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In the heart of the Rias Baixas in Galicia, the hotel NovaVila has put the finishing touch to the concept of "Wine hotel" in our country, devoting the attention it deserves the magnificent white albariño.
Located in O Salnés, in Meis (Pontevedra), the Vilanova Peña brothers opened the doors a few months ago for this accommodation which was the old family farm, turning into real protagonists the wine and design. In NovaVila, the albariño wine which is elaborated in a traditional manner is tasted and sold in the cellar of the hotel, and it also offers classes to sample vintages from around the world in a space designed for the training and enjoyment.
NovaVila consists of five thousand square meters of land, where its five double bedrooms are located, the tasting area, an area dedicated to treatments for vinotherapy from own grapes, the wine cellar and pool.
The spirit of wine floods every corner of the hacienda, the rooms are named according to types of grapes and even all products of courtesy, typical of any accommodation, are made from the same: gels and bath salts, massage oils, and so on.
The exclusive decoration of NovaVila, aside from being inspired also on the world of winemaking, functions as a 'showroom', so that guests who are interested can purchase any piece which are around them.
Therefore, as well as for its gastronomical delights, NovaVila has been chosen to be part of the prestigious international firm Fine Wine Hotels, which requires its members high standards of excellence, both in the service offered to its guests, such as its facilities or in the raw materials used.
 Other accommodations in our country are already in this accredited Wine Hotels Club - like the famous Hotel Marqués de Riscal, in Alava, which counts with a winery of own production, or with a broad and careful selection of wines to offer its clientele.
The accommodations of Fine Wine Services are used to be located also in wine regions, have areas for the sale of wines and related articles, and make every effort to keep their catering services of top quality.
This is true also of some of the facilities of Haciendas de España framed in manor estates, such as Hacienda Zorita, in Salamanca, or Hacienda Abascal, in the golden mile of the Ribera del Duero of Valladolid. In the Arribes del Duero can also find Hacienda Unamuno, with four exclusive rooms for lovers of wine tourism and tranquility.
For those who prefer areas of coastline, nature and golf, the region of Alt Empordá reserves you the facilities of the Hotel Golf Peralada in Girona.
And of course, the prestigious Rioja could not dispense with wine hotels of the highest category reserved for the soul of their wines, as La Hospedería del Vino, in Abalos, a small village of emblazoned homes, Romanesque chapels, “guardaviñas” and old winepresses.
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