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Friday, June 21, 2024

Pleasures of a Spanish Parador


 Fuente De parador hotel, Picos de Europa, Spain. Forecourt for sociaising and drinking coffee and reading. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

We did a round trip of Spanish Paradores and Portuguese pousadas in previous years so we knew we loved the historic or rural decor and regional cuisine. 

This year, 2024, we stayed at a Spanish parador, Fuente De, chosen by a hiking group leader who needed a hotel near the mountains for a week of hiking. The venue for our group had to have enough rooms, about twenty rooms, which we could book in advance for thirty people.


We had a rainy, cloudy day or two. So we scheduled a tour to a winery/distillery at Potes.

Paradores and Plurals

\In the website, look at the word Paradores. 

However, the letters es elsewhere are not the plural, paradores, but the abbreviation for paraador Es, short for Espana (with an accent n the n) which is Spanish for Spain.

English language sites will spell the plural the Brtish way, paradors.

Booking Direct or Booking.com?

 We booked through booking.com. When just two of us book, we use booking.com because we get special rates and cancellation choices if we pay a little extra, because we use the agency such a lot.  If you are a group, sometimes you can do better by neotiating, or booking direct with the hotel.  The hotel did not offer a lower price than booking through the agency.

Useful Websites

www.parador.es

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Friday, April 3, 2020

Historic Hotels For Armchair Travels, Bucket Lists And Dreams


Because of Coronavirus COVID19 many public places are shut. But you can glimpse them online and put them on your bucket list for later.

Here's where to see castles and palaces converted into hotels:


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In a previous post we looked at a Museum Hotel in Turkey with a view of the Roman era floor on the ground floor.

If you want to stay in an historic hotel, not Roman, just historic, any era, here are more options: Some are hotels containing restaurants. A few have additional cheaper motel accommodation, with a restaurant and sometimes a few suites in the main house, castle or building.

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UK
Many city centre and out of town pubs in the UK
England


Wales
Castle hotels in Wales
Ruthin Castle Hotel & Spa, Wales


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Scotland
Castles hotels in Scotland
https://inverlochycastlehotel.com/


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SPAIN
Mainland Spain and Spanish islands
Paradores - ruins restored and buildings converted by the government to promote regional tourism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parador


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PORTUGAL
Mainland Portugal and Portuguese islands
Pousadas, like Paradores, converted buildings and restored ruins turned into hotels to promote travel around the regions.
https://www.pousadasofportugal.com/pousadas-map



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USA
Chateau hotels


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CANADA
https://www.relaischateaux.com/us/destinations/north-america/canada-east


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FRANCE
Chateau hotels
https://www.relaischateaux.com/us/destinations/europe/france




ITALY
Useful Websites
umbriatourism.it
http://www.montesubasio.it/en/assisi-christmas-nativity/
http://www.italia.it/en/home.html
UK
https://www.ruthincastle.co.uk/

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Angela Lansbury is a travel writer and photographer. Please share links to your favourite posts.