Dark-Sky Lodge

Parador de Gredos

Avila, ES. Bortle 3 sky, scheduled programming, and astronomy-forward stay context.

Europe LaunchLaunch-visible Europe row with observatory, telescope, dark-sky, aurora, or sky-architecture evidence attached.
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$190/ night est.
Guests
2

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Trust & Evidence

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Status
Review Evidence
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Evidence is sufficient for a booking-forward Stella Stay card.
Source
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Last verified
2026-05-30

Source Evidence

2 tracked source URLs attached.

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Observing Fit

Telescope inventory
Starlight/dark-sky lodging base; no fixed hotel telescope claim.
Resident astronomer
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Category
Dark-Sky Lodge
Tier
dark sky stay

Planning Notes

Booking confidence
Review Evidence
Bortle confidence
medium
Last verified
2026-05-30
Verification note
Europe launch card as Starlight lodging base; telescope access should remain activity-specific.
Highlights3
  • Starlight-recognized Gredos lodging base
  • Star-watching activity context
  • Dark-sky hotel, not telescope hotel

The sky during your stay

What you can expect overhead at Parador de Gredos through the year — Moon phases and eclipses are exact dates; the Milky Way and aurora are seasonal likelihoods. Pick a month to plan around it.

Dark window Milky Way Meteors Eclipse★ Best months to visit

July 2026 · recommended

  • Darkest skies

    New Moon on Jul 14 — the best window for the Milky Way and faint objects.

  • Milky Way core — peak seasonseasonal

    The galactic core is high overhead and visible, lower in the south.

  • Delta Aquariids meteor showerlikely

    Peaks around Jul 30, up to ~25/hr. A steady southern-hemisphere favourite.

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