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Spanish Hotels with History :: The Hotel Masferrer

Where: Carretera C-25, Gualba, Spain, 08474

After spending two weeks recapping the Lisbon Hotel Scene for us, Monica Guy is back with some history lessons. She's chronicling some of Spain's historic hotels this week. Enjoy.

Here's another top Hotel with History near Barcelona: the Hotel Masferrer. It's 50 km from the city but right at the foot of the Montseny national park (a hiker's paradise) and one of the niftiest contemporary hotels we've stayed in.

This hotel's got a romantic history - a young Spanish couple bought the place and spent years restoring it before opening it timidly to guests.

The building is a super mix of ancient and modern. The old entrance hall looks like a Greek temple with columns and shadows everywhere and there are heavy original brass-studded wood doors to get in. Inside, though, it's bright and modern, with  linen curtains and quality fabrics and jacuzzi jets in the baths.

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