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”In the lobby you'll find a convivial breakfast room with a communal table; just outside are the popular bars of...” MORE>> |
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”This modern 111-room hotel in the heart of the financial district strives to attract business travelers (and sports fans—it's just...” MORE>> |
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”The Palacio del Carmen is in a former convent, which has been remodeled with soaring public spaces and an indoor...” MORE>> |
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”A rule of thumb among Madrid insiders is that noveau-riche Americans tend to stay at the Palace Hotel, socialites and...” MORE>> |
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”In the northern farmlands, a Zen-inspired retreat....” MORE>> |
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”Service matters at Bauzá Hotel, where the young bellhops wear the words CAN I HELP YOU?...” MORE>> |
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”Use the money you save to book one of the five fabulously sleek new guest rooms above the restaurant....” MORE>> |
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”Architect Fernando Amat, the mastermind behind Spain's housewares boutique Vinçon, created the 25-suite Casa Camper for the hippie-chic Spanish shoemaker...” MORE>> |
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”If Benazuza can be said to have stolen another hotel's thunder, it's Casa de Carmona's. Opened in 1992, this authentically...” MORE>> |
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”A 17-room hotel in a 16th-century house, the Nazarí is a good alternative if Casa Morisca is full....” MORE>> |
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”A tiny bed-and-breakfast across from the Royal Opera House....” MORE>> |
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”The reason so many people want to stay there is that it's actually part of the 13th-century palace complex. The...” MORE>> |
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”Del Río y González-Gordon glassed over the courtyard, furnishing it with just a few gutsy architectural antiques. They make a...” MORE>> |
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”The 19th-century town house’s beige-colored guest rooms may be a little sedate, but bright-red accents and sky-high ceilings brighten the...” MORE>> |
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”The Spanish province of Jaén produces much of Europe's olive oil. I love the Casería San José de Úrtar, a...” MORE>> |
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”A rural 16-room hotel near Sant Joan, Jagger's village....” MORE>> |
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”A romantic hideway above Sóller; some rooms have terraces looking out to the sea....” MORE>> |
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”An old seaside hotel recently brought back to life....” MORE>> |
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”Four-year-old property with a contemporary-art collection and a trendy vibe, on the Port Vell marina....” MORE>> |
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”At the hotel's Thermal Center, guests can soak in the region's sulphate-rich waters (a therapy used since antiquity) or try...” MORE>> |
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”His multimillion-dollar redesign of the recently opened Gran Hotel and Restaurante del Lago, at the Panticosa Resort in the Spanish...” MORE>> |
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”Barcelona designer and cartoonist Javier Mariscal has cast his whimsical eye on the Gran Hotel Domine Bilbao. The façade, modestly...” MORE>> |
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”Until recently, picturesque Mount Tibidabo was best known for its Deco-style train station (as glam as a tram gets) and...” MORE>> |
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”Hemingway loved this hotel overlooking Pamplona’s main square. Completely refurbished last year, the place now has modern guest rooms and...” MORE>> |
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”Once home to the aristocratic Julià family, the 15th-century stone estate is flanked by stucco terraces, jasmine-filled gardens, and a...” MORE>> |
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”The flagship is Hacienda Zorita (near Salamanca), a gracefully renovated 14th-century monastery where Christopher Columbus supposedly stayed while planning his...” MORE>> |
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”Hesperia Granada, next to the 14th-century Corral del Carbón, has 67 spacious rooms within its winding maze of interior courtyards....” MORE>> |
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”Hotel restaurants are all the rage in Madrid, but the two-star Santceloni in the Hesperia Madrid Hotel, an outpost of...” MORE>> |
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”The 30 cozy rooms feel a little like upscale dorms (the largest one with a view is No. 201). But...” MORE>> |
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”Hoopoe Yurt Hotel Three solar-powered yurts set among olive trees make up this secluded escape in Andalucía, Spain....” MORE>> |
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”An ermita run by a gaggle of kindly Cistercian nuns....” MORE>> |
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”No modern distractions at this lovely 21-room retreat in the South Sierra foothills....” MORE>> |
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”People who feel they are always priced out of suites will be thrilled to find that the hospedería's are within...” MORE>> |
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”A stylish hotel in a former convent...” MORE>> |
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”Situated on a whitewashed street in Córdoba, the eighth-century seat of the Moorish caliphate, the hotel is a 15-minute walk...” MORE>> |
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”Behind the crisp, red-stone façade, 38 unfussy guest rooms are furnished in shades of cream, silver, and gray, so that...” MORE>> |
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”When Las Banderas is full, head to the basic Hostal Bellavista, close to the port of La Savina, where cafés...” MORE>> |
