Eurostars Palacio Santa Marta

The Eurostars Palacio Santa Marta occupies a 16th-century manor house at Calle Ballesteros, 6, next to the Plaza Mayor. From the palace it keeps the vaults and Renaissance cloisters; from the renovations, the comforts of a four-star hotel with 50 rooms, an outdoor pool and a quiet terrace.

Calle Ballesteros, three minutes from the square

The hotel reckons about three minutes on foot to the historic centre: you step out and you are in the Plaza Mayor, with the medieval town and the castle uphill. If you arrive by bus, the stop is about 16 minutes' walk away, according to the hotel.

By car, it has parking at €10 a night, but spaces cannot be reserved: they go in order of arrival. If there is no space left, you will have to look for one outside the historic centre.

Five types of room

• Double with two beds, which the hotel listing gives as adapted for people with reduced mobility, and the only one that mentions cots on request.
• Double with a double bed, with an LCD television and a desk.
• Single, simpler.
• Superior double, more spacious.
• Connecting doubles, designed for families or friends: a room with a double bed and another with two beds joined by an entrance hall.

All have wifi, air conditioning, a safe, a minibar and a hairdryer; almost all have a telephone in the bathroom too. The website does not give the square metres of each type. If you need the adapted room or the cot, confirm it when you book.

Breakfast yes, dinner elsewhere

Breakfast is a buffet, Monday to Friday from 7:00 to 10:30 and at weekends and on public holidays from 8:00 to 11:00. The rest of the kitchen is stopped: the hotel warns that the restaurant, the café and room service are not operating until further notice. For lunch and dinner you have the Mesón La Troya close by, in the same square, or the Parador restaurant, 200 metres from the square.

Summer pool and other house rules

The pool opens in the summer season, from 11:00 to 21:00. Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out until 12:00; some hotel offers include earlier check-in or later check-out, subject to availability. Pets are not allowed. Bookings of three rooms or more may have their own payment conditions and supplements.

The hotel has meeting rooms with natural light and free wifi. To book by phone, the Eurostars switchboard answers 24 hours on 913 342 196; the hotel, on 927 659 190.