Benalup-Casas Viejas UTOPA is more than a hotel, more than a hostelry and more than a museum; Utopa is a town within a town. Evoking the 30s and located among patios, gardens and terraces facing the Alcornocales nature reserve, Utopa is an amazing small old houses maze, which offers us an absolutely outstanding cultural and leisure choice.UTOPA is a time break, a point where forgetfulness and memory meet the 30s, one of the more exciting periods of the 20th century. It is an absolutely essential visit for a travelle
[more]UTOPA is more than a hotel, more than a hostelry and more than a museum; Utopa is a town within a town. Evoking the 30s and located among patios, gardens and terraces facing the Alcornocales nature reserve, Utopa is an amazing small old houses maze, which offers us an absolutely outstanding cultural and leisure choice.UTOPA is a time break, a point where forgetfulness and memory meet the 30s, one of the more exciting periods of the 20th century. It is an absolutely essential visit for a traveller getting to Cdiz since it brings the opportunity to approximate to the beautiful south.The UTOPA Hotel is located in the old part of Benalup Casas Viejas. Its 16 completely different rooms have been designed in accordance to the appearance of the towns old constructions, all of them restored for this project. Every room evokes a concrete theme concerning the 30s. Their names are not only names, but also complete suggestions in which every room develops a specific theme according to its special design and decoration, besides the original documents they contain.Poetas, Estrecho, Tnger, Repblica, Art Dec, Utopa, Pars 1937, Jazz, Tango, Cabaret, Casas Viejas, Estrellas, Ilustracin, Vanguardias, Paquebot and Zeppelin are the names and themes that treat every room in a decorative and expositive way in order to make the UTOPA Hotel one of the most special and quality accommodations in Spain.Utopa Hostelry is next to the hotel. It is an spectacular covered 6 m high area in which you will find a street and a square inspiring the city of Paris in the 30s, a theme and museum house, a stage and a restaurant. Artistic frescos, Art-Deco ceilings and a wide variety of elements from the 30s enclose this hostelry. Leisure and culture options are offered to our guests during the whole year, ranging from tasting our varied delicious menus, elaborated with the best products and based on the best traditional recipes of the world, to enjoying our performances while drinking something in our bar.Next to the Utopa Hostelry, you will find the 30s exhibition room containing travelling and permanent shows. Especially in our permanent show, you will enjoy our 1500 documents and original pieces from this period. These elements will get you to know better the Spanish history concerning its II Republic and the world context.UTOPA is not only the result of a teams 2-year efforts to collect one of the best selection of documents and objects from the 30s, but also the success of important artists and designers from different countries, who have marked every part of Utopa. We must be very grateful from the help of quality tourism specialists, the European Union, Junta de Andaluca and the Benalup Casas Viejas City Hall supports and, most of all, from the village inhabitants affection and favour.Utopa is a marvellous dream.
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