Paradores, pousadas y habaguanex. la rehabilitación en el marco de la hotelería pública

Abstract

The article relates three international models of public hotel from the point of view of heritage intervention. On the one hand, paradores and pousadas, with a long tradition, and on the other hand, Habaguanex hotels, one of the most recent examples of public intervention in the hotel industry. Sharing their characteristics and criteria determines the unique evolution of restoration in each of them and highlights the convergence of the relationship between heritage and tourism, which is till today considered as a sustainable way of heritage management.