Parador de Úbeda

The Parador de Úbeda, also known as the Palacio del Deán Ortega, the Palacio del Marqués del Donadío and the Parador del Condestable Dávalos is a four-star Parador hotel located in the oldest part of the city of Úbeda, in the province of Jaén, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalucía, Spain. It is situated in the monumental Plaza de Vázquez de Molina, and surrounded by other imposing Renaissance buildings. Its original building, converted into a hotel in 1930, is one of the most important Renacimiento español (Spanish Renaissance) palaces in the city.

Originally built in the sixteenth century for the dean of the cathedral of Málaga and head chaplain of the Holy Chapel of El Salvador of Úbeda, it served as a private home for 350 years. In 1929 it passed into the ownership of the Spanish state who, while preserving its historic elements, converted it into one of the first of the state-run hotels known as Paradores and gave it the name Condestable Dávalos. Among the 17 Paradores in Andalucía, it is one of five to be converted from an historical building rather than erected as a contemporary building or as a modern historical pastiche. With the increase of tourism to Spain in the 1960s it underwent a limited expansion. A number of later attempts to expand into nearby properties were abandoned, leaving the Parador similar in size and appearance to its original 1930 conversion, with a capacity for 72 guests.