Westin 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 ...

... But we will be well taken care of in a wee inn in a tiny town in the country.  Fitting ending to a lovely visit in Madrid. Very much looking forward to getting out of the big cities and into the countryside.  Off by speedy train in the morning. ...

... ; 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 ...

... 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 had lunch ...

... with gates and police vans.  This became a nightly occurrence, some nights more tense than others as the protests continue in Madrid.   On Wednesday we took a train to the town of Toledo.  In Toledo some of the streets are so narrow you ...

... ; 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 ...

... checking with Google Earth on where to find an English-speaking hair stylist (pretty amazing little database there), I schlepped down to the Westin hotel for a trim.The stylist said two words of English, so I was fooled. Those were the only two she knew. ...

... them there - so when our trips came close this season, we knew that we had to make it work.  They had flown into Madrid and were making their way to Barcelona by way of Cordoba, Seville, Marbella, Granada and Valencia.  We had stopped in Cadiz ...

... into. The rest of the trip was uneventful, and we arrived in Seville sometime around 9:30am.  After getting out tickets to Madrid for tomorrow (thank you again to Andrew for his Spanish skills) we hoped in a cab and headed to our hotel, Hotel ...

... bed exhausted.  Slow day-“tad” grumpy but that’s life/travel;  packed and hopped the AVE speediest train to Madrid – topped 300 km/hour at times – only took 3 ½ hours. Once there -how do we get so lucky at ...

... end it all worked out. Really rough trip on way to London from Madrid but safe and sound and now to bed at another great Westin/good deal airport hotel after getting up at 4:45 a.m.!!  R checked lost and found one more time at Heathrow for his ...

... a real German restaurant she knows of, so I'm very excited for this little excursion. Right before I leave for Madrid, I have my Starwood externship at the Westin at Times Square. I interviewed for this in late September, and because I really wanted to be ...

... . I also had my Cultural History of Spain class today. That class is going to be the bomb! My professor grew up in Madrid and went to the University of Barcelona but now teaches at UVA. He gets so excited when talking about the course material, which ...

Barcelona? Not so much. Throughout history, Barcelona has been occupied by pretty much everyone. As a result, whatever beauty exists in the city is due to fairly recent private investment and not inherent public wealth. Because of this, the architecture ...