Accommodation is a vital part of the experience of any tourist and it often affects the choice of the destination. Spain has 16,000 hotels, 14,000 rural tourism establishments, 150,000 holiday apartments and more than a thousand campsites, with offers that stand out due to their exquisiteness and originality. According to a recent study by the Trivago search engine, Spain, with 335 establishments, is the seventh country worldwide in terms of number of five star hotels, only surpassed by China, Turkey, Mexico, Italy, India and Greece. Luxury is a booming sector all around the world and accommodation in this category has found new ways to offer the absolute best to customers, including elements such as architecture, interior design, landscape and signature cuisine.<\/p>\n
Contemporary haute cuisine is one of the great features of the five star Spanish hotel sector. In fact, a significant number of restaurants distinguished with five Michelin stars are found in hotels: in Madrid, Ram\u00f3n Freixa, in Hotel \u00danico; DiverXo of David Mu\u00f1oz, in the NH Collection Hotel; Santceloni of \u00d3scar Velasco, in Hesperia; or Kabuki of Ricardo Sanz, in Hotel Wellington. In Barcelona, Abac hotel-restaurant of Jordi Cruz; the creative restaurant of Sergi Arola, in Hotel Arts; or that led by the team of the Chef Mart\u00edn Berasategui (who has seven Michelin stars), in the new and exclusive Monument Hotel.<\/p>\n
Spain has 16,000 hotels, 14,000 rural tourism establishments, 150,000 holiday apartments and more than a thousand campsites<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This successful symbiosis between signature cuisine and the hotel sector also occurs in the Hard Rock Hotel in Ibiza: for around 1,500 euros per person a maximum of 12 diners can enjoy \u2018Sublimotion\u2019, an interactive and multisensorial gastronomic show designed by Chef Paco Roncero. In Sard\u00f3n de Duero in Castilla\u00ad Le\u00f3n, there is the Abad\u00eda-La Retuerta gourmet hotel, under the leadership of Chef Andoni Ad\u00fariz, with its triple dining options.<\/p>\n
Architecture and landscape<\/h4>\n
Another concept of luxury is that of the space and the environment: some establishments choose to offer the visitor their unique architecture as another element of the landscape, whether it is natural or urban. Examples of these include Marqu\u00e9s de Riscal hotel, designed by the architect Frank Gehry (architect of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao), surrounded by vineyards, or Hotel W in Barcelona, an ultramodern skyscraper in the form of a sail. Hotel Viura in Villabuena de \u00c1lava combines a modern building with historic surroundings. In other cases, it is the building itself that has a monumental value, such as Villapan\u00e9s Palace in Seville; the former fortress that is home to Cap Rocat hotel in Mallorca; or the 96 Paradores Nacionales, 45 of which are located in castles, monasteries, palaces or historic sites.
\nAt the other end of the spectrum there is the Spanish chain Room Mate, which has avant-garde interior design, new technologies \u2013it provides free Wi-Fi and iPad hire, amongst other services\u2013 and, above all, central locations in each city. Aimed at a young urbanite public, it is present in Madrid, Barcelona, Oviedo, Granada, M\u00e1laga and Salamanca, as well as in Miami, New York, Mexico City, Florence, Amsterdam and Istanbul.
\nEcology and luxury go hand-in-hand in the Vivood Landscape Hotel (Alicante), a \u2018landscape hotel\u2019 that combines its sustainable architecture integrated into the environment with exclusive services and activities in the natural setting. In Les Colls Pavilions (Girona), the guest sleeps in a glass cubicle without furniture in the middle of the forest; but those who prefer a desert landscape can opt for just as unusual accommodation such as Aire de Bardenas (Navarra), or Hotel Cueva, with its underground bedrooms, in the middle of the Monegros Desert (Aragon). Lastly, Hotel Consolaci\u00f3n (Teruel), offers its avant-garde \u2018kubes\u2019 located next to the 14th century shrine that gives it its name, in a wooded oasis of pine, almond and olive trees.<\/p>\nThe luxury of wellbeing<\/h4>\n
Although beauty, health and relaxation treatments are services that are traditionally available in hotels, the current trend is moving towards making them the number one feature of the establishment and the customer\u2019s experience .This is the case for Sha Wellness in the Alicante town of Altea, or Jumeirah Port Soller in Mallorca, owned by the group that manages the famous Burj Al Arab in Dubai, which is, to date, the only seven star hotel in the world.<\/p>\n
Glamping<\/h4>\n
Even the camping sector has an offer that goes beyond convetional, which ranges from establishments with services and facilities that are more typical of a luxury resort, such as Marjal Costa Blanca in Alicante \u2013awarded as the best in Spain\u2013 to others that are part of the glamping trend, a portmanteau of glamour and camping: enjoy nature without abandoning comfort. There are many options: treehouses \u2013Caba\u00f1as en los \u00e1rboles, in Zeanuri; Basoa suites, in Navarra\u2013 Bedouin tents or Mongolian yurts \u2013Casa de Laila or Cloud House, in Malaga; Refugio Mames, in Alicante or Lanzarote Retreats, in the Canaries\u2013, bubbles for seeing the stars \u2013Mil Estrelles, in Girona\u2013, safari cabins, former railway carriages or gypsy wagons \u2013Casa del Mundo, in Alicante; Vag\u00f3n Rural, in Murcia\u2013 and even caves or huts with contemporary decoration and equipment: Bra\u00f1a La Code, in Asturias; or Casas Karen, in C\u00e1diz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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