http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T08:01:39Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelhotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/local/1326 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/24/15554/1572 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hostal_empuries.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>After spending two weeks recapping the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/lisbon%20hotel%20guide">Lisbon Hotel Scene</a> for us, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/femmefatale"><b>Monica Guy</b></a> is back with some history lessons. She's chronicling some of Spain's historic hotels this week. Enjoy.</i><p>A Spanish beach hotel with a difference: this one's small, special and has a <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Historic%20Hotels">bit of history</a> behind it. <p> <p>The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hostal+Empuries/local/1326"><b>Hostal Empuries</b></a> is up on the Catalan coast between near Gerona, just north of Barcelona. If you want trendy seaside japes at a good price this is the place to go.<p> The hotel used to be a snack bar for archaeologists excavating the exciting (if you like that kind of thing) Roman necropolis just nearby. Then it added a few rooms and became a lovers' femmefatale 2008-08-27T09:00:17-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/