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Parador Santo Estevo is a converted Benedictine Monastery in the town of Nogueira de Ramuin.
This area of wonderful scenery is known as "Ribeira Sacra" and is where the river Sil joins into the river Mino to form the Northern border of Portugal with Spain. This monastery is first mentioned in documents of the 10th. century but it is believed to have been founded in the 6th. or 7th. century. The building was declared a monument of historical and artistic significance in 1923. The building has different architectural styles with the three cloisters being Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance. The facade is 18th. century and the staircase is of architectural interest. The accommodation in this hotel of the Paradors group is in seventy four bedrooms along the three cloisters. All the rooms are different with some having magnificent views over the River Sil. The Parador has a restaurant with a patio and there is a bar in the Porteria cloister. There is a banquet room and a meeting room with the gardens having a large variety of local plants. The Parador restaurant serves a wide selection of recipes based on fish from the River Sil and other traditional dishes of the region. The town of Ourense, 28 kilometres away, is the birthplace of the singer Julio Iglesias and also of the family of Fidel Castro. The old quarters are very interesting with lively squares near the cathedral and three hot springs near Plaza Mayor. The Galicia region is at the western end of Europe and considered by the Greeks to be the edge of the world. Galicia was inhabited by the Celts who first arrived in the region 1000 years B.C.. The discovery the tomb of the apostle St. James was made in the area and his remains are now in the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela. The region became one of the most important pilgrimage centres of the Christian church in the Middle Ages and still is the detonation for thousands of visitors each year. The Parador of Santo Estevo will be closed from 4 January to 18 February 09. Pets are not allowed in the luxury hotels in the Spanish Paradores group. |
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| Parador Santo Estevo Reservations |
| Parador Monasterio de San Estevo at Santo Estevo |
| DAILY RATES (ex Tax) FOR 2 PERSONS SHARING A DOUBLE ROOM | |||
| 2009 Rates | Standard room | Superior room | Double w/ living room |
| Jan and Feb Nov and Dec | 148 EUR | 178 EUR | 259 EUR |
| Mar to June and Oct | 160 EUR | 192 EUR | 280 EUR |
| Easter July to Sept | 171 EUR | 206 EUR | 300 EUR |
| Breakfast 17 EUR per person per day Lunch or Dinner 32 EUR per person per day | |||
| PROMOTIONS - DAILY RATE (ex Tax) FOR 1 PERSON SHARING A STANDARD DOUBLE ROOM* | ||||
| 2009 Rates | Golden Days | Young Persons | 5 Night Card | 2 Night Special |
| Jan and Feb Nov and Dec | 63.7 EUR | 56 EUR | 51.5 EUR | 98.4 EUR |
| Mar to June and Oct | 67.9 EUR | 56 EUR | 51.5 EUR | 103.2 EUR |
| Easter July to Sept | 71.75 EUR | 56 EUR | 51.5 EUR | 107.6 EUR |
| *Supplement and restrictions may apply - General terms and conditions |
| PROMOTION | OVERVIEW (for more detailed information use the link) |
| Golden Days | 30% discount for guests 55 years or over in a standard room with breakfast |
| Young Persons | Discounted rates for guests 20 to 35 years in a standard room with breakfast |
| 5 Night Card | Discounted rates for 5 nights in a standard room exc. breakfast |
| 2 Night Special | 20% discount for 2 consecutive nights or more with half board |
| Parador accommodation within the Spanish regions | |||
| Galicia
North Spain |
Asturias,
Cantabria
& Basque Region |
Aragon
- Rioja
and Navarre |
Catalonia |
| Castile-Leon | Castile-La Mancha (Madrid) | Estremadura | Levante |
| Andalucia (Granada) | Ceuta and Melilla | Canary Islands | Andalucia (Costa del Sol) |
| Paradors front page | Purchase maps of Spain | Computer translations to many languages |
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