Faro-hotels: five proposals to sleep with the best views of the sea

Tranquility, the sound of the waves in the background and scandalous sunrises and sunsets.

This is the letter of introduction of the

that also have another thing in common: they are

that have guided sailors for centuries and, due to having been replaced by a more modern one or to give an added value, they have been converted and are now exclusive establishments.

Hotel Faro de Larino

On a ledge on the shores of the Atlantic, in a heavenly area on the edge of Galicia's Costa de la Muerte, the

is also known as Faro de Punta Ínsua.

Located in the coastal municipality of Carnota, to the southwest of La Coruña, it was built between 1913 and 1921 and, from its 14 m high tower, a white and red light is still emitted today that reaches a distance of 20 miles and serves as a guide the ships.

Attached to the tower, the large building made of stone and painted white was the residence of the lighthouse keeper and his family until the end of the 1980s.

Interior of the hotel-lighthouse Lariño (La Coruña).

Today, the huge room is a minimalist hotel, in which all its common spaces recreate the historic lighthouse and the life of the lighthouse keeper, made up of

, each one with a theme that symbolizes the states of the sea (With mist, Dawn, Storm, rough sea...).

The hotel includes the

, a restaurant named after the ship that sank in 1966 off the coast of Lariño.

It is located at the foot of the paradisiacal beach of Lariño and a short distance from Carnota.

: from 250 euros.

Reservations here.

Hotel O Semaphore

Hotel O Semaphore (Finisterre).

In the middle of the Costa de la Muerte, in Cape Finisterre, in the province of La Coruña, this emblematic Fisterra lighthouse has existed since 1853. Hanging on a cliff 138 meters above sea level, it has been warning the world for more than a century and a half. sailors from all over the world of the extreme danger of the coast they are approaching through its bursts of light, which reach 65 km in length.

The building annexed to the lighthouse, built in 1888 with a siren to signal ships with sounds, was transformed after a remodeling in 2016 into a charming hotel and restaurant.

It has five exclusive rooms with all the comforts, as well as a restaurant and a cafeteria with terraces with incredible views of the

and from where you can enjoy the sunsets and the white waters of the Atlantic.

Price: from 120 euros.

Reservations here.

The Lighthouse of Punta Fulfilled

Punta Cumplida Lighthouse Hotel (Barlovento, La Palma).

More than 150 years old, this lighthouse located in the town of Barlovento, on the Canary Island of La Palma, is considered one of the most beautiful in Spain.

In 2011 it was the first in Europe to use high-power LED lamps in its lantern at the top of a 36-meter-high frustoconical masonry tower.

Next to it is the one-story building that, since 2019, houses a beautiful hotel with only three suites, one of them with two bedrooms and two bathrooms, and a spectacular terrace with views of the volcanic coast in the north of the island. .

The lighthouse is about 10 km from Las Nieves Natural Park and an hour and a half drive from Roque de los Muchachos, the highest point on the island, in the Caldera Taburiente National Park.

: from 412 euros.

Reservations here.

Pancha Island Lighthouse

Pancha Island Lighthouse Hotel (Ribadeo, Asturias).

It is located in the westernmost part of the Ría de Ribadeo, next to the town of the same name in the province of Lugo, on an islet connected to a bridge to land.

The square-shaped building, inaugurated in 1859, stopped being used as a lighthouse at the beginning of the 1980s and was replaced by a new one that was built a few meters further towards the cliff in the form of a cylindrical concrete tower.

The old lighthouse was converted into an establishment with two individual apartments with capacity for four people each, a garden area and a panoramic terrace.

13 km away is the famous beach of Las Catedrales, one of the most beautiful in Spain.

: from 400 euros.

Reservations here.

The Far Hotel Restaurant

The Far Hotel Restaurant (Llanfranc, Girona).

In the Girona municipality of Llafranc, in Cabo de San Sebastián, stands the lighthouse of the same name, next to which there was an old inn from the 16th century.

XVIII that today has been transformed into an exclusive hotel.

Located on a cliff 175 m high, the establishment with incredible views of the Costa Brava has nine elegant rooms decorated in a marine style and with terraces: four of them with views of the Mediterranean and the rest of the Ampurdán and the Pyrenees.

It also has a local cuisine restaurant in which rice and fish dishes stand out.

: from 265 euros.

Reservations here.

Room of the Hotel Faro de Punta Cumplida (Barlovento, La Palma).

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