MadridMadrid is best known for its great cultural and artistic heritage, and also has some of the liveliest nightlife in the world.
The Westin Palace MadridThe Westin Palace has been around since 1912, and has for decades been one of the most elegant hotels in a city full of grand old hotels. Madrid is a (...)
Selenza MadridBy now the idea that Barcelona is the fun one and Madrid is the serious one is simply a long-dead stereotype. But there is something to be said for the (...)
Room Mate Mario HotelAny hotel worth staying at has a personality of its own, almost by definition — avoiding the bland and the soulless is, after all, the reason you’re (...)
Room Mate LauraAs a sequel, or sister, or something, to the original Mario, Room Mate Laura has some big shoes to fill. The idea is that each Room Mate hotel will have a (...)
Room Mate AliciaAt last count, the Room Mate chain of budget boutique hotels comprises some ten hotels all across Spain, four in Madrid alone. All have their own (...)
ME MadridIn typical Madrid style, the new boutique on the block is actually an update of a classic building, or perhaps even an update of an update. This gorgeous (...)
Hotel Villa RealMadrid’s Hotel Villa Real may be a bit more traditional in style than its sister, Barcelona’s Claris—but that’s to be expected, given the (...)
Hotel UrbanMadrid may be the more conservative of Spain’s big cities, but there’s plenty of modern design, made all the more striking by the contrast with the (...)
Hotel Silken Puerta AmericaSure, it’s a Metro ride away from the sights of central Madrid, the Royal Palace, the opera house, the museums; but for the sort of travelers who’ll (...)
Hotel OperaFrom the name it could be an overstuffed baroque fantasy; from the outside it could be a bank. The location, just across from the Royal Opera, accounts (...)
Hotel AbaluHotel Abalu is proof that there’s much more to the hotel business than just location. What was formerly a rather dowdy little hostel (albeit a (...)
Hospes MadridIt took a while, but the Hospes group has moved into the capital. The patented Hospes formula (classic building, modern-luxe interiors, signature spa and (...)
Eurostars Madrid TowerOnce upon a time the stylish modern hotels were smallish and independently owned, while the massive towers tended very much towards the beige and bland (...)
De Las Letras Hotel & RestauranteThe spa at the hotel will be closed as of June 14, 2009 for renovation.
Suddenly Madrid is so full of minimalist modern hotels it’s impossible to make (...)
Casa De MadridOstentatious it most certainly isn’t. Casa de Madrid comes with no towering atrium, no army of fawning bellhops, no long corridors lined with identical (...)
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