor whether pets or children are allowed: ask on 629 829 288.

Breakfast by the fireplace

Breakfast is the house speciality: a generous buffet with quality produce, included in the price, served in the lounge with its wood fire and large windows onto the garden and the forest. The lounge is always open to guests, with board games, and outside there are several terraces. The hotel does not advertise a restaurant for lunch and dinner, so go down to Cercedilla to eat: La Maya is in the centre, open all day.

Getting here and parking

Along the Las Dehesas road, leaving Cercedilla: at kilometre point 1.8, going uphill, a 160-metre forest track branches off to the left with a sign saying "Las Rozuelas". Parking is private and free, an advantage in a valley where the Las Dehesas car park works by reservation and charges on the busiest days.

What you have on foot

The Fuenfría Visitor Centre and the Fuenfría Roman road are a few minutes away; the Navacerrada pass and the Schmid Path are a quarter of an hour by car.