BROWNCOUNTYBOB
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Monforte de Lemos is on the Camino Invierno.Then I found another Parador de Monforte de Lemos approx. 10 miles from Santo Estevo.
I have stayed in this parador twice, both times for long weekends when I was living in Lisbon. It’s beautiful, and the surrounding area has some ancient churches that are fascinating, if you like that sort of thing. Oh and the walks you can take along the Sil River gorge!!! I described one of those weekends in this threadwe found a video on Parador Santo Estevo which looks great
Then I found another Parador de Monforte de Lemos
They pulled up my name and saw that I had a lot of expired Parador points.
How did you acquire the Parador points?
Two other places we stayed at which were as nice as paradors and also very rich in history were Hotel San Anton Abad in Villafranca de Montes de Oca and Hotel Real Colegiata San Isidro in Leon. We stayed at the parador in Leon twice. The first time (2015) it was fabulous. Our room overlooked the wonderful inner gardens, and we enjoyed the welcome drink at the bar and the sumptuous breakfast the next morning. We stayed there again in 2017. I made reservations at least six months in advance. When I checked in, I presented my "Amigos de Paradores" card and said we had stayed in Paradors since the mid-90s when we lived in Geneva. We went to our room and it faced the gravel parking lot! I went to the front desk to complain and asked them to move us to a room that overlooked the garden. The receptionist said "it is complicated", and she could only move us to a nicer room if we agreed to pay a higher rate. Outrageous. After the camino, I sent a complaint. I will never stay in the Leon parador again ! BCB |
Two other places we stayed at which were as nice as paradors and also very rich in history were Hotel San Anton Abad in Villafranca de Montes de Oca and Hotel Real Colegiata San Isidro in Leon.
I seem to recall a thread last year talking about the renovations of the Parador in Leon.From the architectural gems in León (hopefully still so when it fully reopens) a
Try the Altair. A very nice boutique hotel, without the parador's price tag.Since we will spend two nights in Santiago, my wife and I agreed to skip the parador and book elsewhere. BCB
Don't despair, if you are looking at prices for Oct21 there are a lot of things that can happen between now and then. Paradores use dynamic pricing where room rates rise and fall depending upon demand. With 2021 being a holy year and a huge number of visitors originally forecast for Santiago, the start price will have been set deliberately high. If bookings do not match the forecast, then come the new year prices will start to fall. Hang on in there, if N American visitors are still being prevented from travelling to Europe in the spring there are going to be some bargain prices around. Moreover, many of the 'early' bookings will be options taken out by tour companies and travel agencies which they have yet to sell on. Typically these options will need to be confirmed and paid for by twelve weeks before the travel date. If they have not got the clients, the bookings will be relinquished and Paradores will put them on general sale, probably driving prices down.Several years ago, I promised my wife that at the end of a camino, we'd stay in the parador in Santiago. Planning our 2021 camino, I checked the rate for the parador in Santiago and it was shockingly high - twice the rate that I've paid at other paradors or other very nice places in Santiago. Since we will spend two nights in Santiago, my wife and I agreed to skip the parador and book elsewhere. BCB
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