Landa
A designer countryside estate five minutes from the city
About this hotel
Landa sits five minutes' drive from central Burgos on a family-run countryside estate rather than inside the old town, with a seasonal outdoor pool and an indoor heated pool that keep the property usable through the Castilian winter. Every room is individually decorated by designer Pascua Ortega, a detail that means no two stays look quite the same, and each comes with a flat-screen TV and luxury bathroom toiletries as standard. The hotel restaurant serves classic Castilian cuisine, with a bar open all day and breakfast served in the room, on the porch or poolside depending on the morning. A golf course sits eight kilometres away, and Vitoria, Palencia, Bilbao, San Sebastian and Madrid are all reachable within one to two hours' drive.
- Pools
- Designer rooms
- Countryside setting
- Restaurant
Our take
This suits couples and travellers who want a genuine countryside retreat rather than a cathedral-adjacent city hotel, and the five-minute drive into Burgos keeps sightseeing entirely workable despite the rural setting. Anyone wanting to walk everywhere without a car should choose an old town address instead, since Landa depends on driving in and out each day.
- ✓Request a specific room style when booking, Pascua Ortega's designs vary considerably from one room to the next across the estate.
- ✓Take breakfast poolside on a clear morning, it is one of the estate's better-kept small luxuries beyond the room itself.
- ✓Rent a car for the stay, the five-minute drive into Burgos each day makes the countryside setting genuinely workable rather than isolating.
Why we love it
- Individually designed rooms by Pascua Ortega
- Both outdoor and indoor heated pools
- Classic Castilian cuisine and a working bakery
- Five minutes from central Burgos by car
Why guests love itLanda is a family-run five-star countryside estate five minutes by car from Burgos, and its two pools are the reason I would point families here: a seasonal outdoor pool for summer and a heated indoor pool for the rest of the year. Rooms are individually decorated by designer Pascua Ortega, and the hotel bakery turns out fresh croissants and pastries through the day, an easy win with children. A car is needed to reach the city.