Where is The Palace, Madrid?

At Plaza de las Cortes 7, in the Centro district of Madrid. The nearest metro station is Sevilla or Banco de España, both on line 2, about five minutes away.

Which museums and sights are near The Palace, Madrid?

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is 100 m away, Museo Nacional del Prado is 300 m away, Museo Reina Sofía is 800 m away. Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.

Does The Palace, Madrid have a swimming pool?

No. The Palace, Madrid has no swimming pool.

When did The Palace, Madrid open?

In 1912. It has rooms and suites in a building of 1912.

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The Palace, Madrid

The Palace opened two years after the Ritz, its neighbour, and was meant to outdo it. It was the largest hotel in Europe when it was built, and its glass dome has looked down on a century of Madrid's politics, journalism and parties.

Class: Five-star hotel
Opened: 1912
Rooms: Rooms and suites in a building of 1912
Area: Plaza de las Cortes

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What sets The Palace, Madrid apart

The glass dome
The rotunda at the heart of the hotel is roofed with a dome of stained glass. It has been restored and is used as a dining room.
Built in fifteen months
The Belgian hotelier Georges Marquet built it, at the suggestion of Alfonso XIII, in reinforced concrete, then a new material, in about fifteen months.
A telephone in every room
When it opened it had a telephone and a lavatory in every room, rare at the time.
Across from the Congress
The hotel faces the Congress of Deputies on the Plaza de las Cortes, with the Prado and the Thyssen at the bottom of the street.

What it has

Restaurants
Bar

Where The Palace, Madrid is

Address

Plaza de las Cortes 7
28014 Madrid, Spain

Nearest metro

Sevilla or Banco de España, both on line 2, about five minutes away

Museums and sights nearby

Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.

Opened on 12 September 1912

The site was the palace of the Dukes of Medinaceli, demolished in 1895. Marquet's company bought it and built the hotel, which opened on 12 September 1912.

In the Civil War it served as a hospital. For years it was known as The Westin Palace, and it now belongs to the Marriott group's collection of historic hotels.