We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Parador de Cardona, one of the most unique hotels we've ever experienced. We purchased a five-night card for the paradors (giving you basically half off room rates at almost any combination of paradors throughout Spain—a tremendous value for these beautiful old castles, palaces and monasteries). As others have noted, the hotel is very... More

I visited the Parador the Cardona as a gift for my girlfriend. We were there a whole weekend. As we arrived the super-nice staff welcomed us and we were given the ghost room. The legend says that a pricess was shut in her room as she felt in love with a muslim knight. There she died and since then, the... More

Considered one of the top 10 in Europe... Staying one night here is absolutely great, different, romantic, extremely relaxing. The staff is extremely friendly. A medieval castle on top of a hill overlooking the medieval town of Cardona, but with all the modern amenities and comfort without losing the real feeling of being in a medieval fortress. The restaurant is... More

If you're thinking about staying in the mostly amazing castles Spanish Parador system (and you really should-- Check the official website http://www.posadas.es/, also Pousadas in Portugal), definitely consider a stay here. It's a short drive from Barcelona, even shorter from The Black Madonna at Montserrat, and the place will leave you with an appreciation of all things medieval. It sounds... More

Rating our stay was difficult - on the one hand the Parador, its location and history are deserving of an excellent rating. If you were rating on atmosphere alone - excellent. The hotel sits majestically on a hill overlooking the valley - the Pyrenees to the north, sadly a salt mine to the south which, through no fault of the... More

We were so looking forward to our stay at Cardona. We had booked one of only three suite rooms at a significant additional charge of 84 euros per night. At that price we expected something special (as was the case in Santiago de Compostela and Leon). Sure the room was larger, with a sitting area, and sure there was a... More

We choose it as a stop over from the Pirennes to Barcelona airport. We were amazed by it's location ambience and grandeur. Rooms were extremely cozy, restaurant wonderful and service very efficent though we came late at night. Castle is a story for itself. Highly recommended More

Stayed here one night. There are placards throughout with interesting information about the history of the building and the area. Our room was large and comfortable (the bed just so-so), and the bathroom was also large and well-equipped. We enjoyed drinks in the pleasant outdoor patio where we could watch the sunset. Dinner, however, was pretty mediocre, and the atmosphere... More

After some glowing reports we were really looking forward to short stay before leaving for the airport at Barcelona. After a longish drive we missed the road to the Parador, the signage was not particularly good. Having arrived we then had to climb a fairly steep access to Reception, vehicular access was denied as no parking existed in the very... More