The Hotel Ritz is part of Madrid's history. King Alfonso XIII, after making a European tour noticed the lack of a luxurious site in the capital of Spain, which was erected as one of the major drivers in its construction. Madrid needed a suitable hotel establishment to house the European nobility of the time. Work began in 1908 and ended in 1910.
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The hotel's location is unbeatable, in the Plaza de la Lealtad No. 5, next to the Paseo del Prado, surrounded by museums, restaurants and exclusive shops. It highlights its private garden where on Sundays you can taste traditional brunch, and is the ideal for those who want to be seen place.
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Facade of the Hotel Ritz Madrid
This iconic building has hosted royal houses of many countries, high dignitaries from around the world and has always offered a service and excellent service and quality, as befits a five-star hotel.
Many famous names are listed in the Golden Book of the Ritz, the list that lists the famous people who stayed within its walls along its 105-year history.
It is a six-storey building facades whose Frenchified style have been declared a national monument, being in rehabilitation phase. It has large rooms and has two restaurants.
It has 167 rooms, including 30 suites. All rooms and suites are decorated with antique furniture, handwoven rugs and suites feature private lounge and marble bathrooms, they offer spectacular views of the Plaza de la Lealtad, the Paseo del Prado ...
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Lobby Hotel Ritz Madrid
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In his day there was a kind of unwritten code consisting refer the hotel Palace all those public figures (be they American artists, bullfighters etc.) in order not to disturb the select atmosphere of tranquility to other customers. Now it belongs to the exclusive hotel chain Belmond.
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Restaurant Hotel Ritz Madrid
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Hotel Ritz Madrid room
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Alfonso XIII quickly realized that was not enough the hotel offers 167 rooms which proposed the Ritz and contacted George Marquet (owner of a chain of hotels in the Costa Azul) and encouraged him to build another luxury hotel in Madrid. the best location was chosen, the Plaza de las Cortes No. 7 near the political center (Congress of Deputies), the (Puerta del Sol) social center and financial center (the Exchange). The origins of the hotel date back to 1912, was built in only 18 months and already in the beginning was distinguished as the most modern hotel in Europe.
Since its inception, the Palace was a social success, the nerve center of meeting of the aristocracy and gentry. Many of their celebrations rivaled directly with the Ritz.
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Facade of the Hotel Palace in front of the Neptune Fountain
The Palace was born with the vocation to be a unique building and acquired the importance of being a historical building among other reasons because of its location in the neoclassical axis of Paseo del Prado. The building is declared of cultural interest.
The hotel has 467 rooms between rooms and suites, in a little over a century is the five-star hotel in Madrid suitable for rest, for business or for those who want to celebrate any event, for which the hotel has 20 rooms covering about 2,400 square meters. It has several restaurants, including the Rotunda, the Asia Gallery (Chinese food) and are also well known Opera and brunch Palace. The winter garden is one of the areas with the greatest personality in public areas of the hotel, a space with circular art nouveau and covered by a dome of stained-glass supported by double columns. From the beginning and the building it was designed to interact with the social life of Madrid, so many meeting places were designed as classrooms.
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Among the famous people who have stayed at the Palace, always characterized as the cosmopolitan refuge of politicians, businessmen and artists include: Albert Einstein, Salvador Dali, Picasso, Madame Curie, Cary Grant, Ernest Hemingway and a long list public figures from all walks of life.
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Royal Suite at the Hotel Palace Madrid
The Hotel Palace as well as being a family owned hotel served for seven weeks embassy of the Soviet Union, also served as a hospital during the Civil War and as a home for homeless children. The neutral role of Spain in the Second World War did serve as a refuge for the gentry, as well as a business center in the rear.
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Detail at the Hotel Palace Madrid
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"... I spent at the bar of the Palace my monedillas water!" (Federico Garcia Lorca)
Today the Palace is managed by Westin Hotels and Resorts, part of the Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide hotel chain group.