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”This hotel, once a 13th-century hospital, is next to Santiago's cathedral...” MORE>> |
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”The owners of Hostería Mont Sant welcome guests to their six-room, wood-beamed farmhouse and eight cabins....” MORE>> |
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”Contemporary design meets a historic mansion; 51 rooms across from Retiro Park....” MORE>> |
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”1929 Moorish-inspired tour de force with crystal chandeliers, intricate carvings, and marble floors....” MORE>> |
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”...17 elegantly simple, if rather small, rooms done in super-saturated colors...” MORE>> |
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”Stylish hotel (run by Ritz-Carlton), on the first 44 floors of Barcelona's tallest building, overlooking Port Olimpic....” MORE>> |
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”At the western end of Ribera, Hotel Arzuaga has a tasting room and a restaurant in front. Guests can also...” MORE>> |
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”Hotel Banys Orientals Location is this hip boutique hotel's trump card—you're right on the edge of El Born, Barcelona's trendiest neighborhood...” MORE>> |
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”In a 1908 landmark building designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, this six-year-old hotel has plenty of restored Art Nouveau...” MORE>> |
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”In the posh north end of town is the Hotel Claris. The highlight here is not the service (if you...” MORE>> |
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”Rooms are equipped with free Wi-Fi (rare in Spain), sleek wooden furniture, oversize windows, and porcelain bathrooms....” MORE>> |
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”Last fall, when Restaurant Gaig opened with a central L'Eixample address in jazzy new digs at Hotel Cram, Barcelonans turned...” MORE>> |
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”One of the city's first boutique hotels, Bauzá became an instant hit when it opened in 1999. Its minimalist look...” MORE>> |
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”Catalan architect Juli Capella has created a design-centric hotel with 240 minimalist, beige-and-brown rooms and a hip rooftop bar....” MORE>> |
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”Moorish-style beachfront bungalows....” MORE>> |
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”The Hotel El Ladrón de Agua—its name means 'the water thief'—overlooks the Darro River. Steal a view of the Alhambra...” MORE>> |
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”A centuries-old farmhouse just outside Seville. Chef Ferran Adrià, of El Bulli fame, recently took over the restaurant and hotel....” MORE>> |
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”Today, even the discreet and well-heeled clientele of the island's most isolated and expensive resort, Hotel Hacienda Na Xamena (a...” MORE>> |
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”Designed by Granada architect Jesús del Valle in 1986, La Bobadilla, an hour's drive northeast of Málaga, resembles a tiny...” MORE>> |
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”Owners Jaume Vidal and Assumpta Puig—scholars of Spanish regional cuisine and interior decorating buffs—have created such an adorable inn, locals...” MORE>> |
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”After dropping off Philippe, we arrive at La Puebla, a tiny, angular hotel in Burgos. Three chic Spanish women in...” MORE>> |
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”If the dramatic plunge of the dollar won't stand between you and an exquisite meal, make a beeline for the...” MORE>> |
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”...not far from the Centro Kursaal....” MORE>> |
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”...overlooking the town...” MORE>> |
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”Those with more nautical tastes would do well to head for Hotel Neptuno, located on the Platja de Malvarrosa cheek...” MORE>> |
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”An intimate 18th-century palace that blends old-world romance with funky Catalan chic in medieval Barri Gotic...” MORE>> |
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”That classic seaside charm is best experienced from the Hotel Niza, a 1911 Victorian-style hotel in the center of a...” MORE>> |
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”When the two parties teamed up at Moo—the design-centric restaurant at Esteva's Hotel Omm—the result was a perfect union of...” MORE>> |
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”Gilded 1919 landmark (formerly the Ritz) near the Gothic Quarter; undergoing a floor-by-floor makeover....” MORE>> |
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”Then stay in her curvaceous white room, with walls made of LG Hi-Macs (a malleable, Corianlike material). Maybe it's British...” MORE>> |
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”Its wood-paneled Velázquez bar is the ideal spot for a post-museum cocktail....” MORE>> |
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”Aside from placid water, other highlights in Sitges include the Hotel Romàntic, a restored 19th-century hacienda…...” MORE>> |
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”Use one of the several new bodega hotels as a base. We like the centrally located Hotel Torremilanos at the...” MORE>> |
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”Behind the 16th-century façade you'll find 41 modern rooms—with cowhide benches and platform beds—and couples lingering over breakfast beneath a...” MORE>> |
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”Madrid's hippest new hotel, with electrically designed rooms, has one of the city's most talked-about restaurants, Europa Decó, which is...” MORE>> |
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”Thirteen guest rooms with exposed beams and terra-cotta floors surround a 1563 courtyard at the Hotel Zaguán del Darro. Guests...” MORE>> |
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”Vines hang over the balconies of the oceanside Hurricane Hotel, which has 33 airy rooms....” MORE>> |
