DE BENAVENTE Parador de Benavente Surroundings Situated at one of the most important confluences of communications routes in ; its enviable location in the northwestern part of the peninsula has made it an important crossroads throughout history. It lies on various pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela: the Vía de la Plata (Silver Route), Camino de Oriente (Eastern Route), Valladolid Route, Tera Valley Route and Asturias Route.

The venue for the legislative assembly in 1176, the Parador de Turismo de Benavente is located on the site of the former castle/palace of the counts of Benavente. Construction of the building began in the 12th century and it was subsequently expanded by successive occupants in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.

The hotel is connected to the Renaissance-style Caracol Tower, the only part of the former structure to be preserved. It is also next to La Mota Gardens, Benavente's most important green space, with excellent views of the Tera and Órbigo river valleys.

The tower features a magnificent Mudejar coffered ceiling and a period bar.

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Parador de Benavente Rooms How to arrive

The most common route is via the A-6 (Madrid-A Coruña). From Ourense, Vigo and Pontevedra, you can also take the A-52 or the Ruta de la Plata (N-630). Once in town, follow signs for the Parador and/or Torre del Caracol.

Information Services and facilities

Address Paseo de la Mota, s/n 49600 Benavente Zamora

Coordinates 41.998.280, -5.681.010

Director Gaspar Vallés Ruíz

Parador de Benavente Surroundings The Parador Kitchen

In the , it is quite common to have tapas as an appetizer. The most popular are beef and chicken sweetbreads, tripe, pork jowls, pork skewers and dos y pingada (fried eggs and ham). You can also enjoy a wide variety of fresh fish, including trout from Lake and crayfish. There is even fish from , as the province of Zamora is located along the delivery route to Madrid.

Finish off your dining experience with luscious sweets such as rebojos zamoranos (a sort of cupcake), aceitadas (anise cookies), borrachos (sponge cake soaked in liqueur syrup), empiñonados (marzipan cookies with pine nuts), tocinillo de cielo (caramel custard) or delicious tarta del císter, an almond and angel hair cake made by the nuns of Benavente.

Chef Opening Hours Bartolomé Durillo Durillo Cafetería Maître 11:00 - 24:00 Yoel Bandera Desayuno Menú para grupos 07:30 - 10:30 24 Almuerzo 13:30 - 16:00 Cena 20:30 - 23:00 Discover the local area

• (82 km) Castle Romanesque Churches Lake of Sanabria • Saint Marta de Tera (32 km) Romanesque Parish Church • Benavente, Romanesque Churches • Villafáfila, National Park of the Lakes (28 km) • Tours Archaeological Tour (30 km) Tour of Tera (80 km) Tour of the (50 km) Tour of the (50 km) Tour of Órbigo (25 km) , Monastery Ruins (25 km) Golf: Golf Villarrin, 9-Hole (36 km) We present our new gastronomic spaces

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