Article: Ancient hotels fit for kings // A royal escape from the rain in Spain

CARDONA, Spain The two-lane road through the enchanting green hills of Catalonia dipped and curved, charted more for the days of a horse-drawn carriage than for a rickety 20th century bus. The squeak of the brakes alternated with the grind of the engine as our driver nonchalantly navigated stomach-churning turns through Spain's patchwork fields, forested hillsides and dusty villages that stretch from Barcelona to the French border - once the kingdom of Charlemagne's nephew, Don Ramon Folch, Duke of Cardona.

The sights and constant noise were hypnotic to an exhausted pair of tourists. Once our plane had landed in Barcelona, we boarded a train bound for the countryside and then were ...

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