The Westin Palace Madrid

... day, it is still the preferred method of travel in my mind. To Stay: I stayed in 2 hotels while here. The Westin Palace Madrid is a beautiful 5 star hotel centrally located close to sights, great food and nightlife. It is directly opposite the Museo del ...

... with meals and drinks just like on the plane!  Premiero classa esta sweet!  Oh my goodness, the Westin Palace is a true palace and after meeting Alvaro we were treated like absolute royalty!!!  Hardly wanted to leave our gorgeous ...

... ; Last night we had a great time at the Parador Alarcon which is an 8th century arab fortress (castle) about 2 hours southeast of Madrid, it had changed hands of royalty many times over the years.  It was very grand, and nicely set up - this ...

I loved Madrid...though we spent a very short time there....I really loved Palacio Real and Paseo del ...

... off at our leisure in order to explore by foot places of particular interest to us. One such place being the Palace Hotel (an extravagant Westin family hotel for which a one night’s stay would probably cost the same amount as our entire trip). We ...

... nbsp; On Friday we traveled to the town of El Escorial, a historical residence of the King of Spain and a functioning monastery, royal palace, museum, and school. The week flew by way too fast!  The sights were amazing, the paella, vino and café ...

... ; A very memorable meal - sorry we didn't take any pictures as we didn't want to look like food geeks.   Following Madrid, we headed up to Bilbao in the Basque region.  This is the home of the famous Frank Gehry designed Guggenheim Bilbao.  ...

Our first day in ...

... Once there -how do we get so lucky at Westin’s??  Must be R’s Starwood status level or sumthin?  At the Westin Palace (and it looks like a palace for sure – see pic’s over next day or so) Allvaro behind the Recepcion ...

... lingering. Overall, it is worth going, particularly as part of a larger visit. One thing to note: The Ritz hotel (now the Palace) is neither Ritzy nor Palatial. Despite its claim of being a 5-star Grande Luxe hotel, it is not. The service was bad ...

... sent them off to do that and Monroe climbed the Giralda for some prime views of Seville.  Next stop - the Alcazar Palace.  What an impressive sight this was to behold!  The craftsmanship could never be duplicated today.  The carvings, ...

... to grab a quick bite and do some site seeing.  The two major sites in Sevilla are the Reales Alcazares (palace) and the Catedral y Giralda (3rd largest church in Europe).  The palace was amazing and has really interesting architecture with ...