Piedras Albas - Ávila

At 6 months pregnant "Fancy Nancy" always makes my day!! Love this place, friendly staff, I'm so glad it's only 7 minutes from my house! read more At 6 months pregnant "Fancy Nancy" always makes my day!! Love this place, friendly staff, I'm so glad it's only 7 minutes from my house!

I love me some Chicken Salad Chick! This was my first time visiting this particular location but my experience was just as pleasant. read more I love me some Chicken Salad Chick! This was my first time visiting this particular location but my experience was just as pleasant.

Everything is simple, except the elevator stops, to get out you have to choose between the bottom half or climb the middle of the floor, but it is a building in... read more Everything is simple, except the elevator stops, to get out you have to choose between the bottom half or climb the middle of the floor, but it is a building in historical part with a magnificent garden. It's a highly recommended parador.

We arrived at 8:30 PM for our reservation as did about 38 others. The group of 25 had been given priority and it seemed the restaurant knew they were coming, th... read more We arrived at 8:30 PM for our reservation as did about 38 others. The group of 25 had been given priority and it seemed the restaurant knew they were coming, their tables were at the far end and all were seated together. Ahead of us a family of six had to wait for a table to be set up. Finally seated around 8:55 PM we waited, and waited, finally got up and left at 9:30 PM. With many tables seated ahead of us, for their orders not yet taken, we felt we had no other choice. Breakfast was much better and I have changed my review from terrible to average.

Like all Paradors there is a distinct local feel to the food and we enjoyed eating traditional feed. So with excellent bread, we started with a divine sopa cast... read more Like all Paradors there is a distinct local feel to the food and we enjoyed eating traditional feed. So with excellent bread, we started with a divine sopa castellana, excellent salad and then followed this with the best conchinello I have ever had and the vegetable canneloni. This was stunning and washed down with an excellent white wine all for 75Euros and so well worth it.