Parador de Limpias

Spain , Cantabria
LIMPIAS, Calle Fuente Del Amor, S/N
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6/10

Pleasant

16 Jun 2026

Hugh

A very well built and magnificent building although the outside and gardens were nowhere near as well maintained as the interior. OK if you are impressed by such things, but in a pretty boring location so I'm glad we only booked one night and there is nothing to tempt me back.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2026

Warwick

The Parador de Limpias is in a lovely old building with modern ‘wings’ added - we were not too sure if the modern architecture matched the historic original architecture - however, everyone has their own taste in architecture. The Parador is ideally located for the short drive back to the Santander Ferry Terminal. Our room was lovely (but no tea/coffee making equipment) and the staff were charming. There are two choices for parking - free parking in the hotel grounds a few minutes walk from the building, or right next to the hotel for a few euros a day. Do not be misled by out of date reviews on other websites - the hotel indoor pool closed three years ago! The outdoor pool looked delightful but…. it was closed, as Parador swimming pools only open on 1 June. The town is only a five minute walk away - but not much to see. We were surprised to hear very loud engine revving on the Saturday evening - we wandered into town to find that it was the prelude to the annual Limpias Road Rally - tannoys were announcing the cars and their drivers who were preparing for the next day’s rally. I had forgotten how loud rally car engines are! We made a swift retreat back to the relative tranquillity of the Parador and were then serenaded all day, next day, with the sound of cars racing around the local roads. If you like road rallies, then it will be worth visiting next year. If you like peace and tranquility then I would recommend checking the websites to definitely avoid those dates!!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2026

Melisa

Wonderful property, pretty location with large well appointed rooms with plenty of storage and lovely garden views. Very helpful and pleasant staff.
Excellent breakfast.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Oct 2025

Scott

Hotel with a lot of history and character. Nice large rooms, beautiful grounds and common spaces. Hiking trails right outside the door, a short walk to the village. We would stay here again

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Oct 2025

Matthew

Had a nice two night stay, everything went well, staff good, especially the very helpful lady on reception. The area is a bit of a quiet gem, with loads of quiet roads to explore and a quaint village in walking distance. The nearby Laredo was good too, and just a short drive. Highly recommended.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Oct 2025

David

Lovely hotel in a beautiful location. Room was more like a suite! We stayed half board which we would recommend as there are not many other places to eat in the area. The food was delicious so glad we booked half board. We visited Santoña (anchovy capital of the world ) and Laredo, both close by, which were well worth the visit. Lovely, unspoilt area of northern Spain.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2025

Robert

Nice hotel with great rooms and facilities in a great town with lots of nature and history. Go for a walk along the river.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 May 2025

Linda

European Cup Funal

Beautiful hotel stunning grounds and very nice rooms

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

10 Oct 2024

andrew

Disappointing. Amazing looking but staff attitude.

Reception staff very good. Bar lady lovely and very busy with other tasks.
Waiting on and dining was poor.
Wrong food, some not cooked (cold in the middle chicken) tasted ‘off’
2 chaps waiting on didn’t appear to want to serve us. Nice young lady came along and agreed the chicken wasn’t cooked.
We were asked about the food - I said awful
Rooms very noisy and you could hear from other rooms

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

06 Oct 2024

andrew

Great imposing historical hotel

Great hotel in historical building and dominating location. Really nice reception staff and bar and restaurant staff were even better. As residents we were able to access some of the restricted spaces

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

21 Sep 2024

hesrat

Noisy rooms - thin walls. Needs renovation.
Not so friendly staff

6/10

Pleasant

18 Jun 2024

WILFRID

Super clean everywhere in the hotel.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Mar 2024

Christine

Well located for Santander Ferry

A very friendly welcome greeted us when we arrived at this hotel. As with all paradors cleanliness, service and comfort was excellent. Great for an overnight before catching the ferry in Santander.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Nov 2023

vania fragoso

Everything was delightful! From the front desk staff to the dining was everything excellent!

