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Gran Hotel Reina Victoria

Plaza Santa Ana 14
Madrid
Communidad de Madrid
Spain
91 531 45 00

Type: Hotel
Minimum Rate: € 150 - € 200

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If for only a night, the Gran Hotel Reina Victoria is worth the splurge to watch the bullfighters saunter in and out of the lobby during season. Built on the sight of the Condes de Teba palace during the 19th century, the gleaming white façade glows in the afternoon sun across the Plaza de Santa Anna that is shared by the Teatro Español and surrounded by many of the city’s most traditional tapas bars. During the 1840s Prosper Mérimée wrote his novella Carmen in its halls. The prevailing theme of the hotel is, quite naturally, bullfighting, and this becomes most apparent once inside the Manolete bar (dedicated to the famed Cordóban bullfighter), where stuffed bullheads and arena portraits adorn the walls.
Last updated December 30, 2007
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