La Caleta View from Parador Cadiz Spain
by Pablo Avanzini
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La Caleta View from Parador Cadiz Spain
Artist
Pablo Avanzini
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Photograph - Color
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A parador, in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries, is a kind of luxury hotel, usually located in a historic building such as a monastery or castle. Parar means to stop, halt or stay.
Paradores de Turismo of Spain is a chain of Spanish luxury hotels. It was founded by Alfonso XIII of Spain as a means to promote tourism in Spain, with the first opening in Gredos, Avila, in 1928. A profitable state-run enterprise, the hotels are often in castles, palaces, fortresses, convents, monasteries and other historic buildings. The Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos in Santiago de Compostela is considered to be one of the oldest continuously operating hotels in the world, and one of the finest Spanish Paradors.
They stretch from Galicia in the north-west through Catalonia to Andalusia in the south of Spain, the Canary Islands and to the Spanish cities in North Africa. Prices usually vary according to room, region and season.
Paradors are classified as 'Esentia' monumental and historic hotels, 'Civia' urban hotels, and 'Naturia' hotels to enjoy the coast and nature. There are ninety four Paradors in Spain and one, Casa da Insua, in Portugal. The Portuguese equivalent, the Pousadas de Portugal, were founded in 1942, after the Spanish model.
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