Parador de Teruel

Very nice Parador with comfortable rooms. I take one star down because of stained and somehow rundown in-room furniture. Overall, it is a charming place with a very warm staff.

Nice Paradore stay but down by lack of staff & average meals. Other Paradores are better. But we enjoyed our stay & ate out in Teruel. (*extensive roads works going on in the old town so avoid driving in. You might never get out!)

The building is impressive, but is surprisingly not very old. We had booked for 2 nights as our first parador experience, but ended up staying just one night, mainly due to the awful restaurant. The atmosphere in the hotel was distinctly lacking and the staff generally gave the appearance of not wanting to be there. The only staff to smile at us were the cleaning staff. The restaurant was the real problem - a cheeseboard shared for the starter a 18 euros was adequate but lacking in imagination and small for the price. We both had a fish main course - one cod (25 euros) and one turbot (28 euros). The quantity of food received was ridiculously small one spoonful of mushy veg with the cod and no veg with the turbot, just a few tinned mussels and a couple of clams. Neither came with any carbs. Even worse was that the food arrived very quickly and was almost cold, as though it had been prepared earlier and just warmed up a little. The cod was sent back to be heated up - no apology and it took over 15 minutes to reappear - it was a bit warmer but completely tasteless. The turbot was not much better. After a couple of mouthfuls we decided that it was inedible. Waiters walked past multiple times - it was obvious that we were not eating the food, but no interaction from them. We left and went to reception to complain (we never do this normally). The woman took some notes and said that she would pass them on. The next morning at breakfast, one of us ordered eggs - they never came. We decided to check out, and the message from the previous night had not been passed on, so we had to explain again. We said that we would not pay for the main courses we had, and these were deducted from the bill. We could not stay the second night as there was no way we would eat in the restaurant, and there was nowhere else nearby to eat, as it is about 2.5km from Teruel an a busy main road. All in all, a very poor first experience of a parador.

Good location. Lots of outdoor space and a lovely swimming pool. Staff are multi lingual and very friendly. Standard rooms a little small but good WiFi and we got a room at the back so no road noise. They do barbecues, but the restaurant is outstanding. Wonderful food and great service. Easy parking. Definitely recommended.

Not one of the better Paradores. Superior room had not been cleaned properly and 'toilet' smell in bedroom. Had to ask for the refund for the difference between a Superior and Standard room.....this should have been automatic.

This is our least favorite Parador and we’ve stayed in many. The furnishings are dated and there was always a long wait for a table at the bar or restaurant because the space capacity is insufficient for the number of rooms/guests. Yet, there is a huge room designated for sitting that is empty and unused. This hotel needs better management.

Easy parking right outside the front door. Our room was very disappointing looking over the side of the hotel. Everywhere in the hotel was extremely hot including our room. The air con didn’t work and we opened the window, apart from loads of flying insects coming in, the road noise was very loud. We didn’t sleep at all well.|It isn’t possible to walk into Teruel as the road outside is very busy and there is no footpath. The swimming pool had closed on 15 September.|We ate in the bar area which was very hot and as we weren’t able to open a window, it rather made the experience very uncomfortable.|The staff are nice, breakfast was buffet style (again, the restaurant was very hot and several people were fanning themselves) and we weren’t offered any hot food so not sure if they serve it. None of the waiting staff came near us so we weren’t able to ask.|As the purpose of our stay was to eat and get a good nights sleep we|definitely won’t stay here again.

An enjoyable stay in peacful well kept surroundings.Easy to find - a bit secluded.Good quality food with regional dishes. Did not use all facilities ( swimming pool) but friendly and informed staff.Rooms furnished in keeping with the period, tastefully decorated. ||