Spain and Portugal - Paradors and Pousadas

I like traveling around Spain and Portugal and staying in some of the wonderful old historic buildings that each country has converted into high quality hotels. The pain of paying for the stay is considerably reduced by a substantial discount available to those over 60 years of age for which I qualify.

Last week I was at the Parador of Santiago de Compostela with my sister-in-law in the party. She has to have a gluten free diet.

We were delighted to see on the standard menu that there were dishes marked that were gluten free and also neatly wrapped special bread was available.

The excellent food, the beauty of the Parador, the nearby Cathedral and the vibrant town made this visit a great success.

We were told that this spacial menu is available at all the nearly 100 hotels in the Parador group.