Specials, Hotel Chains, Paradores, Benavente

Parador Nacional de Benavente ****

Pº de Ramón y Cajal s/n - Benavente. Zamora. España See Map

The seat of parliament in 1202, this Renaissance style castle was built by order of Fernando II de León and forms part of the former walled enclosure of the town. Practically razed to the ground in 1808 during the Peninsular War, it conserves the monumental Torre del Caracol, where there is a living room with an admirable Mudejar coffered ceiling. Surrounded by beautiful gardens, the interior...