Located in Cuenca, Hotel Cueva del Fraile is a 1-minute drive from Serranía de Cuenca and 5 minutes from Mirador. .This family-friendly hotel is 3 mi (4.9 km) from Fundacion Antonio Perez and 3.1 mi (4.9 km) from Iglesia de San Pedro.
What's nearby
Cuenca Cathedral - 6 min drive - 5.3 km
Castile-La Mancha Science Museum - 6 min drive - 5.4 km
Hanging Houses of Cuenca - 8 min drive - 6.0 km
San Pablo Footbridge - 11 min drive - 6.4 km
Ciudad Encantada - 31 min drive - 28.9 km
Getting around
Cuenca Station - 18 min drive
Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) - 118 min drive
Restaurants
Iglesia de San Pedro (Cuenca) - 6 min drive
Domino's Pizza - 8 min drive
Plaza Mayor - 6 min drive
Posada Tintes - 9 min drive
Restaurante Parador de Cuenca - 9 min drive
About this property
Hotel Cueva del Fraile
Family-friendly hotel with a seasonal outdoor pool and a 24-hour front desk
Hotel Cueva del Fraile offers 76 accommodations with safes and hair dryers. This Cuenca hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include complimentary toiletries and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is provided daily.
A children's pool and a seasonal outdoor pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include an outdoor tennis court.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 76 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and blackout drapes/curtains, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Don't miss out on recreational opportunities including an outdoor tennis court and a seasonal outdoor pool. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, an arcade/game room, and tour/ticket assistance.
Satisfy your appetite for lunch or dinner at the hotel's restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8:30 AM and 11:00 AM.
Onsite venue - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner.
Room service is available.
Languages
English, Spanish
Property amenities
Internet
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Parking and public transport
Free self-parking on site
Electric car charging station on site
Food and drink
Buffet breakfast available for a fee daily 8:30 AM–11:00 AM: EUR 11.90 for adults and EUR 6.90 for children
1 restaurant
1 bar
Room service available
Things to do
Arcade/games room
Billiards/pool table
Children's pool
Mini golf
Outdoor tennis court
Playground
Seasonal outdoor pool
Family friendly
Arcade/games room
Children's pool
Laundry facilities
Mini golf
Playground
Seasonal outdoor pool
Conveniences
Banquet hall
Front-desk safe
Newspapers in reception
Guest services
24-hour front desk
Daily housekeeping
Laundry facilities
Luggage storage
Tour/ticket assistance
Business services
Business centre
Meeting rooms
Outdoors
Garden
Terrace
More
Smoke-free property
Room amenities
Bedroom
Bed sheets
Blackout drapes/curtains
Heating
Bathroom
Free toiletries
Hairdryer
Towels
Entertainment
TV
More
Safe
Policies
Check-in
Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out
Check-out before noon
Special check-in instructions
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
Renovations and closures
The property is closed between December 10 and March 10.
Access methods
Staffed front desk
Pets
Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 15 per pet, per stay
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Restrictions apply; for more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available
Payment types
Important information
Optional extras
Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately EUR 11.90 for adults and EUR 6.90 for children
Pet fee: EUR 15 per pet, per stay
Service animals are exempt from fees
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
We should mention
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 1000, due to national regulations; for further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation
The seasonal pool will be open from July to August
Property is also known as
Cueva Fraile Hotel Cuenca
Cueva Del Fraile Cuenca
Hotel Cueva Fraile Cuenca
Hotel Cueva Fraile
Cueva Fraile Cuenca
Cueva Fraile
Hotel Cueva del Fraile Hotel
Hotel Cueva del Fraile Cuenca
Hotel Cueva del Fraile Hotel Cuenca
Hotel Cueva del Fraile Reviews
Reviews
8.0
Very good
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travellers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
Rating 10 - Excellent. 72 out of 198 reviews" "
10 - Excellent
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Rating 8 - Good. 77 out of 198 reviews" "
8 - Good
77
Rating 6 - Okay. 30 out of 198 reviews" "
6 - Okay
30
Rating 4 - Poor. 13 out of 198 reviews" "
4 - Poor
13
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 198 reviews" "
2 - Terrible
6
8.2/10
Cleanliness
8.2/10
Staff & service
8.0/10
Amenities
7.6/10
Property conditions & facilities
8.8/10
Eco-friendliness
Reviews
8/10 Good
Joseph, Charleston
Travelled with family and small children
29 May 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
They had an event during our stay, which led to waiting in the parking lot for an hour to find parking. Pool was closed. Shower head broken.
Place is very peaceful and serene. Very clean and staff helpful. Close to being an excellent hotel, just need to tie up some loose ends.
