Luxury Hotels Atlas / Places / Spain / Oropesa / Parador de Oropesa
Parador de Oropesa
Oropesa, Spain · Paradores · Core Luxury
The Parador de Oropesa occupies the castle-palace complex of the Alvarez de Toledo family, Counts of Oropesa, on a hilltop overlooking the Sierra de Gredos in Toledo province.
- Opened 1930
- Neighborhood: Plaza Palacio
- Architect: Luis Martínez-Feduchi Ruiz; Juan de Herrera; Francisco de Mora attributed for the 16th-c. New Palace
About Parador de Oropesa
- Inaugurated on March 11, 1930, inside the castle-palace of the Counts of Oropesa, it became the first parador ever installed within a pre-existing historic building.
- Its keep and noble palace were built around 1402, later joined by a 16th-century Renaissance wing variously attributed to Juan de Herrera or his disciple Francisco de Mora.
History
The Parador de Oropesa occupies the castle-palace complex of the Alvarez de Toledo family, Counts of Oropesa, on a hilltop overlooking the Sierra de Gredos in Toledo province. The complex joins the Castillo Viejo, a Moorish fortress of the 12th-13th centuries built over Roman remains, with the Castillo Nuevo/Palacio Nuevo, whose keep and noble palace were built around 1402, later expanded with a Renaissance New Palace in the 16th century variously attributed to Juan de Herrera or his disciple Francisco de Mora.
After the estate passed into public hands, part of the New Palace was adapted into one of Spain's earliest paradores. Inaugurated on 11 March 1930, it was the first parador ever installed within a pre-existing historic building, establishing a new model for Spanish heritage hospitality. It became the chain's third establishment, after Gredos (1928) and Cadiz (1929), reopened after a period of closure in 1942, and was refurbished again in the 1960s.
The setting
7 km from Museo Etnologico.
Restaurants and bars
- Salon Comedor. Restaurante Parador de Oropesa — Restaurant · Castilian
Open Parador de Oropesa in the atlas for live weekend rates, photos, and the full folio.
More Paradores hotels
- Parador de Alcalá de Henares — Alcalá de Henares, Spain · Core Luxury
- Parador de Argómaniz — Argómaniz, Spain · Core Luxury
- Parador de Cardona — Cardona, Spain · Core Luxury
- Parador de Carmona — Carmona, Spain · Core Luxury
- Parador de Castillo de Monterrei — Monterrei, Spain · Core Luxury
- Parador de Ciudad Rodrigo — Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain · Core Luxury
Paradores in The Maison: the brand's idea, history and every house on the atlas.