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”A 3 1/2 hour drive from Barcelona, La Pleta Hotel & Spa adds another dash of style to ski-lodge living....” MORE>> |
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”Built into the remains of the 1,000-year-old city walls, La Posada de la Luna looks rustic—exposed-brick walls, hardwood floors—but has...” MORE>> |
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”Cultural Break package from Majorca’s La Residencia. What’s Included Five nights in a Tramutana suite; two dinners at Son Fony...” MORE>> |
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”Everybody's buzzing about Leah Tilbury's four-room boutique B&B, Las Banderas, decorated with oversized antique furniture, fluttering curtains, and towers of...” MORE>> |
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”Leather armchairs and birds in antique cages fill the inviting public areas; the 41 cream-colored, softly lit rooms have stylized...” MORE>> |
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”Other times, Herrera can be found lunching at La Trattoria Sant'Arcangelo, an Italian spot a couple of blocks from the...” MORE>> |
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”...and Le Méridien, two of the classier, but surprisingly musty, establishments....” MORE>> |
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”Secluded beachfront villas, once the residence of Prince Alfonso von Hohenlohe, on a lush stretch of the Golden Mile....” MORE>> |
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”A Rioja 'wine city' with hotel and spa designed by Frank Gehry....” MORE>> |
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”Frank Gehry creates a modern destination in one of Spain’s oldest wine regions....” MORE>> |
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”This converted 18th-century farmhouse near the Costa Brava's beaches is the Catalan country hotel against which all others are measured...” MORE>> |
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”Meanwhile, just down the road, Catalan fashion designer Antonio Miró is upping the ante with his intimate 50-room Miró Hotel...” MORE>> |
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”Chateau Marmont-cool, located high in the walled Old Town....” MORE>> |
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”All of the wineries are close enough that you can easily return to Palma for an evening swim in the...” MORE>> |
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”So why did a man who could light his Cohibas with 100-euro notes go to the trouble of transforming a...” MORE>> |
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”Ultrachic boutique hotel in a small 19th-century palace ...” MORE>> |
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”The parador in Baiona is among the most sought-after in Spain. The draw is the location inside a medieval fortress...” MORE>> |
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”15th-century former convent with Moorish interiors in the Alhambra Gardens; a full-property redo will be complete next year....” MORE>> |
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”The Virgin exerts her pull even on poolside slackers. Just as I finished slathering myself in sunscreen, I realized that...” MORE>> |
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”Parador de Lerma, a renovated 17th-century palace, is a plush base for exploring the Ribero del Duero....” MORE>> |
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”Staying at the Parador de Plasencia, I certainly felt like a king, or at least a grandee. Nourishing the fantasy...” MORE>> |
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”A handsome 1960’s building set on a rise just off the highway, two blocks from Palacios’s winery. It’s the best...” MORE>> |
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”Near Muñoz's estate, this hotel has amazing views, spacious rooms and unusual for Spain a pool....” MORE>> |
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”In a farming valley outside Santiago de Compostela, this 18th-century country house has vine-covered walkways and a kitchen specializing in...” MORE>> |
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”Starkly handsome guest quarters and a lobby and library stocked with design books—all in the heart of Barcelona's main thoroughfare....” MORE>> |
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”Located halfway between the Ciutat complex and the center of the city is Puerta Valencia. Its aesthetic is crisp and...” MORE>> |
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”Beyond the Sea...” MORE>> |
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”Farther away from the city center, but worth the pricey taxi ride for its stunning view, is the hillside Relais...” MORE>> |
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”A meal at Caelis, the recently renovated and renamed dining room at the Ritz, proves that these days, neoclassicism comes...” MORE>> |
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”So does the hotel's unexpected, poetic design. Filled with faded hydrangeas in metal tubs and straw trays heaped with rose...” MORE>> |
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”With interiors by Spain’s star designer Pascua Ortega, the 34 pastel-colored rooms are reminiscent of an ocean liner’s: spare furnishings...” MORE>> |
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”Pollença's Son Brull and Palma's casbah-chic Puro are oases for the kind of traveler who knows that to find the...” MORE>> |
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”Barcelonans escape to the Pyrenean La Cerdanya region to breathe mountain air, hike in the parks, pick mushrooms and tour...” MORE>> |
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”The glitter, yachts, and pounding nightclubs of nearby Puerto Banus fade like an old memory at the gloriously unpretentious Town...” MORE>> |
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”It's amazing the way Trasierra keeps reinventing itself. Just when you think you know it, the inn does a quarter-turn...” MORE>> |
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”1912 Neoclassical hotel, close to the Prado....” MORE>> |
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”New hotel in a 1917 Modernist building, with 135 plush rooms (doubles from $600; Amadeo de Saboya 16; 011-34-96-362-5900 or...” MORE>> |
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