A Velha Fábrica

Top choice in Extremadura


This excellent country hotel, set in a former textile mill, has duplex-style doubles and family rooms rich in stone walls, dark woods, earthy colours and rustic decor. It's all very comfy and welcoming, there's a decent on-site restaurant and the owners have plenty of information on activities in the Sierra de Gata.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Extremadura attractions

1. Castillo de Trevejo

5.67 MILES

Atop a rocky spur surrounded by the Sierra de Gata, this crumbling 15th-century castle was built from an earlier Moorish fortress and still stands guard…

2. Miradouro do Forno

17.8 MILES

Get your camera ready. This viewing balcony commands huge views over the village's red roofs down to the baking plains below. It also looks up to an…

3. Castelo

17.87 MILES

This formidable stone fortress seems to grow out of the boulder-littered hilltop. There's not a lot left inside the walls but it's a beautiful site,…

4. Historic Centre

19.78 MILES

The entrance to the fortified village is a grand Gothic gate. From the square inside, a cobbled lane leads up to the heart of the village, with a…

5. Catedral

20.96 MILES

Tucked into a corner of the walled village sits the 6th-century Visigothic cathedral, surrounded by a jigsaw puzzle of scattered archaeological remains…

6. Ruins

20.96 MILES

The only remaining vestige of the defences the Knights Templar built in the 13th century is the Torre de Menagem. Also known as the Torre dos Templários,…

7. Lagar de Varas

20.96 MILES

This a 19th-century stone barn near the cathedral houses an impressive olive-oil press made in the traditional way with huge tree trunks providing the…

8. Parque Natural do Tejo Internacional

23.16 MILES

Still one of Portugal’s wildest landscapes, this 264-sq-km natural park shadows the Rio Tejo and the watersheds of three of its tributaries. While not…