Currently being revamped and due to open in the spring of 2006, this boutique hotel is right on the Plaza de Santa Ana. It has traditionally been the bullfighters' hotel, so expect to bump into men in tight trousers and sequins during the season at Las Ventas.
Plaza de Santa Ana, 14; Tel: 91 5314500; Metro: Puerta del Sol; www.hardrock.com/locations/hotels2/madrid/
Updates
Not a Hard Rock hotel but ME Madrid Reina Victoria. Sol Melia decided the Hard Rock concept wouldn't work in Madrid. It opened in October. www.mebymelia.com/ Sol Melia, the chain that owns this hotel, must have thought that the Hard Rock concept wouldn't be popular in Madrid. This hotel opened in October as the ME Madrid Reina Victoria.www.solmelia.com
www.mebymelia.com
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