This was one of the best hotels I have stayed at in Europe. Valladolid is NOT a tourist town - in the two weeks that I stayed there (for work) I did not meet a single tourist. The only expats that I met were some Brits that moved there because of how charming it is. Old world and lovely, and this modern hotel is in the absolute best area of the town - literally across the street from an ancient church and a block away from an astonishing even-more-ancient cathedral. There are literally dozens of lovely bars and tapas places within blocks of the hotel - everything from snooty upscale to college-age hangouts. The majority are the kinds of places that 20-somethings would take their girl friends on a Friday night or that older adults would sit with their wives on a warm summer evening drinking tinto de verano before eating some tapas. Really a super pleasant place to be. The hotel is very modern with great staff. Only downside is their reluctance to change the towels, but in the 21st Century, this seems the norm. I'll stay there again - every time I visit this not-to-be-overlooked town. Spend a few nights here if you want a chill, authentic, old-world Spanish town. Just sit. Drink some beer or tinto, eat some tapas, and relax at a pace that seems more humane than the rest of the modern world!
