Spain Guide
Extremadura
Accommodation
1 Hostal El Alfarero c/Sagasta 40 
924 303 183 
www.hostalelalfarero.com A very cosy hostal with nine a/c doubles all with their own bathroom. Price: €36-50
2 Hostal Bueno c/Calvario 9 924 302 977 A basic but clean hostal – all the rooms have tiny bathrooms. Price: €36-50
3 Hotel Cervantes c/Camilo José Cela 8 924 314 961 www.hotelcervantes.com A comfortable hotel, off c/Cervantes, with large rooms, secure parking and its own café. Price: €51-70
4 
Hostal Senero c/Holguin 12 924 317 207 www.hostalsenero.com A long-established, friendly hostal with neat rooms situated around a quiet courtyard close to the main plaza. Price: €36-50
5 Hotel Mérida Palace Plaza de España 19 924 383 800 www.hotelmeridapalace.com A swish, upmarket hotel located in a former palace bang on the city's main plaza. It's part of the MCA chain. Price: €71–200
6 Hotel Nova Roma c/Suavez Somontes 42 924 311 261 www.novaroma.com A large, modern hotel in a central location. Book ahead if you're coming during the theatre festival. Price: €71-100
7 Parador Vía de la Plata Plaza Constitución 3 924 313 800 www.paradores.com Well-run and friendly parador in an eighteenth-century Baroque convent, near the Arco de Trajano. Price: €151-200
8 Camping Lago de Proserpina Beside the Embalse de Prosperina reservoir, 5km north of town 924 123 055 Signposted off the A5 and the road to Cáceres, this pleasant site offers swimming, fishing and windsurfing. Opening time: Closed mid-Sept to March