Hotel La Fonda Moreno

La Fonda Moreno is a family-run two-star hotel at Calle de Sant Nicolau 12, inside Morella's walled enclosure. The building was completely renovated in 2006 and mixes contemporary design with the traditional: coloured walls, wooden beams and windows that look onto the rooftops of the old town. Downstairs are the house bar and restaurant, so you sleep and eat under the same roof.

Nine rooms above the dining room

There are only nine rooms, all with a full bathroom, air conditioning, heating, flat-screen television and telephone, and there is wifi throughout the hotel. The access is accessible and it has rooms adapted for people with disabilities. The website does not detail room types, extra beds or prices: the rate appears when you choose dates in its online booking, and for any question there is 964 160 105 or [email protected]. Nor does it say whether breakfast is included or the check-in and check-out times, so ask when booking.

Dinner without going out

The inn's restaurant serves simple Morella cooking: ternasco, Morella soup and croquettes, partridge in oil, rabbit with almonds and, for dessert, the collà, the local curd. It has menus at €20, €32 and €34 and everything can be taken away, which is handy on a tired night with children. Its hours are not published: confirm on arrival.

With a dog or by car

According to the tourist office, the house admits dogs if you let them know beforehand; the hotel does not say so on its website, so confirm when booking and ask whether there is a supplement. By car, you can only enter the walled town to load and unload: leave your luggage at the door and park on Paseo Jaume I, the blue zone outside the wall, from where you walk up. If you arrive on the bus from Castellón, remember it only runs on weekdays.

What is nearby

From Calle de Sant Nicolau you can walk to the whole old town: the arcaded street, the basilica of Santa María and the climb to the castle, whose entrance is now at the top of Calle del Hospital. It is a good base for the Morella with the family plan, which has lunch at the inn itself.