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PARADORES - CATALONIA - SPAIN.

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Map of Catalonia - Parador - Spain

Click here for information about the region of Catalunya (Catalonia)
and below for the Paradors

Aiguablava

Arties

Cardona

La Seu D' Urgell

Tortosa

Vic Sau

Vielha

PARADOR ACCOMMODATION IN CATALUNYA

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OVERVIEW	IMAGE	LOCATION	BEDS
Parador de Aiguablava 4 star Parador Hotel set on a rocky promontory jutting into the Mediterranean ocean. Superbly located on the Punta D'es Muts, surrounded by pine trees overlooking the sea.		Aiguablava	156
Parador de Arties 4 star mountain hotel in the Pyrenees providing the luxury expected of the Parador group. The snow capped peaks of the Pyrenees, clear blue skies and green luxuriant valley of Val d'Aran is the setting.		Arties	120
Parador de Cardona 4 star luxury hotel in a 9th Century Castle with the tower dating from the 2nd Century. This impressive fortress dominates the valley of the River Cardona.		Cardona	106
Parador de La Seu D'Urgell 3 star Parador hotel in the Pyrenees which features cloisters from the Renaissance period. Next to the Romanesque Cathedral of La Seu D'Urgell in a historical area which attracts many visitors.		Seu d'Urgell	152
Parador de Tortosa Luxury 4 star hotel in a converted 10th Century castle. In the middle of the fertile Catalonia plain of Ebro, this Parador is located in the upper part of town.		Tortosa	144
Parador de Vic - Sau A former Catalan farmhouse converted into a luxury 4 four star hotel. This Parador is located in one of the most beautiful areas of the region of Osona with the Guillerias mountains in the background and, the Sau Reservoir nearby.		Vic - Sau	72
Parador de Vielha 4 star hotel in the Parador group situated in the Catalan Pyrenees. This Parador with its modern appearance is located in the Aran Valley, an area of incomparable beauty.		Vielha	240

Of all the regions that make up the ethnic, cultural and historical patchwork that is Spain, Catalonia is perhaps the most distinctive. You will notice immediately that the majority of people speak Catalan and not Castilian Spanish (the two languages are co-official), and you will soon learn that this is a region that is intensely proud of its own identity and heritage. Ask the Catalans themselves and they will tell you that their northeast corner of Spain is not a region but a nation. Not surprisingly, rivalry between Castile and Catalunya is an ongoing part of Spanish history. And while Castile directed its attention to the Atlantic and the New World, Catalunya concentrated its energies on the Mediterranean.

Bordering France to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencia region to the south and the Mediterranean along its eastern coast, Catalunya is composed of four provinces: Lleida, Tarragona, Girona and Barcelona. This is a land of extraordinary contrasts. Flatter toward the south, where vineyards and olive groves are concentrated, jaggedly rocky along the stunning Costa Brava, and reaching soaring heights in the Pyrenees, Catalunya boasts some of Spain's most memorable scenery. You will find excellent skiing, national parks, and charming villages in the Pyrenees, and international holiday playgrounds along the Mediterranean. There is indeed so much to do and see in Catalunya that you could easily spend a week or two here without ever stepping beyond its borders.

Gastronomy
Catalans pride themselves on good eating, and you will find some of Spain's finest restaurants here. The region's cuisine features unusual dishes like goose with pears and lobster with chicken, and wonderful seafood stews, pastas and a great variety of wild mushrooms. Fine red and white wines are produced here, and Catalan sparkling wines (cavas) are favorite celebratory wines around the world.

Attractions
Catalunya is also home of great artistic achievements, ranging from grand Greek and Roman monuments (Empuries was an important Greek colony and Tarragona a Roman nucleus), exquisitely simple Romanesque works, especially in the foothills of the Pyrenees and characterized by wall frescoes and polychrome wood sculpture, to some of the most exciting avant-garde art of the twentieth century. Most of Antonio Gaudí's flowing, lava like buildings, set off by tortuous wrought-iron grilles, gates, and unique ceramic tiles, are in Barcelona, and Picasso, Dali, and Miro all spent their formative years in Catalunya.

Text courtesy of the Tourist Office of Spain