Joseph
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
2/10 Terrible
paul
23 May 2024
Cancelled my booking the evening before we were due to check in. Expedia sent an email. After a really long hard day of travel, to find out when we arrived at the hotel it was closed. Thats when I read the email. Really hard to read emails when riding a motorcycle across France & Spain. But hey, there are other hotels and websites
Great except for the music in the foyer that could be hear gently weeping through the bedroom walls during siesta. Perfect other than that. Personally we loved the fact that it was a family friendly hotel with lots of kids running around - also dog friendly too 😊😘
Don’t waste your time or money.
What a mistake to stay here. The rooms are awful: stench of moist, a wall A/C unit to heat the room was noisy and had to be turned off at night due to its noise level. The room was depressing, and the bathroom was straight out of the 1960’s. It was disgusting. The front desk person was rude and at checkout they even tried charging us for breakfast, which we didn’t have.
Great value for money overall.
I stayed one night only, but the experience exceeded my expectations in terms of comfort of the beds, room size, surrounding area, the breakfast quality and variety and the fact that the Hotel common areas are pleasant.
Look forward to next visiting
Eric
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021
8/10 Good
Mike
2 Sept 2020
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Overall, good value for money
Good facilities - great outdoor space and swimming pool, tennis, paddel.
Good restaurant and food.
Breakfast OK considering COVID 19 restrictions
Hotels room a bit tired but acceptable.
Good location for exploring Cuenca and countryside
We really enjoyed our stay in this hotel. The hotel was renovated beautifully and sympathetically. The room was a mezzanine and suited our family well. We enjoyed the pool also. We were travelling with our dog and she was made welcome.
1. you need a transport from the city centre, definitely
2. the hotel is on the countryside but close enough to the old city (13 minutes drive), which we really enjoyed
3. breakfast very good
4. rooms very, very good
The hotel was lovely. A mix of traditional Spanish with very modern. Some rooms opening out onto the gallery above the central quadrangle complete with fountain where dinner is set and there is a bar for al fresco drinks. The pool is really big - open 11am till 8pm. We are more 10am to 7pm swimmers but life in Spain is generally later than home. The staff were amazing. So helpful to us two OAPs trying to get by with my schoolgirl Spanish! All the Reception staff, though, spoke perfect English. The setting of the hotel is beautiful - well into the rocky gorges of the surrounding national park, 7km outside Cuenca. We had a hire car but a taxi to the new town or high old town is 10 euros and taxis seemed to be plentiful. Really good breakfast however the lunch and dinner menu was rather limited. It didn't change during the week as far as we could tell - the daily set lunch or dinner seemed to be choices from the regular menu and didn't seem to be something new each day. However, the menu didn't have an English translation and my phone was out of action for Google translate! I may be doing the chef a disservice! The old town of Cuenca and the Cuidad Encantada- a fascinating geological site (about 30 miles away) which costs 4 euros to enter for the 3km walk round extraordinary rock formations and boulders that are millions of years old, are well worth visiting. We would like to return to Cuenca and to the hotel one day.
hotel has recently been renovated ,though not quite finished yet.we stayed 2 nights Friday and Saturday ,we had a very nice room with views over the garden area .The amenities are good but the staff need to be a bit more friendly ,they did seem to be a bit harrast at times .the restaurant was good value for money .Breakfast could be improved by having a proper coffee machine instead of thermal jugs of milk and coffee .We didn't see any tea making facilities either.Nice hotel beautifull position for walking in the country.
Place has been recently refurbished with brand new everything
Yes, you need a car to access this hotel, or catch a taxi. But you are so far from everything better if you have a car
Previous reviews for this hotel whined about the noise of farm animals nearby (get over yourselves).
Now with the thick glass and shutters you can barely hear a peep at night
Reception staff were friendly enough, but the bar/restaurant guy was a legend
I'm sure this hotel will become more high end and slightly less affordable in coming years
Verified traveller
6/10 Okay
Julie
23 Apr 2017
Liked: Cleanliness
Could be better...
We had a good size room for 4, clean but everything was really old... They are trying to improve by doing renovation... we were woke up by hammering at 8 am... !! Not well appreciated when your are on holidays in Spain. The breakfast buffet was ok but products could really be better. The sports area - mini golf and pool - needs improvements too... not well maintained.
Placed in the middle of beautiful nature with the views of the mountains, still close from Cuenca (10 minutes).
We stopped here during our road trip from Barcelona to Motril in the south of Spain. It was perfectly located, close to Cuenca for a day trip.
Our day ended in this very comfortable hotel after a day in Teruel and Albarracin and the most spectacular ride through the Serranía de Cuenca.
The check-in was fast and the staff very friendly. Utmost recomendable!!
Andreas
8/10 Good
Wendy
20 Sept 2016
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stop over hotel
Excellent hotel and very reasonable prices. Breakfast was very good for just over 4€. We will definitely use again