Parador de Mérida ★★★★

+ Very disappointed the pool, gardens and roof top terraces all closed. So disappointed no where to chill outside in the sun to rest your legs with a cold drink and curl up with a book. The hotel was well positioned. I picked this hotel because it was a mid point stop in our 3 week road trip and picked this hotel for the roof terrace and pool to find out they were closed out of season. I’d not use Expedia again.

+ As usual this Parador is housed in a lovely old building. There are examples of antiquity all around. The public rooms are comfortable and spacious and the bedrooms have everything one might need. An excellent breakfast is served and there is a dining room for lunch and dinner.

+ Great breakfast buffet. Very comfortable beds. Shower with suboptimal.

+ Excellent, quiet location near great restaurants and historic center. Staff was kind and helpful.

+ The tub was clogged and the didn’t even try to compensate for it.

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+ So lucky to have stayed here for a night. Large room, beautifully furnished.

Bello, centrale ma da riformare.

+ Le zone comuni sono state recentemente ricondizionate eseguendo un ottimo lavoro, non altrettanto si puo dire per gli arredi, una miscela di vecchie poltrone da mercatino domenicale sfondate e scomode ed alcuni improbabili pezzi moderni. Le stanze ed in particolare i bagni necessitano di una urgente e radicale riforma. Porte che non si chiudono vasca scomoda e pericolosa, il facino dei Paradores risiede certamente nel loro vecchio stile, ma la funzionalità non puo essere accantonata per questo. Il termosifone del bagno , impossibile da regolare, era a 40 gradi riscaldava il piano dei lavabi come fossa il firno di un calidarium ..alla faccia drlla sostenibilità...

Good place to stay in Merida

+ Lovely parador, great location, comfortable room with good view. Excellent parking, although very TIGHT spaces, challenging to use. Good restaurant, although the dinner was a bit unexciting. Congenial service in the restaurant, somewhat cool at the reception. Overall we were pleased, but it was not up to the level of other paradors where we have stayed.

+ Alojamiento excelente, sobre todo el trato de todo el personal. El restaurante y el desayuno muy buenos. Totalmente recomendable.

+ Not as charming as other paradores we stayed but still a great staff and good location, construction outside the property wasn’t noisy but did cut into the charm a little bit.

+ Very nice hotel , convenient for city centre and historic sites . Handy underground parking on site , but quite a hefty charge of 18 euros per night to park our car .

+ Necesitamos cambiar de días la reserva por alerta naranja de tiempo en la zona y el trayecto, pero no nos dejaron hacer un cambio de fechas pagando la diferencia de precio de los días. Muy mala experiencia.

+ A lovely parador within easy reach of Merida’s wonderful sites.

+ A very nice place, a bit thin on breakfast (no eggs without special order). Main issue was multiple entries, which created a problem for the driver who picked us up. If you are taking a train, bus, or renting a vehicle, go for it.

Wonderful Parador, quality and comfort

+ Great Hotel, location brilliant, parking very safe not cheap!

+ Excellent stay would stay again

+ Charming Parador that preserved the charms of the it heretage as a Monistary.

+ Hotel was a convent so an interesting hotel, but required some navigating. Location great for seeing all the Roman ruins. Fair size room but encumbered by a lot of large furniture, but only one chair. Breakfast was not included in our rate and was expensive with poor service.

+ Enjoyable stay at a very interesting property - converted monastery into a hotel!

+ Buena variedad de opciones para desayunar. Caundo pregunte por el.costo del desayuno buffet al registrarme confirmaron que era $20 euros por dia para dos personas y, al pagar la cuenta dijeron que fue un malentendido y que eran $20 euros por persona. Al final me acreditaron la diferencia pero, necesitan aclararlo muy bien al registrarse

+ He llegado a varios Paradores y este ciertamente ha sido diferente, siempre son lugares antiguos excepcionales y son increíbles por dentro, a este se le ve el paso de los años y no me pareció que estaba a la altura de lo que suelen ser; es un hotel que necesita renovación en habitaciones, áreas comunes y piscina. El servicio sin embargo súper correcto y amable.

Would stay again

+ Very pretty hotel room was spacious with a nice pool view. Very central location to the main square, but also very quiet

Good location with parking

+ Good location to see the Roman sights. Good parking but does get very full so you need to check in early or on time.

+ Great place

+ Lovely property. Nice rooms. Easy walking distance to most of the cites. We would stay there again.

+ The room was good overall, we approached the staff on two different occassions for help with different things, and each time it wasnt easy to get the help we needed. Also, it seems that the construction on the hotel made it very difficult tofund the entrance. Even after we were checked in, there was not easy access to the main street level.

+ Very good location and in general facilities, but no air condition and no choices . At night really hot and can’t open windows for noise and clarity.

+ Excellent reception staff

+ Wonderful hotel with excellent staff, parking, and restaurant close to everything. Would definitely stay again.

+ Parking easy but expensive. Nice to have pool even tho small. Good food and lovely to eat in garden. Very central.

+ The property was lovely. The old convent was wonderfully suited to be turned into a hotel and quite centrically located. Staff was very hospitable. The amount of Roman Ruins are all around was mesmerizing.

+ Nice location. Property needs better staff, more amicable.

Elegant old parador.

+ This is an elegant old building, showing its age a bit but charming. The maids are very helpful it you need anything. There is a nice pool. The beds are comfortable. The location is walkable from the train station, and being a small town, you can also walk to all the ruins if you like to walk. As you walk to the center, you will come across restaurants and many shops. They have extensive and convenient parking with an attendant to help.

+ Everything was very good except for dining. Our experience was not the best with the food and the waiter did not have good knowledge of the wine they offer. Breakfast was excellent.

+ As with most hotels paradores, this is a grear value for an excellent hotel, high quality dining and very professional staff to ensure a relsxing stay. Highly recommended.

+ Pros: comfortable beds, huge room, quiet Cons: sewer gas smell in bathroom, strong carpet deoderizer smell in hallways. Those with mobility issues should be aware that the elevator and the reception/dining areas are almost at opposite ends of the hotel so a lot of walking is required to avoid stairs Often the fastest way between parts of the hotel involves stairs (two here, three there, a half flight elsewhere) and the stairs are often a bit higher than modern stairs.

Comfortable and quiet hotel

+ Lovely location in the old part of Merida and close to all the Roman sites. Very friendly and helpful staff, especially on reception. Comfortable room and secure parking. Breakfast good and wonderful to be able to eat on the terrace.

+ Staff was great!

+ It was 34C (perfectly normal for May), the swimming pool was full and blue and calling us, weary travellers, but we were not to use it. It is not open until 1 June. Ridiculous.That apart, a beautiful, historic hotel.

+ It has a lovely combination of being a centuries old building combine with the amenities of a 4 star hotel. Friendly staff and well kept property all around. Thumbs up for El Parador de Mérida.