Where we had pre-booked a couple of nights at the Hotel Palacio Chaves. We had been informed that the staff spoke both spanish and french but very little english but not to worry. We were instructed to drive to Trujillo and stop anywhere on the main road and telephone reception. A man would then come and find us on his moped. This he did very easily as we had hired a car from Madrid airport and our registration plate showed "Madrid". He greeted us in Spanish and beaconed us to follow up into the medieval town and inside the Castle Walls themselves.
At one stage I stopped, thinking no way could I get a car through these narrow lanes, but he kept nodding and waving me on insisting with his fingers that he had three parking spaces. I was glad we always choose a small budget hire car. He pointed us to a tiny courtyard and duly disappeared.
As we walked through the main front door we were met with traditional 16th Century splendor. I praised my navigator and researcher i.e. "the Wife" and maybe my broad smile helped, because we were duly upgraded into one of the master bedrooms, found by walking through the upstairs library and small stone corridor.
This is a magnificent building, totally unspoilt.
We excitedly unpacked, changed footwear, to allow for the cobbled paths and steps, and set off to explore the Castle walls.
And photograph more storks !
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