Surrounding AreaThis hotel is a former palace which itself is a former castle. The towers and battlements of this building have stoically born the weight of a great deal of history. Its strategic location allows it to control the pass between thesierra de Gredos and the banks of the tajo river, that is why it became an object of desire and siege. At the foot of the castle lies the town of Oropesa, the scene of many historical events. The value of this castle's strategic location was well known to vettons, romans, moors and christians. |