Hotel Las Cancelas

This hotel is located within the city gates of Avila, in a historic building. It was very rustic, and we stayed in a dormer room with a skylight that had air conditioning, though we liked the lower floor rooms (which didn't have air conditioning. I liked this hotel, but If I was staying for 3 nights as I did this time, I would maybe stay a little bit out of this city walls. The reason for this is that the parking (we drove a rental car) cost 18 euros in the carpark close to the hotel. There are apparantly free and cheaper car parks (so we were told by the tourist office), but this one had video surveliance, and we didn't want to get broken into. Avila is a lovely magical town that merits one or two nights, and this hotel would have been better for maybe just one night. However, my wife really loved the historic location and age of the hotel. The breakfast is very small, consisting of juice/ great capuchino from the hotel bar, and sweets) it is however suitably priced. The staff were trying and nice, but didn't speak English. They were accomodating however. Overall, this is a nice hotel, but there were others in our trip through Spain, which stand out more.

Local colour: good position but quiet

Reception. .Untrained staff on bill settlement, leading to embarrasment.