Hotel La Fonda Arcos de La Frontera

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Hotel La Fonda is a nicely restored 19th century advising inn, embedded in the principal street of Arcos de la Frontera, the loveliest of the great pueblos blancos. The guesthouse unites the cautiously conserved architectural has of a bygone age with up-to-date facilities. Wooden galleries face a conventional Andalusian patio and bedrooms are set along a handsome corridor, enhanced with original hand-made tiles. Todays traveller steps into a construction wealthy in local heritage. This fascinating 19-room hotel features been run by the same family for the last 60 years and been at the very heart of Arcos commercial life since 1833. Here, merchants, bringing their wares from larger cities, would visit overnight, leaving their horses and wagons in the livery stables, set into a deep cave below the inn. These same stables now cottage the champion restaurant, where conventional Andalusian home cooking able to be sampled: a big variety of dishes are accessible, all based on local make and supplemented by one of the best of Spanish wines. The new restoration, executed with widely-known attention, provides well appointed suites, all with en-suite bathrooms and some with their own sun-terrace. Air-conditioning, heating, T.V. and phone ensure up-to-date comforts in apartments that peaceful preserve their high-vaulted oak-beamed ceilings. These same apartments have witnessed the lives of the plenty of artists and writers who have been drawn to the fairy-tale world of this Moorish city. A few of these, including the Scottish writer, Anita Richmond, stayed for long periods at the hotel and details of their pleasing lives may be found in our data sheets. Arcos itself is an intriguing labyrinth of narrow streets and brilliantly white-washed houses, perched precariously on a high inland rock. The city and the Fonda are ideally located as a base for tourism the area. You are able to stay the historic towns of Cadiz, Sevilla and Jerez de la Frontera and adore the wild elegance of the Sierra de Grazalema,