Southern Spain
Hotel La Caminera Club de Campo
Hotel La Caminera Club de Campo is a 61-room country hotel situated on a 1,000-hectare former hunting estate in Torrenueva, Ciudad Real, within the La Mancha region of Spain. The landscape is characterised by rolling hills covered in shrub vegetation, dotted with holm and shrub oaks, and surrounded by olive groves. The individually decorated rooms feature a jetted bathtub and separate shower, flat-screen TV, minibar, in-room safe, espresso maker, air conditioning, and complimentary Wi-Fi. The rooms are elegantly decorated and spacious, providing a comfortable retreat for guests.
The hotel offers a range of services and facilities, including an 18-hole golf course, a private airstrip, the Elaiwa Spa by L’Occitane (which offers olive oil treatments, a sauna, steam room, chromotherapy, sensation showers, hydromassage, and beauty treatments), an outdoor pool, a fitness centre, and padel tennis courts. Dining options include the Michelin-starred Retama restaurant, which offers a unique culinary experience with La Mancha cuisine (open Fri, Sat, Sun – reservation required), the El Prado Lounge Restaurant, and the El Patio poolside bar. Additional amenities include a wine cellar, reading room, and beautiful views of the surrounding landscapes.
Facilities
Michelin-star restaurant, additional restaurant, pool side bar, wine cellar, library, golf course, private airstrip, spa, outdoor pool, a fitness centre and padel tennis courts.
Local Wildlife
The nearby Peñalajo Estate hosts one of the densest populations of Iberian lynx in the country. It also serves as a sanctuary for the Spanish imperial eagle. Additionally, the estate is home to various bird species, including the endemic Iberian azure-winged magpie, little bustard, pin-tailed and black-bellied sandgrouse, hoopoe, little owl, hawfinch, and migratory species such as rollers (from May to August), great spotted cuckoo, bee eaters, and numerous warblers.
John Melton
Area Specialist
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…Thank you for putting together yet another amazing trip…(our guide) looked after us very well, so please thank them on our behalf, they were a delight. We are glad that the original guide of choice decided that he didn’t want to guide us as (our guide) is an exceptional naturalist. He has great knowledge, not only of the Lynx and birds but also plants, trees, bushes, insects and Geology. He made our trip very special by amending our programme several times to take in different sites and bird watching at different and better times. He was also most attentive, organising an excellent lunch on the day we transferred to Tres Cantos and brought breakfasts for us when the second hotel let us down, and lunchtime pizzas when we stayed out all day to watch the Bee-eaters at their busy time. We would strongly recommend that they becomes your first choice guide … Hotel La Caminera was excellent. The views from the hotel were wonderful. The rooms and service were excellent with amazing bathrooms, as was the food and general ambiance of the place. We would certainly recommend its use to others … We were very lucky with our wildlife sightings and the local guides at all venues were most helpful. At Penalajo Estate we couldn’t have got off to a better start. On the first morning around 9am, a female Lynx ran across the track in front of us followed by ……. 3 cubs (around 2 months old). They settled down just behind some bushes but with the female facing out into the open. The cubs made brief appearances out into the open. After a while the female disappeared, coming back into view carrying a rabbit and they headed off up the track but returning a little later. The local guides were amazed. One – they had not been seen by anyone before us and had not been picked up on the camera traps! Two – they were early in the season. Certainly they were not seen by anyone else for a couple of days at least. We had a bonus view of a Lynx sitting in the window of the derelict farm on our way back at lunchtime.