Siesta Makes a Comeback in Spanish Hotels
The siesta is making a comeback, recycled for the modern world as “Iberian yoga”. Far from the afternoon snooze that consumes valuable working time, Spain’s siesta is being rebranded as essential for spiritual wellbeing and a balanced life.
Long hailed as the country’s greatest contribution to civilisation, the siesta – “Spain’s secret weapon”, according to this weekend’s ABC newspaper – is being relaunched in Seville.
Hoteliers in the southern hotspot are trying to lure visitors back from the beach by offering rooms between 3pm and 7pm at 30 per cent of the normal rate, to slumber through the hottest hours. The idea is that you emerge refreshed to enjoy the late afternoon, sunset and after dark, which Spaniards savour as the best time of the day. Read more
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