Hospes Palacio de Arenales & Spa

The location is perfect for our journey to and from Portugal. The hotel is easily accessed from the N-521. The hotel staff are lovely and we travel with a small dog which is also accommodated. There are two restaurants on site. The "pub/cafe" food is very good and the restaurant has some "amazing" dishes and the fish was spectacular. The dog is allowed in the main restaurant in the solarium. The bed was so comfortable that my husband and I overslept the next day as we obviously needed the rest! We love this hotel and next time need to arrive a little earlier to try the spa treatments!

What a fantastic hotel - one of the best I have stayed in for some time - booked deluxe double with spa access - the room was fantastic - coffee and tea making facilities as well as a mini bar -very comfortable and spotless- room came with 1 hour free spa access which was fabulous - we used the restaurant where the food and local wine were just perfect - breakfast was included in the price and the buffet as well as hot table service was perfect - a credit to the hotel were the staff who were so helpful and friendly - I look forward to my next stay at this and other hotels in the group 👍

Although the hotel is really great in all aspects we would say the staff here are what makes this hotel special. All very welcoming and clearly very well trained in all aspects of making their guests feel special. Our room although a standard was large and comfortable. We ate in the restaurant and had a lovely meal with good wine and we felt it offered very good value for money. Breakfast also very good with plenty of choice. Will return for sure when we drive South next year.

Everything was fantastic! All staff were friendly, helpful and professional from reception, restaurant, lifeguard, and bar staff. Cleanliness of entire place, brilliant. Lots of towels in room and poolside towel provided at pool. Wi-Fi throughout hotel as well as outside by the pool and grounds. Swimming pool and surrounding grounds very relaxing with bar service! Check out at 12 so could enjoy a morning by the pool after a great breakfast! We had our two dogs with us who had bowls, beds and snacks ready for them in the room. Pet friendly indoor restaurant was great.

This spa hotel near Caceres, not far from the border town of Badajoz, provided an excellent overnight stop on our drive through Spain to Portugal. The welcome was very warm, and we were impressed with the location, and the facilities. We didn't try the spa treatments or the pool, so cannot comment on those, but the price of your stay will reflect the fact this is a spa hotel - and you should be aware of that. For us, it was a hotel in exactly the right place geographically, offering superb comfort (great bed, superb shower - instant hot water and great pressure, and a bath in our suite). We also had an outdoor balcony and seating area. From the balcony, we ate room service pizza - which I must say was one of the finest pizzas we have had anywhere, serenaded by the birds, watching the sunset off in the west. We could also see the hotel's famed storks' nests, which have been made in specially erected poles in the hotel's grounds - a lovely touch. Breakfast was superb, lots of juices, lots of cooked options in a buffet style, coffee, etc, and the staff were really friendly. The Breakfast area itself is absolutely lovely, and you can pick from a salon-style area, with a dry fountain, and a lantern window roof, or the restaurant area. The overwhelming feeling was of breakfast in a light, airy, cheerful space, which offered cosiness, comfort. The same area is where dinner is served, so must be really rather nice in the evenings too. Food was, as a I say, exceptional throughout.