Hotel	Thumb	Town	Region	Beds
Parador de Jaen		Jaen	Andalucia	82
Parador de Ubeda		Ubeda	Andalucia	72
Hotel	Thumb	Town	Region	Beds
Posada_de_Ubeda_Rural_Hotel ***		Ubeda	Andalusia-Granada-Costa Tropical	.
Parador_de_Ubeda *		Ubeda	Andalusia-Granada-Costa Tropical	0

Ubeda (pronounced OO-bay-da), with its wealth of Renaissance palaces and churches, has much in common with its counterpart Baeza.

The outstanding feature is the monumental square, the Plaza de Vázquez de Molina, surrounded with imposing buildings such as the Palacio de las Cadenas (so named for the decorative chains which once hung from the façade).

The Capilla del Salvador also has a chapel screen by the ironworker Bartolomé de Jaen.

The Hospital de Santiago, designed by Vandelvira in the late 16th century, with its square bell towers and graceful Renaissance courtyard, is now the home of the town's Conference Hall.

Ubeda has a Parado housed in a 16th century palace which was the residence of a high-ranking churchman of the period.

Both towns, Ubeda and Baeza, have a distinctly Castillian severity, with their granite buildings and plazas, as opposed to the white walls and flower-filles courtyards of Andalucia proper, and in many ways they resemble Segovia and Avila more than Cordoba or Seville.

Poetry lovers will be interested to know that the 16th century mystic Saint John of the Cross died in a monastery in Ubeda.

One of the main seasonal attractions of the town is the annual music and dance festival.

This is held in May and includes opera, jazz, flamenco, chamber music, symphony orchestra and dance.