Our first trip to Madrid was in 2011. We had been in Spain for about a month and had visited Barcelona and Granada as well as experiencing the ultimate Spanish travel gem: a genuinely spontaneous flamenco gathering in the square of a tiny Andalusian village. So the people we met had set our expectations low.
However, the city charmed us. Great tapas served free at every bar we went to, a very agreeable transport network and most memorably a terrific energy both in the suburbs and in the centre of town through the day and well into the evenings.
We loved it, and hope you love it too.
5 of Madrid’s most stylish luxury boutique hotels
Hotel Unico
Rooms start at £176
Claudio Coello, 67, Madrid, 28001
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ME Madrid
Rooms start at £141
14 Plaza de Santa Ana, Madrid, Spain, 28012
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Hospes Puerta de Alcalá
Rooms start at £141
3 Plaza de la Independencia, Madrid, 28001
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The Principal Madrid
Rooms start at £136
1 Marqués de Valdeiglesias, Madrid, Spain, 28004
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Hotel Urso
Rooms start at £129
Mejía Lequerica 8, Madrid, 28004
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