Spain's Most Bucolic Getaway

Think of Spain’s Extremadura—a bucolic farming region backed up against Portugal—as Cortona pre-Under the Tuscan Sun. It’s the home of jamón Íberico, produces much of the world’s best sheep’s milk cheese, and is responsible for the kind of crisp whites that are worth the three-hour drive from Madrid. 

Hospedería Convento de La Parra (pictured) is a former Clarist convent that’s now a 21-room hotel with a small swimming pool surrounded by daybeds. 

From “Drink Wine, Eat Jamon, See No One” by Jon Roth for Conde Nast Traveler, 2016; Photo courtesy of Hospederia Convento de La Parra

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