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jun 2023

Phillip

Superb hotel in great location spoilt only by the unusually wet weather!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jun 2023

Derek

A unique property in a pleasant riverside village. Helpful, friendly staff.
Bed rather firm. Dinner at 8.30 too late.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

27 Mar 2023

Dick

Very comfortable hotel with excellent food, and set in pleasant woodland with a nice shory walk through it.. The staff are friendly and efficient.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jul 2022

Robert

The little Spanish gem

The weather was amazing and the location was excellent, The room was out of this world we were lucky enough to get an end room and it was massive. the staff could not do enough for you and they would leave little treats for you. We will most definitely be staying there again.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Apr 2022

Verified traveler

Highly recommend. Excellent service staff, excellent rooms, well maintained, good bathroom facilities with power shower, clean, character to the place, stunning grounds

Business Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2021

Verified traveler

A nice country setting

The consistent quality found in other Paradores, in a very nice setting. We stayed here planning to visit Bilbao, but it was a little too far from that.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

23 Oct 2021

colin

Pleasant stay

The room and social areas were excellent. However both the dinner and breakfast were not as good in terms of quality or value for money.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Oct 2019

Mr David C

Quality hotel with excellent service

We chose to stay at the Parador De Limpias as it has a good reputation and is only 40 mins drive from the Port of Santander.

Unfortunately delays with our ferry started to make us concerned that we would arrive too late for an evening meal. However, when we contacted the Parador De Limpias from the ferry the staff proved to be very accommodating and put our minds at rest. They said that should the restaurant be closed when we arrived, they would make sure that there would be plates of cold food in our room. As it turned out we arrived at 10:00pm and had an excellent meal in the restaurant, which closed at 11:00pm.

The Parador De Limpias is well appointed with all the facilities that you would expect from a quality hotel and is located in an interesting part of Spain. So 5 stars for the hotel and, of course, 5 stars for the staff.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Great location wonderful staff beautiful grounds
Perfect dinner

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

11 Jul 2019

Alan

Parador de Limpias

We were upgraded to a superior room which was large and very comfortable. All aspects of the stay were good with the notable exception of the restaurant.
The evening meal was expensive (£75 for two) and to our taste at least very poor value. The menu choice was limited, the portions small (compared to other restaurants in the area) and were served lukewarm. A glass of wine barely covered the bottom of the glass. On the other hand the buffet breakfast was very good

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jun 2019

Daniel

Elegant Stay off the Beaten Track

We loved our stay at the Parador in Limpias. If you haven't encountered Parador hotels before, they are a series of historic properties restored into hotels, found throughout Spain. This Parador is a restored 18th century mansion built by a Spanish nobleman. The stone building is elegant and romantic, with a comfortable café at reception, a manicured courtyard, and an excellent restaurant on site. The rooms are spacious, with modern floor to ceiling glass windows that make for an unforgettable view of the countryside. Parking is available on-site, and the grounds include nice walking paths to a nearby river. We had a car and used Limpias as our home base to explore Laredo, Bilbao, and other Basque country treasures. Highly recommend!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Nice setting in woodland. Comfortable room and very friendly staff. Lots of functions on the Saturday we arrived which might not suit some people.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 May 2019

Paulo

Great hotel, outstanding food

Great hotel. Outstanding breakfast buffet. The indoor swimming pool area could do with some attention, it looks tired. Considering the weather in this region can be very hit and miss, it would make sense to invest in making it look nicer.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2019

Frank

Palatial experience not to forget.

This is a wonderfully restored and modernised hotel typical of what we have come to expect of Parador establishments. The staff are friendly and helpful and always available no matter how busy. The facilities are terrific although we were a little disappointed that the outdoor pool had not yet been commissioned for the season. It was mid May but the weather was inviting us to spend time outdoors in the sunshine. The restaurant presented a wide range of fare and we had a very pleasant dinner in an admittedly quiet dining room. All the dishes we favoured were excellent. Breakfast offerings were equally impressing and we enjoyed the sunny dining room overlooking the ornate garden. Eating in the bar was also a pleasing event whether for lunch or in the evening. Sitting on the terrace over a drink again with the manicured garden to ponder was a very relaxing experience. The gym is well equipped from my observation but because the weather was so clement, it was more onviting to take a stroll along calle la mar at all stages of the tide. The colourful moored boats pained a lovely picture in contrast to the naval armements placed along part of the quay as part of the display from the War Museum. Definitely an unusual twist for a sunny stroll enjoying the surrounding natural environment. A more stretching walk up the hill offers wonderful views of the surrounding estuary and pastures and of the village buildings as well. All in all a very pleasant.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 May 2019

Verified traveler

Beautiful park like setting in small village forest. Historic villa with elegant decor, tiles and hardword - incredible classiness of days gone by! Has all the ammenities and quietness of a library. A great place to have a restful sleep and enjoy some luxury of the past!

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jul 2018

Judith

Calm and peaceful

Lovely two days at start of holiday to relax and explore a little.

