Rusticae Palacio Carvajal Girón

This is a wonderful place, right in the old town centre of Plasencia. A gorgeous, at the time of its construction unfinished, palace that has been stylishly, tastefully, graciously and generously refurbished to give you about as comfortable a night's stay as you could wish for. The staff are friendly, helpful, attentive and competent, and our room – we stayed in a suite – nothing short of amazing. If you want to treat yourself to somewhere a bit special, this comes highly recommended.

Can there be too much of a good thing? Well, it turns out, there can. The breakfast option that we went for (in ignorance, it has to be said), was so huge, it became a touch wasteful. The standard breakfast at this place is absolutely fine and really in all seriousness sufficient. We then were invited to choose four additional dishes each from a richly appointed menu. Assuming they would be dainty little morsels to add variety, we went for it. They turned out to be effectively full portions each in their own right. I think I had to leave half of mine on the table. But the food was good and the staff lovely, so it feels churlish to name this as a 'complaint'; it's more of a humble counsel: you probably really don't need the breakfast 'special'.