The Parador de León, Hostal de San Marcos, will open with a 5 star category. Great Luxury, 51 rooms, lounges and new common spaces.
The countdown to the reopening of the Parador de León is already underway. Paradores plans that the Hostal de San Marcos will receive customers again on December 3rd from the lunch service, unless prevented by health restrictions. Reservations can already be made through the public hotel chain’s website and the Customer Relations Center (91 374 25 00 / reservas@parador.es).
The Parador de León closed its doors three years ago to undertake an important integral reform that has meant the total renovation of the Hostal de San Marcos, one of the most emblematic establishments of the hotel.
A project by architect Mina Bringas
The Parador was divided into two different spaces: the historical Parador, Hostal de San Marcos, and the “modern” building from the 1970s. At that time it was decided that the work would be divided into two phases. PHASE I: the reform of the historic building and, PHASE II: the construction of a new building for which the existing modern building attached to the historic building was demolished.
The main idea of the rehabilitation project of the Hostal de San Marcos – explains Mina Bringas – is “to recover the original volumetry of the building, a building with perimeter crossings around a courtyard. This space is recovered as the heart of the building”. For this purpose, a closed interior atrium has been built, but with the entrance of natural light. It is a space “on a new level that will house the cafeteria of the Parador and, above it, hanging at a high altitude, you can see in all its splendor the spectacular ceiling of Lucio Muñoz, which has been restored,” says the architect.
Masterpiece Restoration
The closure of the establishment has been used to restore some of the valuable works that the Hostal de San Marcos treasures, such as “The Birth of Christ”, a piece created by the Renaissance artist Juan de Juni in the 16th century and located in the old cloister.
Spaniards trust in Paradores
Paradores is the only large Spanish hotel chain that has reopened all its establishments after de-climbing. It did so on 25 June after three months of inactivity, which it took advantage of to reinforce all its hygiene and safety protocols. The procedures of the Paradores have always been very rigorous, but now they have gone far beyond the official recommendations. The public chain has worked to become the safest tourist destination to ensure the safety of its employees and customers. As Óscar López, president of the hotel chain, explains, “We are a reliable destination. We have reinforced our hygiene and cleaning protocols so that our customers have the maximum guarantees of safety with personalized treatment and the quality that characterizes Paradores“.
Source: www.parador.es/es