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jul 2018

Ronald

Idylic

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2018

CANDI

A wonderful retreat....even for night

The Parador is located in a beautiful park area. There is a older section and a new addition to the hotel. Our room was located in the older part. It had a great terrace for a outdoor breakfast which we enjoyed. The reception was very helpful and knowledgeable about the area around Limpias. The service in the restaurant started out slow but as a large group departed it got much better. Our dinner was delicious as we ordered the chefs suggestions. As with most hotels I would like to see 2 luggage racks/are as to put your bags. my only complaint.
Parking was easy get have z garage and outdoor
parking available for a charge. Decorating was like all Paradors we have stayed in, very authentic to the time and area. We highly recommend this hotel

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 May 2018

Jackie

On a trip around the Basque Country this Paradores was a convenient short drive from the hub bub of central Bilbao.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2018

Martin

Paradore de Limpias - very nice stay

I always loved the Paradore hotels. This was no exception. The greeting by the host at check in was gracious. Extremely friendly and helpful. The staff overall very friendly and polite. The room was comfortable, private bathrooms, a wonderful shower. The breakfast set up at the hotel was of all probably my favorite. It was a buffet with endless choices. DInner was delicious as well and the dinner starters were almost enough for a meal on their own. That however didn’t stop us from moving on to excellent main courses and dessert. Very comfortable. Very relaxed. I will definitely stay again. I cannot comment on the area. We were there for just one night en route to a longer stay at another Paradore hotel at Santilanna Del Mar. The Parador de Limpias was a perfect visit in itself. And for what you get, not expensive at all.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Oct 2017

Verified traveler

Luxury in a great location

We spent the last two nights here before catching the ferry back to Portsmouth. A delightful stay. Exceptional service and a fabulous location. Some variation to the Parador menu would be nice, or a 'dish of the day' of local produce. But food was still very good.

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

Great hotel in Limpias

Would definitely stay here again - beautiful hotel with old and modern style rooms, great service, delicious breakfast, good dinner and wine. My family could not make it in the end and the front desk lady was able to change the reservation to accommodate this!

10/10

Exceptional

05 Apr 2017

Verified traveler

Enjoyable first Parador stay

Great location but driveway steep and slightly challenging for two wheel vehicles.
Staff, service and facilities first class.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

30 Jun 2016

Lizzie

Two days to explore inland and coast north of Bilb

Only negatives are service in the restaurant v slow and food not interesting. Also, only free parking at the bottom of a steep hill. Best meal here was in fish restaurant in Laredo overlooking the beach.

8/10

Excellent

06 Jun 2016

Ethel

Another Paradore.

4 night stay. Lovely base for sightseeing. Highlight was the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Sep 2015

Irene and Brian

Fantastic hotel, close to Santander and Bilbao.

As with most Paradors, Limpias has a stately home feel about it! Grand staircases and stained glass windows!
The staff are pleasant and helpful! The food is delicious, the breakfast buffet is amazing with a huge array of dishes including bacon and eggs! There is nothing to fault in this hotel. Can't wait to go back!

8/10

Excellent

11 Jun 2015

Verified traveler

Great View

Wonderful view from Garden. Restaurant needs attention. Older Parador. Very quiet in beautiful setting.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 May 2012

Verified traveler

Lovely hotel shame it was raining all the time. Nice village not much going on. Beach areas not good.

10/10

Exceptional

02 Oct 2011

Alex

Great Location, Very Relaxing

After completing the Camino de Santiago it was a pleasure to check into Parador de Limpias for a night of luxury and relaxation on our drive to Bilbao.

Everything met our expectations.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jun 2026

Alain

Un Parador, mélange d’ancien et de neuf, très agréable au milieu des arbres.
Une bonne étape plus qu’un lieu de séjour car un peu en retrait des lieux à visiter.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 May 2026

Tommy Staahl

Very nice parador.

10/10

Exceptional

29 May 2026

Francesco

Hotel di classe nel
Verde

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2026

bernard

Très vielle institution dans un cadre calme et agréable. Hôtel très cossu avec des épaisseurs de moquettes impressionates. Nous ne sommes restés qu'une nuit en demi-pension. Très bon restaurant, cadre verdoyant au petit déjeuner au top. Chambre spacieuse et lumineuse.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Dec 2025

Maria

Personal, el sitio en si

10/10

Exceptional

09 Dec 2025

GABRIEL

El entorno y las terrazas exteriores son magnificos

10/10