Parador de Jaen
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Parador de Jaen

Jaen
Historic Parador
37 Rooms, Starting at €90.00
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Baeza: 38.6km, Ubeda: 46.6km, Granada: 68.5km, Cordoba: 86.6km
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* Exceptional 18th Century Arabic Fortress: View PDF
The special location of the Parador on Santa Catalina Hill makes it a very popular and unusual place to stay. In the eighteenth century it was an Arabic fortress and has impressive 20 meter arches in the main living room, and magnificent panoramic views over Jaen. The Arabs gave the town the name of Giyen, which means Route of the Caravans - once an important stop because of the many products from the area, including wine, oil, wax, honey and wheat. In more recent history, General de Gaulle spent time at this Parador while writing his memoirs. The rooms are living history (but, of course, with every modern convenience for a comfortable stay). There are six rooms with double bed and thirty one with twin beds. The restaurant serves exceptional regional food, including dishes with local asparagus in season, the famous olive oil and garlic that is locally grown, snails and chotto (baby goat). There is an outdoor swimming pool (seasonal) and childrens play area here. Awarded Fodor's Choice 2009.
Meal Information
Regional: 30-35 Euros approx
Notes
Visit the Ali baths, cathedral, palaces, Sierra Magina Nature Reserve, Baeza (49 km), Ubeda (57 km). The Jaen region boasts more than 60 million olive trees, providing 10% of the world's olive oil production. Visit the small village of Pegalajar, where a womens collective make and sell natural therapeutic toiletries and cosmetics from olive oil mixed with local herbs. Check in at this Parador is 13.00. Local festivals include Fiesta Santa Catalina de Alejandría: 25th November, next to the Parador, 18th October, Jaén, 4 km., Holy Week: first week of April, Jaén, 4 km.
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Golden Days Special
Golden Days: a 30% discount when at least one person in the room is over 55.
Young Persons Special
Young Persons Special: €56 per person per night when at least one person in the room is between 20 and 35.
Two Night Special
2 Night Special: A 20% discount off the half board rate when reserving for two nights.
Please let us know if you qualify for specials when you enquire.
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Approximate Rates / Room
RoomFromTo
Twin-Bedded With Canopy 157234
Basic Twin-Bedded Room 90170
Superior Twin Bedded Room 157234
Standard Twin Room 90194
Double bedroom  00
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Deposit:
100% of Total Stay Amount

Cancellation Policy:
A deposit equivalent to the first night's stay will be charged at the time of reserving. The remainder will be charged 30 days prior to the check-in date.
Reservations may be cancelled up to 72 hours before your reservation without penalty (Your deposits will be returned to you). If you cancel less than 72 hours before check-in, or in case of "no-show", the one-night deposit will be retained. If you shorten your stay once you have checked-in, the Parador may impose a penalty of one-nights stay.
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With it's extraordinary staff, stunning views, and romantic rooms, the Parador de Jaen is tremendously hospitable. The only negative is that smoking is permitted in the eating areas and, on a Friday night, the air becomes toxic for non-smokers. The manager permitted us to be served in a common area with a vaulted ceiling and massive fireplace, so we lost none of the medieval atmosphere. This is indeed, a fairy tale castle
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But very hard to find due to road construction
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The parador was wonderful. The staff was most helpful and the dining room was excellent. We would love to stay in a parador in Spain again someday.
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lovely hotel in a beautiful location
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This was the most beautiful of the three; probably because I'm partial to castles.
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Absolutely gorgeous and extremely friendly staff.
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Liked:
Incredible setting. Beautiful interior spaces.
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The pool was not in use which was a big problem as we came with two kids and had counted on it. The parador did have an alternative but it was much less convenient.
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The room was spacious and had a wonderful view and balconey. The breakfasts were superb, and the swimming pool area was peaceful and beautiful.
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A superb hotel with excellent facilities and dining
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The facilities of the hotel were excellent and the staff were helpful. The location was wonderful and the food at breakfast and dinner was impressive Perhaps more tourist information on the local area in the reception of the hotel would have been useful.
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Public rooms, bedroom, large pool, restaurant and service all highly recommended. Location a little out of central Jaen.
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Beautifull castle, good restaurant, swimming pool NOT open.
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The best hotel of our trip. Our room had a sweeping view of the countryside and the atmosphere of staying in a former castle was very enjoyable. The only disappointment was that the pool wasn't open until mid-June. It was certainly hot enough to have it available to guests by at least June 1.
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The facilities are excellent, but the dining room service could have been better. I think much of this difficulty may be attributed to the distances the staff had to carry the food and they did not put covers on the dishes, so the food was colder than it should have been
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Liked:
The position of the hotel which included a terrace and a lovely view.
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Unfortunately, not your fault as it was being renovated but no breakfast on the terrace. Also, NO POOL. Didn't look like it was being repaired either.
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We loved the Hotel,fantastic room,very atmospheric, excellent breakfast! Staff friendly and helpful although we did not eat much dinner(-v.salty- no indication on menu of this) and the waiter had trouble understanding our problem -no compensation although we didn't make a fuss.
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Hotel was very noisy in the morning ... sounded as if cleaning staff were moving furniture around. If they need to move furniture while cleaning they should wait until at least late morning, since people are vacationing and may want to sleep in.
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Spectacular site; great staff. With temperatures at 41*C, though, it was a shame the swimming pool was closed
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Great environment and view from the room balcony was tremendous
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The maid walked into our room without knocking while my wife was naked. When we told the front desk reception about the incident, their only response was "okay"
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Rooms had a slight unpleasant odor. View was excellent. Otherwise, had the atmosphere we expected from a Parador.
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room had ants, and the food is the parador was terrible.
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See comment on website. We booked a room not realising that it had no views or balcony. On arrival it was bought to our attention that it was a 'basic' room and we could not upgrade as it was fully booked.
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The accommodation was lovely and the location superb. However, the meal was appalling and this was an issue which was dealt with satisfactorily by the hotel at the time. This has however, affected our anticipated enjoyment of bookin another parador, as in previous visits we have had superb food. Thank you for your request for feedback.
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