Translation of govern in Spanish

I guess you know Spanish very well. I'm not on line most of the time. I think to get accommodation in the city is hard. I have many friends in Madrid, they all live outside the city. I think we can help each other to practice German or Spanish.
There we only few tourist visiting this site and the entire setting of the jungle around all structures gave it a very adventurous feeling. Roots of trees were actually covering the walls of the buildings
There was no one on the street and we did not feel to comfortable. The first hotel we entered, was build from clay. We saw an elderly English couple just leaving their room. We went to the reception.