Nature, history and architecture.

The Parador de Santiago de Compostela is one of the oldest and most luxurious hotels in Spain. It is in the Plaza del Obradoiro next to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, one of the most visited cathedrals in the world, and has witnessed the passage of pilgrims over the centuries. It began as a Royal Hospital with the Catholic Monarchs to offer them shelter and today it’s known as Hostal dos Reis Católicos. The historic building preserves the Plateresque façade on the outside, four cloisters, elegant corridors and hallways, spectacular rooms, and a museum in its interior.

Lodged in the heart of one of the most beautiful Gothic-civil complexes in Europe, the Parador de Olite occupies the oldest wing of the majestic palace-castle of the kings of Navarre, built in the Middle Ages and amplified in the 15th c. by Carlos III the Noble.

 

The balance between architecture and decoration in its rooms will take you to another age. Magnificent towers and battlements, galleries and arcades decorated with beautiful stained-glass windows, and details such as suits of armour, tapestries and cast-iron lamps, and coffered ceilings; here in Olite everything is bewitchment and fantasy to make you feel like a medieval noble.

The Parador de Tortosa is next to Zuda Castle. It is a new building that’s fully integrated complex of historical buildings, which is notable for its high walls and large Gothic windows, and which has spacious and comfortable rooms, an outdoor swimming pool and elegant rooms for meetings and events. Its elevated location offers a beautiful view of the Ebro Delta and the historic-artistic complex of the beautiful city of Tortosa.

The Parador de Artíes is just seven kilometres away from the Baqueira Beret ski resort, in the Catalan Pyrenees. This gem of Aranese architecture from the 14th and 15th centuries has warm and cosy rooms, sloped ceilings and wooden beams, and offers fantastic views of the village houses and the mountain peaks.