Spain's cheapest five star hotel revealed with indoor swimming pool and £78 rooms
HIGH FIVE Spain's cheapest five star hotel revealed with indoor swimming pool and £78 rooms
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IF you want five-star luxury without paying through the nose, the you want to to head to Valladolid.
AC Hotel Palacio de Santa Ana was named the cheapest five-star hotel in Spain by Which?.
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Spain's cheapest five-star hotel has rooms for less than £80 a night
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AC Hotel Palacio de Santa Ana was named the cheapest in Spain by Which?
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Guests can take advantage of the hotel pool
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The study looked at world's cheapest five star hotels, with the biggest bargain being in Vietnam, costing just £22 a night.
But when it comes to being closer to home, they also broke it down by country.
And Spain's cheapest five star hotel is AC Hotel Palacio de Santa Ana, outside the city of Valladolid.
With rooms starting from £78, it was named the biggest bargain on the list.
The hotel has a lot of history, being built in a former Spanish monastery.
Jerónimos Monastery was built in the 18th century before being converted to the five-star hotel.
Some of the rooms have views of the garden and river as well.
And guests can make the most of the indoor swimming pool as well as Turkish bath.
It is also a short taxi ride into the main town, taking around 10 minutes by car.
But stay at the hotel if you want want to eat with the restaurant Los Jeronimos serving Castilian dishes.
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One wrote: "A gem in Valladolid. One of the best hotels I have ever stayed in."
Another said they were given champagne on arrival.
Sadly there are currently no direct flights to Valladolid with Ryanair scrapping routes last year.
Here is the UK hotel that was named the cheapest five star in the country.
And the Sun's Deputy Travel Editor revealed her favourite budget hotel chain.
The cheapest five star hotels that are all under £100 a night, according to Which? Emerald Bay Hotel & Spa, Nha Trang, Vietnam (£22)
Angkor Miracle Resort & Spa, Siem Reap, Cambodia (£49)
Mandarina Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka (£52)
Dusit Princess Srinakarin, Bangkok, Thailand (£52)
Ra Suites Simatupang, Jakarta, Indonesia (£53)
Delta Hotels by Marriott Istanbul West, Istanbul, Turkey (£54)
Riviera Rayhaan by Rotana Doha, Doha, Qatar (£60)
Cullinan HPlus Premium, Brasilia, Brazil, (£64)
Hilton Alexandria Green Plaza, Port Alexandria, Egypt (£72)
New Coast Hotel Manila, Manila Central, Philippines (£74)
La Kasbah, Kairouan, Tunisia (£77)
AC Hotel Palacio, Arroyo de la Encomienda, Spain (£78)
Radisson Blu Kaushambi Delhi NCR, Delhi, India (£78)
Albergo Diffuso Borgo Montemaggiore, Colli al Metauro, Italy (£79)
Riad Jona, Marrakesh, Morocco (£79)
Capital on the Park, Johannesburg, South Africa (£80)
Crowne Plaza Porto, Porto, Portugal (£80)
Muong Thanh Luxury Vientiane, Vientiane, Laos (£81)
Mövenpick Hotel Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (£81)
Hotel Riu Plaza Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico (£83)
Ramada Kathmandu Dhumbarahi, Kathmandu, Nepal (£85)
Hotel Kościuszko, Krakow, Poland (£87)
Grand Hotel Continental Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania (£87)
Sheraton Oman Hotel, Muscat, Oman (£88)
Petra Moon Luxury Hotel, Petra, Jordan (£90)
Sofia Balkan Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria (£90)
Pullman Riga Old Town, Riga, Latvia (£92)
Melia Lima, Lima, Peru (£95)
Avani Deira Dubai Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (£98)
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While the nearest town isn't far, the on-site restaurant is worth a visit
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