Hotel Casa Escobar & Jerez

If you are looking for nice accommodation in the country side, we can definitely recommend staying at this Finca which belongs to Hotel Casa Escobar & Jerez. Located on the Ex110, a short ride from Valencia de Alcantara, this is a place where you find peace and quiet and where you wake up with the sounds of numerous birds. We stayed a week at the two-bedroom house in March 2012. The house was very comfortable, with a nice living area. We like to do our own cooking most of the time and the kitchen had everything we needed. The beds have good new mattresses. As it was still a bit chilly at night we turned on the heater and it worked perfect. Our host Alfonso made us feel very welcome and he gave us lots of great tips on good birding spots. There are many hiking opportunities in the area, as well as beautiful (old) towns to visit of which Marvao, just across the border in Portugal, was one of our favorites. Valencia de Alcantara has a good supermarket but also a nice outdoor market on Mondays and don’t forget to stop by the hotel Casa Escobar & Jerez to admire the beautiful 16th century building. We had a lovely dinner at the hotel on the last night of our vacation and it made us definitely want to come back for more!

We spent a quality time in this hotel. You can breath and touch a bit of history. Bedrooms are more than comfortable. The hotel is a return to the tasty past with a high historical value. Susana and Jose gave us fantastic ideas for both sides of the border Portugal and Spain. We took full advantage of their knowledge of the area. It´s one of the best kept secret of Spain Thank you both very much for being welcoming hosts Marcus & Alice St. Albans, Hertfordshire Recommend for; Families, Romantic Getaway, Adventure Seekers, Sightseeing

we booked into casa escobar expecting something really special. Since we were on holiday we booked a junior suite, the room was dark and confused a ridiculously large bathroom that was two times the size of the sitting area. The room was extremely dark with one small window, the wallpaper by the bed had water damage, the bedspread had a stain, there were electrical wires coiled into a hole above the toilet where they had never bothered to put up a fixture, and grout splattered on the wall. The "renovation" was very shoddy. If you want to stay in a truly beautifully renovated old parador go to the parador in caceres spain, which is extraordinary and half the price. Speaking of price do be aware that there is a big sign as you approach valencia de alcantara stating that you can get a room at the casa for 45 E a night....much cheaper than anything you find on line. that is a single habitation with no breakfast. The spa at casa escobar is also a joke, clearly who ever built it has never gone to a steam room, the sitting benches normally wide enough to lay down on our tiny only 6 to 8 inches or so, so it is very difficult to truly get comfortable and relax in the steam room. the door also does not close properly and the window (who ever heard of a window in a steam room) also does not seal properly, so it is hard to get the room up to temperature. The jacuzzi/pool, can't decide what it is, extremely cold water which is nice after the steam, but not really big enough to swim and although it is jetted, water not hot enough to be a jacuzzi.... all in all a very disappointing overpriced experience. we could not wait to leave.