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The beautiful city of Madrid is the capital of Spain. The city welcomes tourists from different parts of the World and has a myriad choice of accommodation where you can stay. Accommodation in Madrid is not a problem since you get to choose from cheap hostel to luxury hotels which brings along elegance and every desired service at your doorstep.
Finding Affordable Hotels
For travelers travelling on a strict budget, finding a budget hotel is necessary. The place fortunately provides numerous choices of hotels and hostels at reasonable prices. Most of the budget accommodations are found along the Gran Vía. Among the popular affordable hotels are the Hotel Mónaco and the Tyrp Washington. On the other hand you also have other options as well like the Novotel Campo de las Naciones hotel which is near the airport. These are perfect for those planning weekends here.
Luxury Hotels
It is a city with numerous options in terms of luxury. Quite a few luxury accommodations in Madrid are there which offer top quality service in beautiful and elegant setting. The most significant luxury hotel here is the Ritz, which opened in the year 1910. Another popular luxury hotel is The Westin Palace which is widely popular for having famous guests like Hemingway or Ava Gardner.
Madrid is ideally located and hence chosen to be the capital of Spain because of its location. Felipe II has aimed to come together and centralized the country. The strategic location of the city has made administration easy and in Iberia center, became the capital of the country.
It is located on a plateau, which is about 650 meters high and is 300 kilometers above the sea level. The city has Mediterranean climate with extreme freezing winter and a hot summer. Nevertheless, it has developed into being a modern city with a spawning 3 million people. The city has an interesting architecture of old medieval with new modern buildings, narrow quaint streets and unique shops. It is covered with all 18th century Bourbon squares.
The locals – the madrileños stand as the major attraction of the capital and they hang out of the cafes, terrazas, Sunday flea markets or maybe enjoying themselves in the local bars, discos and clubs or tascas.
No matter whichever facet of Madrid you will be visiting, your concentration should be on the city center where the Puerta Del Sol lies. It connects to the major and all interesting sites of the city like the Ciudad Antigua, Plaza Mayor, Encarnacion convent and Descalzas Reales convent.
