La Beltraneja

Two houses against the wall

La Beltraneja came from joining two humble houses at Calle del Arco, 10, in Buitrago del Lozoya, which hid in their walls original sections of the wall, the one the Arabs built around the 10th century. Restoring façades and interiors produced an irregularly shaped accommodation, with a bathroom carved into a tower and beds whose headboard is the wall itself, the wall-walk or the barbican. It is named after Juana la Beltraneja, who lived in the Mendoza castle in Buitrago. Sleeping here is sleeping inside the walled enclosure, with the Clock Tower and the Picasso Museum a few steps away.

Six rooms, each with its piece of wall

• La Villa, a 16 m² double on the ground floor, bright and soundproofed, with an original stone wall and a hydromassage column in the bathroom. It is the one with no stairs.
• El Arco, a 24 m² suite of wood and stone, with two balconies, a wall shared with the wall and the original bathroom carved in the tower; an extra bed is possible.
• Al-Rabad, an 18 m² superior double with brick and stone walls from a turret, reading corner and rain shower.
• La Barbacana, a 27 m² suite with a 2 m canopy bed and two balconies over a buttress of the barbican.
• La Torre, the smallest double, 14 m², with the tower's brick exposed and an attic bathroom.
• El Adarve, a 25 m² attic suite with a headboard of wall stone and five windows onto the battlements; double bed or two beds.

All have wifi, 40-inch Smart TV, a direct-line telephone, minibar with water, Nespresso machine with coffee, milk and pastries, underfloor heating and toiletries; some have air conditioning. In the common areas there is tourist information, a smokers' terrace, a water dispenser and a microwave.

How it works

You come and go as you please: online check-in and access with codes, no permanent reception. The rooms are reached without a lift, except La Villa. It does not accept pets, according to the Buitrago tourist office. Prices are on its website, which offers better conditions there than on other platforms; contact on 91 868 03 31, 630 351 886 or at [email protected].

The car, on Calle Tahona

Inside the enclosure cars of non-residents cannot drive or park: leave the car in the free municipal car park on Calle Tahona and walk in. Without a car, the ALSA 191 bus runs from Plaza de Castilla to Buitrago.

From the door, the wall and Clock Tower and the Arrabal bridge; for lunch, the Asador Las Murallas is on Plaza de la Constitución.