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PARADORES - ANDALUSIA - SPAIN

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Antequera	Arcos de la Frontera	Ayamonte	Cadiz	Carmona	Cazorla	Cordoba	Granada
Jaen	Malaga Gibralfaro	Malaga Golf	Mazagon	Mojacar	Nerja	Ronda	Ubeda

PARADOR ACCOMMODATION IN ANDALUSIA

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OVERVIEW	IMAGE	LOCATION	BEDS
Parador de Antequera This spacious, quiet Parador is surrounded by lush green gardens, a refreshing swimming pool and is close to the provincial towns of Andalucia.		Antequera	110
Parador Arcos de La Frontera Formerly a Palace this 3 star hotel has panoramic views.		Arcos de la Frontera	44
Parador de Ayamonte Luxury 4 star hotel overlooking the Guadiana River and the coastal plain of Portugal on the far side.		Ayamonte	108
Parador de Cadiz 4 star luxury modern hotel situated on the promontory sheltering the famous harbour of Cadiz in southern Spain.		Cadiz	298
Parador de Carmona Luxury 4 star hotel in a 14th Century Arabic fortress. This Parador is an excellent example of the restoration of an old building for modern use.		Carmona	123
Parador de Cazorla 3 star hotel in the style of an Andalucia country house situated in the middle of a National Park.		Cazorla	66
Parador de Cordoba The elevated position of this luxury four star hotel provides a cooler atmosphere than staying in the city of Cordoba.		Cordoba	186
Parador de Granada The Parador of Granada is a small 4 star hotel in a 15th Century convent which is part of the famous Palace of Alhambra.		Granada	72
Parador de Jaen Luxury 4 star hotel in a 13th Century Arab fortress. The views, as the road climbs to the Parador over the city of Jaen and the Andalucia countryside, are marvellous with the ultimate panorama at the top from the Parador.		Jaen	82
Parador Malaga Golf Luxury 4 hotel on the golf course and a short walk to the beach.		Malaga	120
Parador Malaga Gibralfaro Luxury small 4 star hotel with impressive views over the town and bay.		Malaga	76
Parador de Mazagon 4 star Parador hotel with a splendid garden superbly situated in a nature reserve and near the beach.		Mazagon	126
Parador de Mojacar Modern 4 star luxury hotel on the Mediterranean coast. This Parador fronts onto the beach of Mojacar, with one of the best micro climates in Spain.		Mojacar	187
Parador de Nerja Luxury 4 star hotel in the Parador group situated above the beach.		Nerja	196
Parador de Ronda Luxury 4 star hotel using the old town hall on the edge of the gorge. This Parador is in the centre of the historic town of Ronda.		Ronda	156
Parador de Ubeda Luxury 4 star hotel in a 16th Century Renaissance Palace. This Parador was originally the Palace of Dom Fernando Ortego Salido, the Dean of Malaga, who was more usually known as Dean Ortego.		Ubeda	72

Andalucia fits everyone's romantic image of Spain. Reaching down from the high and forbidding plateau of Castile, across the south of Spain to the shores of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, Andalucia divides into eight provinces: Huelva, Cadiz, Malaga, Sevilla, Granada, Cordoba, Jaen and Almeria.

Here one expects every woman to be a Carmen in gypsy dress, a carnation behind her ear, and every man a swaggering Don Juan. Every cliche, of course has an element of truth, and in Andalucia there is so much color and contrast, vivaciousness, variety and imagination that fact and fiction are constantly blurred. There is a special beauty to such images, and Andalucia is indeed spellbinding with its air perfumed by jasmine and orange blossoms, its soleful flamenco music and its thrilling bullfighting tradition.

As befits a land that bewitches its visitors, Andalucia traces its ancestry to the -mythical kingdom of Tartessos, which is said to have been the height of refinement and culture. Greeks and Phoenicians made sporadic appearances in the region's distant past (Cadiz was in fact founded by the Phoenicians) and the Romans followed them and stayed for centuries. Andalucia was a jewel in the Roman imperial crown, and much the same occurred when the Muslim invaders established a glittering court first in Cordoba and then in Granada. When Granada, the last Muslim possession in Spain, finally fell to the Catholic Kings at the end of the fifteenth century, it was the turn of Castilian nobles to be enchanted by Andalucía's charms. When America became all-important for Spain, Sevilla was the hub for discovery, conquest and administration of New World Spanish colonies.

Text courtesy of the Tourist Office of Spain