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Hotels in Cuenca
Cuenca’s accommodation is remarkably inexpensive, even for historic properties in prime locations. In the cold mountain winter, you can pick up bargain prices, but spring and fall are the best times to visit. Rooms become scarce and prices rise during the city’s two big festivals: Semana Santa (Easter Holy Week) and the festival of San Mateo around 21 September.
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Hospedería Seminario Conciliar de San Julián
Here’s your chance to lodge behind one of the grandest front doors in town for a song. Set in the charming Plaza de la Merced, the building dates from 1746 and is still a working seminary for trainee priests, with its own chapel and library. Behind the Baroque façade, the guest rooms…$$Around Town
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Leonor de Aquitania
If you are an early riser, ask for a room with a view of the Huécar River gorge so you can open the windows and take in the magnificent sunrise. This 18th-century mansion sits high enough on the hill to afford views of both the old town and the gorge. The standard rooms are on the…$$Around Town - Hotel
Parador de Cuenca
It’s hard to imagine a hotel with a more precarious location than Cuenca’s parador, standing high on an outcrop between the gorge of the Huécar river and sheer, rocky cliffs. Yet this 16th-century former convent has an air of solid permanence. It is a great choice for a secluded…$$Around Town - Hotel
Posada de San José
Once a lodging for choirboys at the cathedral down the hill, this historic posada remains reassuringly old fashioned despite a recent refurb. It is perfectly located for all the key sights in the old town, and has spectacular views of the Huécar gorge. Rooms come in a variety of…$Around Town
