Hotel Santuari

The actuality

The Hotel Santuari is located in an incomparable setting, next to the Sanctuary of Sant Crist de Balaguer and surrounded by great cultural heritage such as Castell Formós and the Plà d'Almatà Archaeological Park. This cozy hotel, located on a Excellent hill top location overlooking the City and offering peace and absolute tranquility.

It has three floors of modern design rooms. A total of 31 rooms, all equipped with telephone services, wifi connection, digital television, air conditioning and heating, with elevator, accessible for people with reduced mobility and equipped with free high speed internet access.

The hotel linked to the Sanctuary began its service in 1999, in a remodeling of the Sanctuary's old hospitality services. In 2008 the facilities were extensively remodeled and renovated to provide modern services for guests. In 2015, the medieval tower was renovated and new meeting rooms and a modern auditorium were added.

The desire for sobriety inherent in a hotel linked to the Sanctuary of the Saint Christ is not at odds with quality facilities and a pleasant experience, in which cleanliness, family treatment and exquisite are the motto of the establishment. Over time, it has been equipped with new work rooms and every day it seeks to improve care in catering offers and stays.

The history

For many years, this place has been a place of prayer. We have to go back to the times when Balaguer was inhabited by the Arabs and they had their population center in the Plà d'Almatà. With the reconquest carried out by Earl Ermengol in the 11th century, Christianity became present. Much of the current sanctuary building dates from that period.

In the seventeenth century, due to the ever-increasing great devotion to the miracles that the Saint Christ was said to have performed, the temple was widened and placed under the invocation of the revered image of the Virgin, which today still retains this veneration of the faithful. The main door opened to the south, facing the city, where a completely flat façade was built and crowned by an arch with descending curvature on both sides.