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Hotel Maribel is a wonderful hotel in beautiful Alquezar. The breakfast, in particular, is spectacular and plentiful, featuring fresh coffee, just-squeezed orange juice, pastries, fruit, cold cuts and a hot vegetable frittata that was different every day. The building is evidently very old as it befits this medieval town, so do not count on big lobbies, elevators or any of those conveniences, although it is very clean and charming (bordering on the whimsical, but still on this side of good taste). The staff is very friendly, helpful and approachable. The room was also very nice (small, inevitably) and there were flower trays on the beautiful windows. It was a very hot season, and the AC seemed to have a bit of trouble keeping the temperature down, but the town got cooler at night. Be warned that the streets are steep, narrow and cobbled. This means that driving to the door of the hotel is tricky, and you must not ignore the map that the hotel will send you with instructions to find its parking lot. GPS navigation will send you to the hotel through the town, which is not allowed - you must come in from the back and park in the lot as the map indicates (get the code number from the hotel in advance that you need to enter on the security pad). If you have heavy bags that need to be rolled you would be better off driving to the door of the hotel to leave the bags first, but you need to be somewhat adept at stopping and turning around in a sloping, narrow street. Once you find the parking lot of the hotel, however, it’s very easy to drive in and out of town as you like. The hotel itself is in a wonderful spot, close to everything. It does not offer dinner, but there are plenty of options in town. Definitely recommendable.

The San Ramon hotel is as well placed as you can find within 1-5 minutes walk of most things you want in a rural Aragon town -- open air bars for people watching, good to very good restaurants and fast food outlets, shops of all kinds, a cathedral, ice cream parlours, and lots of alley ways and traditional architecture. GPS is rather essential for driving the maze of narrow roads but underground hotel parking for €10 a night means you abandon the car anyway except for out-of-town excursions. Rooms are very clean and well-fitted throughout although shift up a grade if you like plenty of space. Breakfast hours were limited to 08:00 to 09:30 during our stay but there was a good selection of hot and cold choices and helpful staff. Unfortunately, the main restaurant and highly-rated café were closed for our two-night stay but the café was clearly pulling local customers in as we checked out. With superb reception staff with command of several languages, the Hotel San Ramon del Somontano is well worth a stopover.

First off, if you've booked a parking space it'll be fun! The town is full of narrow one way streets which really confused the nav. Then the car park itself. Let's just say confidence is needed if you drive anything other than a small car. All adds to the adventure though. Rooms were clean, and a good size. Service was really good. Only thing it loses points on is the food - menu didn't seem to know what it wanted to be and the food was average.