A night's stay here is truly a luxury, offering: suites with views of the cloister, stately rooms, and a restaurant which offers: Cocido Maragato (stew), frog legs, beef sweetbreads, cured beef and goat meats and mountain meats. Nearby activities include alpine skiing, basketball frontenis, golf, handball, horse riding routes, hunting, indoor football, motorboats, speed boats, tennis and trout fishing. The Parador is located in the Plaza de San Marcos, next to the bridge of the same name over the river Bernesga. From Madrid it can be reached along the main N-VI road, after passing Valladolid and Benavente, at 81 and 41 miles respectively. From Oviedo (75 miles), it is reached by the N-632 or along the A-6 motorway. Construction began around 1515 on this monumental building, which features a Spanish Plateresque facade. The past makes its appearance in the Cloister, Church, Choir and Chapterhouse, and the present in the careful renovation-work, combined with an interior filled with works of art and rooms which gave shelter to pilgrims in times of old.