Paradores

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Paradores de Turismo de España

Trade name	Paradores
Company type	Sociedad Anónima
Industry	Hospitality, Hotels
Founded	8 October 1928; 95 years ago (1928-10-08)
Founder	Government of Spain
Headquarters	Madrid , Spain
Number of locations	98 paradors (2023)
Key people	Raquel Sánchez (President)
Revenue	€301 million[1] (2022)
Net income	€11 million[1] (2022)
Owner	Ministry of Finance
Number of employees	4,338[1] (2022)
Website	www.parador.es/en

Paradores de Turismo de España S.M.E. S.A., branded as Paradores, is a Spanish state-owned chain of luxury hotels that are usually located in historic buildings or in nature areas with a special appeal. Its first parador was inaugurated on 9 October 1928 in Navarredonda de Gredos (Ávila). As of 2023, it operates ninety-seven paradores in Spain and one in Portugal, with 5,986 rooms in total. Every parador has its own restaurant offering the regional gastronomy of its area.

The company was created with the double objective of promoting tourism in areas that lacked adequate accommodations, and of putting unused large historic buildings to use, for the maintenance of the national heritage. Along its history, the establishments of its network have been branded as Parador, Parador Nacional, Parador de Turismo or Parador Nacional de Turismo in different times.

A Portuguese equivalent, Pousadas de Portugal, were founded on 1 May 1941, following the Spanish model.