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PARADOR HOSTAL SAN MARCOS |
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LEÓN, SPAIN
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Few hotels occupy a setting of such architectural importance as the Parador Hostal San Marcos. Pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela have been staying here since its reconstruction in the early 16th century, when it must have stood out as one of the most sumptuous buildings in Spain. It is a 'Plateresque' masterpiece - architecture imitative of the filigree work of silversmiths, or plateros. The enormous ornament-encrusted façade fronts the hotel's finest bedrooms, in which antique furnishings and elaborately crafted doors are combined with such modern conveniences as large round bath tubs.
ROOMS
Doubles from £70
CONTACT
Parador Hostal San Marcos, Pza. San Marcos 7, 24001, León (00 34 9 87 23 73 00; fax: 23 34 58; email: leon@parador.es; www.parador.es)
WHO TO GO WITH
To book from the UK call Keytel International (020 7 402 8182). Other tour operators offering parador trips include Castaways (01737 812255), Magic of Spain (020 8939 5452), Abreu Travel (020 7 229 9905) and Traveller's Way (01527 559000). It is worth asking about special offers such as the Go As You Please (Tarjeta Cinquo Noches) deal, a booklet of five vouchers costing £240 which entitles you to five nights' accommodation (for two people sharing) in one or more paradors, subject to conditions and availability.
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