What a beautiful hotel, and very friendly staff. It was stepping back into a castle with high…read morevaulted ceilings and real paintings. The room had a balcony to the courtyard that was so unique to any hotel I have ever stayed at. The wedding went perfect and the location was perfect. Ubeda is a beautiful town on a hill top with orchards surrounding for miles. The residents are so welcoming and the food is beyond anything we have in the US. I hope I can return.

Tucked between the beautiful San Gines cathedral and an impressive old castle is the Casa Palacio…read moreLas Manillas. The original manillas next to the entrance are still intact, and like everything else in Sabiote, give a sense of Jaen's rich past. This is a great place to escape from the madness of the city and become immersed in a timeless Andalusian town that is surrounded by endless hills of red earth and solemn olive trees. The rooms are large and comfy. Ours was a suite with a separate living area and bedroom. When the lights were out and the television turned off the light filtered in through the ancient windows and I felt as if I had been transfered back in time a thousand years. And to speak of the food, I have had some of the best meals of my life here: pate made from wild-caught partridges, thin slices of free-range solomillo cooked on stone tablets, and ice cream made with local olive oil.

I stayed here one night. A very nice place, clean, with large, comfortable rooms…read more Price of a room at this level of quality was extremely reasonable. In other words, I was very pleased, with no complaints, EXCEPT: If you wish to use Wi-Fi, as did I -- I was traveling with a laptop and was hoping to get work done in the evenings -- you might as well forget it. The Wi-Fi worked, barely. It was incredibly slow and kept logging me off with an indication that the connection had been lost and it was necessary for me to log in again. This kept happening. The slowness of the speeds of Internet usage was Incredible, incredibly slow, that is. The hotel claims to offer Wi-Fi, but it barely works.