was looking for a romantic weekend, the castle has been totally revamped, most of the detail you would expect from a 13th century castle has gone. All very basic now - so what we made it. We did try to alter our stay, but the reception never had anybody that could speak English - frustraining but saying that, although we... More

We stayed here on a Travelzoo two night deal on the 23rd and 24th October 2011. The town Illueca, being (with a detour) about half way from our Spainiah property to the ferry Port of Santander. Another British couple staying here had flown into Barcelona Airport about a 3 hour drive away and hired a car. There's not a lot... More

We stayed here for 2 nights in September, travelling up from the coast. To be frank, I doubt very much if we'd have done this if it hadn't been a special offer. Glad we did as it allowed us to discover a very different bit of the country. Illueca itself is nothing special, the hotel being easily the most outstanding... More

First the good news. This is a hotel in a beautiful castle (XIV-XVII centuries) with great views over the village of Illueca and surrounding attractive hills of Zaragoza province. It has it´s own bar and restaurant which serves decent evening meals (with red wine from nearby Cariñena), and the half board price is a good deal. It lies about halfway... More

At first we were surprised to find out this hotel was not in the city of Zaragoza, but in the Spanish province of Zaragoza. Then our GPS led us up a narrow, steep, unpaved back road at night. But with our first view of the front of this former papal palace, lit up and overlooking the valley below, we loved... More