Castles & Palaces
The Alhambra palace complex overlooking Granada at golden hour

12 castle hotels

Castle Hotels in Spain

Real castles and palaces in Spain where you can book a room for the night.

The Royal Palace of Olite's dense cluster of Gothic towers rising above the Navarrese plain
In the CastleVisit & Stay

spain · Navarre

Royal Palace of Olite

Twenty-three towers and a king's obsession with the French court — the most extravagant Gothic palace in Spain

★★★★
From €98 / nightExplore →
Cardona Castle rising above the Cardoner valley in Catalonia, Spain
In the CastleVisit & Stay

spain · Catalonia, Bages

Cardona Castle

A Carolingian fortress and Romanesque jewel rising above the salt mountains

★★★★
From €89 / nightExplore →
Alarcón Castle, an 8th-century Moorish fortress restored as a parador hotel, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
In the Castle

spain · Alarcón, Province of Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha

Alarcón Castle

An 8th-century Moorish fortress where Don Juan Manuel wrote El Conde Lucanor, rescued from ruin by the Spanish state in 1963

★★★★
From €140 / nightExplore →
Arteaga Castle, a Neo-Gothic castle rebuilt by Empress Eugénie de Montijo, Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve, Basque Country, Spain
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spain · Gautegiz Arteaga, Biscay, Basque Country — Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve

Arteaga Castle

A medieval Basque family tower rebuilt in Neo-Gothic style by order of Empress Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III

★★★★
From €191 / nightExplore →
Baiona Castle, the walled Monterreal fortress where Europe first learned of Columbus's return, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
In the Castle

spain · Baiona, Province of Pontevedra, Galicia

Baiona Castle

The first port in Europe to learn of Columbus's return from America, now a Parador on a 2,000-year-old fortified peninsula

★★★★
From €114 / nightExplore →
Buen Amor Castle, an 11th-century fortress turned Renaissance palace hotel surrounded by vineyards, Salamanca, Spain
In the Castle

spain · Villanueva de Cañedo / Topas, Salamanca, Castilla y León

Buen Amor Castle

A Salamanca fortress transformed in 1478 for a bishop's love affair, now a boutique hotel surrounded by its own vineyards

★★★★
From €95 / nightExplore →
Ciudad Rodrigo Castle, a medieval frontier fortress and one of Spain's earliest Paradores, Salamanca province, Spain
In the Castle

spain · Ciudad Rodrigo, Province of Salamanca, Castile and León

Ciudad Rodrigo Castle

A frontier fortress rebuilt for Henry II of Trastámara, and the fourth Parador ever opened in Spain (1931)

★★★★
From €148 / nightExplore →
Curiel Castle, the oldest fortress in Valladolid province, now a luxury hotel in the Ribera del Duero, Spain
In the Castle

spain · Curiel de Duero, Province of Valladolid, Castile and León

Curiel Castle

The oldest fortress in Valladolid province, where a nobleman was held prisoner for 54 years — now a Ribera del Duero luxury hotel

★★★★
From €121 / nightExplore →
Hondarribia Castle, the 10th-century Castillo de Carlos V in the walled old town of Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain
In the Castle

spain · Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country

Hondarribia Castle

A 10th-century Navarrese fortress reformed by Emperor Charles V, standing in the walled Plaza de Armas of Hondarribia's old town

★★★★
From €103 / nightExplore →
Jarandilla de la Vera Castle, the 15th-century castle-palace where Emperor Charles V stayed before retiring to Yuste, Cáceres, Spain
In the Castle

spain · Jarandilla de la Vera, Province of Cáceres, Extremadura

Jarandilla de la Vera Castle

The castle-palace where a newly abdicated Emperor Charles V waited out the final touches on his retirement at Yuste

★★★★
From €76 / nightExplore →
Oropesa Castle, Spain's first Parador (1930), overlooking the Tagus valley, Toledo province, Spain
In the Castle

spain · Province of Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha

Oropesa Castle

Spain's very first Parador, opened in a historic castle in 1930 — the model that would come to define the entire chain

★★★★
From €80 / nightExplore →
Sigüenza Castle, the fortress-residence of the bishops of Sigüenza rebuilt as a parador hotel, Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
In the Castle

spain · Sigüenza, Province of Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha

Sigüenza Castle

Seven centuries as the fortress-residence of Sigüenza's warrior-bishops, rebuilt from Civil War ruins into one of Spain's largest paradores

★★★★
From €84 / nightExplore →