The devil is in the details. There is a "Young Persons" special program:
What it is?
Guests between 20 and 35 years of age (inclusive) can stay at any participating Parador for just 56 euros, per person per night, in a standard double room with buffet breakfast included.
Only one of the guests, sharing the room, has to be between 20 and 35 years inclusive.
Single person's supplement applied to double rooms occupied by one person: 33 euros
Some Paradors require a supplement, which must be paid directly at the Parador.
Extra bed:
Child (Up to 12 years inclusive) 27 euros for accommodation and breakfast per night.
Adult (13 years and over) 45 euros for accommodation and breakfast per night.
How to request it?
The 'Young Persons Getaway' must be requested when making your reservation, prior to arrival at the Parador.
Supplements
(a) 35 euros supplement at the Paradores of Baiona, Caceres, Chinchon, Cuenca, La Granja, Jaen, Javea, Segovia, Carmona and Toledo;
(b) 45 euros supplement at the Paradores of Santiago and Santillana Gil Blas
(c) 56 euros supplement at the Paradores of Alarcon and Hondarribia
- The supplement is not applied in January, February, November and December at Baiona and Santiago.
- The supplement is not applied between January and May or October and December at Leon.
- The supplement is not applied between January and May or October and December at Leon.
- The supplement is not applied from Sunday to Thrusday in January, February, November and December in Carmona, Cuenca, Chinchon, Jaen, La Granja, Lerma, Segovia and Toledo.
- The supplement is not applied in January, February at Lerma.
So the 56 Euro special rate is actually 101 Euro in Santiago for most of the year (202 Euro for two, somewhat below the 225 Euro regular rate)! And that is per person and includes breakfast, which under the normal rate quote is not part of the room rate, but is required at 20 Euro per person in addition to the 225 Euro room rate (or 265 Euro total for the double).
The hotel chain is a for-profit business, so just like you read the details on your bank loan to see how you are being cheated, read the details on the "specials." They are rarely as good as the headline indicates, but if a business had to be up front about itself, perhaps no one would patronize it! I personally would not go to Santiago without going to the Hotel Hostal dos Reis Catolicos breakfast buffet (in my pilgrim clothes and hiking boots).