
Caceres – I left Madrid early to make the most of at least part of the morning, and Cáceres welcomes me with radiant and relentless summer sunshine. I drop off my belongings at the NH Collection Palacio de Oquendo hotel, perfect for exploring the city – it’s just a few steps from the Plaza Mayor – and for immersing oneself in it: something that seems impossible from a cement and glass building, and yet feels natural in a beautiful 16th-century stone palace