Paradores

Paradores: The Paradores de Turismo de España is a category of luxury Spanish hotels founded by King Alfonso XIII (*) to promote tourism in Spain in 1928. Parador refers to the hotel itself (Parador de Cruz de Tejeda , for example).
(*) Alfonso XIII, born May 17, 1886 in Madrid, Spain, and died February 28, 1941 in Rome, Italy, was King of Spain from 1886 to 1931. Posthumous son of King Alfonso XII, Alfonso XIII reigned under the regency from his mother...