Barceló Torre de Madrid

Style

Mid-century Madrid

Setting

Sixties skyscraper

Housed in an iconic concrete tower – a former record-holder for ' the tallest in the world' – city-centre hotel Barceló Torre de Madrid has been brought delightfully up-to-date by renowned Spanish designer Jaime Hayón. Within, interiors are perked up by playful artwork, such as a top-hat-wearing, zebra-striped bear sculpture, and a colour palette of berry and avocado, accented with gold. Order cachaça-based cocktails in the lobby bar, Asian- and Spanish-inspired dishes in the modern restaurant, and Ayurvedic-inspired treatments in the diminutive spa. The tower's title may be lost, but you can still experience the high-life: see the city spread out below from your floating vantage point in the eighth-floor pool, or the floor-to-ceiling windows of your room.

Facilities

Rooms

258, including 31 suites.

Checkout

Noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm.

More Details

Rates usually exclude breakfast (the lavish buffet is €25 for adults and half price for children).

Also

Deluxe Rooms are wheelchair-accessible, as are the hotel’s common areas. There’s a lift to all floors.

Fitness Center

Free Internet Access

Laundry

Pool

Spa

At the Hotel

Spa, fitness studio, free WiFi throughout and laundry services; guests staying in suites have access to a snack-stocked lounge. In rooms: TV, iPod dock, tea- and coffee-making facilities, Pure Herb bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

All rooms are mod-minimalist and have wooden floors, large windows, Jaime Hayón-designed furniture and herringbone-tiled bathrooms. Snag a suite to be guaranteed a bath tub; and, for the best city panorama, request a room with a wraparound balcony.

Poolside

The heated indoor pool is up on the eighth floor and has views over Madrid. A lifeguard is on duty from 10am to 6pm, and children’s pool hours are from noon to 7pm.

Spa

Book into one of the spa’s two treatment rooms for beautifying facials, exfoliating body scrubs, Ayurvedic-inspired treatments, and relaxing massages, all with Skeyndor products. Work up an appetite for the hotel’s decadent breakfasts (or tapas, later in the day) with a quick morning session in the hotel’s Technogym-equipped fitness room.

Packing Tips

Bring your modish Sixties-inspired best and you’ll fit right in with the mid-century-inspired design.

Children

All ages are welcome. Baby cots and buggies are available on request, and babysitting can be arranged.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

Aim for a table near the floor-to-ceiling windows for views of the bustling Gran Vía and ample people-watching opportunities.

Dress Code

Sport flamenco reds in flirty Sixties silhouettes.

Hotel Restaurant

Somos restaurant is helmed by chef Juan Rioja and has something of a split personality; at lunch the cuisine is a salute to Spanish market fare, with an informal smattering of small plates, whereas the evening menu fuses Japanese, Mexican, Peruvian, French and Spanish dishes to create a wholly unique offering. We’re particular fans of the marinated tuna with avocado hummus and the roasted pork and pineapple in a Korean-style marinade. Desserts are exceptionally good, so apply a tapas mindset and order both the smashed lemon tart and the almond cake with orange ice cream; we certainly did. At breakfast you’ll find a buffet of healthy options, including fresh fruits and spirulina-laced smoothies, made-to-order dishes and piping-hot coffee.

Hotel Bar

Garra Bar has sage-green walls and glittering city views from its floor-to-ceiling windows; saunter up to the gold and marble bar to order cachaça-spiked ginger mules and the Elderflower Paradise that’s muddled with mint. Garra Bar opens at 10.30am Monday to Friday and 11.30am on the weekend. Sunday to Tuesday it stays open until 1am, and Wednesday to Saturday until 2am.

Last Orders

Break your fast like you’ve been flamenco dancing all night; a sizeable buffet is served from 7am to 10.30am during the week and 8am to 11.30am on the weekends.

Planes

Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport is 20 kilometres away; our Smith24 team can sort your flights and transfers.

Trains

Madrid’s largest train station, Atocha, is 10 minutes away by car. Trains frequently arrive here from Barcelona, Seville and Valencia.

Automobiles

Walking and public transport – Plaza de España, Ventura Rodriguez, and Noviciado metro stations are just a skip away from the hotel – are the easiest way to get around the city, but if you plan on venturing into the countryside, to explore mountains and tiny towns such as Aranjuez, where the Spanish Monarchy vacationed during the spring, it’s best to hire a car. On-site valet parking is €28 a day.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Stroll down the Gran Vía – the theatre- and shop-lined street that never sleeps – to the Metropolis Building, or browse the stalls at Mercado de Motores for trinkets new and old, before making your way to the Museo del Prado for your fill of Bosch, Titian, El Greco, Rubens, Velázquez and Goya. Modern luminaries, such as Miró and Bacon, are on display at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, where Picasso’s Guernica hangs. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum houses Europe’s largest private art collection, with works spanning the 13th to 21st centuries.

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