The government of Castilla-La Mancha gave the green light on Tuesday to the investment project aimed at Rehabilitation of Hospedería del Convento de Santo Domingo(in Villanueva de los Infantes). Contains performance Budget greater than … Six million eurosThe implementation period will be 14 months from the start of works.
The Minister of Economy, Business and Employment, Patricia Franco, stated during the press conference after the Government Council that this approval represents the final stage for the restoration of this historic building, located in one of the reference tourist areas in the region, Campo de Montiel.
After the signing of the planning document and obtaining the building permit, scheduled to take place in February, rehabilitation work will begin on the property, which will become part of the project Network of youth hostels in Castilla-La Mancha Once finished.
The consultant noted that the project began in 2019 with the transfer of ownership to the regional government and that since then it has faced various difficulties such as the purchase of adjacent land or emergency measures that were implemented in 2024 with a full investment of 421,293 euros to ensure the stability of the building.
In total, the accumulated investments will exceed 6.6 million euros, of which more than four million will be implemented in 2026 and the rest in 2027, according to the planned calendar. “This project will make it possible to highlight a high-level heritage and tourism resource in a region endowed with enormous cultural and natural wealth,” Patricia Franco stressed.
36 double rooms and a banquet hall
The project includes the construction of 36 double rooms, an event hall with a capacity of 350 people, a restaurant in the old dining hall and a parking lot on the land incorporated into the project in 2021.
The advisor compared the development of this project to the rehabilitation of the Torneiras Mosque, highlighting that although their nature is different, both require an “extraordinary effort” from the regional executive to “overcome the difficulties and fulfill the commitment of President Emiliano García Peg to restore heritage.”
Once the work is completed, Hospedería del Convento de Santo Domingo will join the network of Hospederías de Castilla-La Mancha, which has gone from five to nine institutions and will continue to expand with new procedures. In 2026, the regional government will invest more than 11 million euros in projects linked to this network, including investments in The Royal Bronze Factory in Riopar, the Ducal Palace in Pastrana, the House of the Monks of Herencia, and Casa Aguado in Elche de la Sierra.
Castilla-La Mancha is driving growth in rural tourism
Regarding the promotion of tourism in the region, Franco highlighted the latest data published by INE, which identifies places Castilla-La Mancha is the autonomous community with the greatest growth in tourismThe countryside in OctoberRecording increases of approximately 25% in the number of travelers and 27.8% in the number of overnight stays.
the Provinces of Ciudad Real and Albacete They also lead national growth in the number of travelers and overnight stays during the month of October. Ciudad Real is also the leader in numbers accumulated for the first ten months of the year.
With these figures, Castilla-La Mancha is ranked as the third autonomous community to achieve the greatest growth in rural tourism so far this year, reinforcing record values in organized accommodation as a whole, with more than 2.71 million travelers and 5.21 million overnight stays between January and October.