Keir Starmer jetted off for a four-day luxury family Easter break at a \u00a3200-a-night four-star boutique hotel in Valencia, complete with rooftop bar and pool.<\/p>\n
While lounging in the sun and sipping caf\u00e9 con leche in a public square, Trump was issuing ultimatums to \u201cobliterate\u201d\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/F1i3MkNGfg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Grifty (@TheGriftReport) April 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n According to the Daily Mail, the British prime minister put his feet up at a four-star boutique hotel in Valencia as the world held its breath amid soaring tensions in the Middle East.<\/p>\n Sir Keir and family stayed at the Valentia Cabillers hotel, where a premium room equipped with a kitchenette can set holidaymakers back more than \u20ac200 per night.<\/p>\n READ MORE: \u2018BRAVO PEDRO! Taking a stand against Donald Trump\u2019s illegal war makes me proud to call Spain my home\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Located in the heart of Valencia with the city\u2019s iconic cathedral just 50 metres away, Valentia Cabillers describes itself as an \u2018elegant boutique hotel\u2019 with a \u2018sober and contemporary interior design\u2019.<\/p>\n The hotel offers just 21 suites covering three types of room: superior double, classic suite and premium suite \u2013 with the latter providing resplendent views of Carrer dels Cabillers, a side street rich in history that leads to the bustling Placa de la Reina.\u00a0<\/p>\n It was here where Sir Keir was spotted enjoying a coffee by eagle-eyed tourists, flanked as expected by a team of armed police and bodyguards.<\/p>\n READ MORE: We miss you\u2019: Spain\u2019s Pedro Sanchez says UK should rejoin the EU a decade on from Brexit<\/a><\/p>\n Back at the hotel, the Labour leader will no doubt have unwinded on the top floor, home to a Sky Bar, rooftop swimming pool and jacuzzi, all topped off with spectacular views of the Valencia skyline and nearby 13th-century cathedral.<\/p>\n But Sir Keir will have had little time to fully relax, with his Easter weekend holiday interrupted by escalating rhetoric from US president Donald Trump over the ongoing war in Iran.<\/p>\n The prime minister was flying back to the UK on a commercial flight on Tuesday evening when Trump threatened to \u2018obliterate the entire civilisation\u2019 of Iran and send the country back to the \u2018Stone Age\u2019 if the vital maritime trade route of the Strait of Hormuz was not re-opened.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Six in ten Spaniards favour the UK rejoining the EU \u2013 but only if it takes up the euro and Schengen<\/a><\/p>\n Sir Keir\u2019s long weekend away at a time of crisis has led to accusations of hypocrisy.<\/p>\n Five years ago, the then-Leader of the Opposition accused Boris Johnson of \u2018appalling complacency\u2019 for going on holiday as the US retreated from Afghanistan and the capital Kabul fell back into the hands of the Taliban.<\/p>\n \u201cYou cannot coordinate an international response from the beach. I wouldn\u2019t stay on holiday while Kabul was falling,\u201d he told Johnson at the time.<\/p>\n A Downing Street source told the Daily Mail that the prime minister was focused on acting in the national interest throughout the crisis, protecting British people and interests in the region.<\/p>\n Click here to read more Spain News<\/a> from The Olive Press.<\/p>\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2023-04-17-490x328.webp\")
Sir Keir and family relaxed at the four-star Valentia Cabillers hotel, nestled in the heart of Valencia. Credit: Valentia Cabillers<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2023-04-17-2-490x328.webp\")
The hotel is equipped with a Sky Bar and rooftop swimming pool. Credit: Valentia Cabillers<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2023-04-17-1-490x735.webp\")
The four-day Easter weekend getaway came as Donald Trump ramped up threats to \u2018obliterate\u2019 Iran.<\/p>\n