The pace of life today means that increasingly are looking for a more remote place to enjoy their vacation. Direct contact with nature and the return to areas that are less overcrowded rural tourism has increasingly fans.

Spain offers a wide range of possibilities for this activity. The national parks, biosphere reserves and national parks are ideal places for lovers of this tourism.

Enjoy peace of the countryside, animals and the beauty of the landscapes are values that drive the traveler to decide between rural tourism, which also makes the delights of fond of traditional cuisine.

Lodgings

They tend to keep consistent with the typical architecture of the area and generally cared much decoration. In Catalonia much of the old mansions have been converted into hotels that host tourists in the area.

In Asturias dominated by traditional houses. In Galicia pazos the buildings are more typical, and many of them are turned into rural houses and hotels. In the southern part of the Peninsula large number of farmhouses have been converted into luxurious lodgings for tourists rural.

Each autonomous region has its own legislation on rural tourism accommodations. Even so, we can make a generalized classification:

·  Country houses: houses are offering two options for rent: in the whole tourists have all of the shared home and have a bedroom. The areas are sharing.

·  Hotels rural work with the same system as the farmhouses rental shared. The difference lies in offering cleaning service, restaurant and other comforts of a hotel. Generally, the rooms have a private bathroom.

·  Apartments rural tourists rent an apartment integrated within a block or set of rural apartments. They usually consist of lounge, one or more bedrooms, bathroom and kitchen.

·  Hostels and shelters: tourists usually rent a bed in a shared room. They tend to be places with simple units shared. Placements in shelters and refuges are usually shorter.