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There are about 250 hotels in Madrid, Spain. With so many different hotels in Madrid you have to take the time to find out exactly what you want to do while you are in Madrid so that you can later plan on where the best place is to get a hotel. This is important because if you have to spend money going far away from your hotel to do the things you want to do then you are only wasting your money when you can just do a little research and save a lot of money. One of the most popular and expensive hotel is the Ritz. However if you want a more authentic trip that will put you in the heart of Madrid you can check out the De Las Letras.

Hotel Ritz is located opposite the renowned Prado Museum, between La Lealtad Square’s magnolia trees and Neptune's Fountain. King Alfonso Xlll built this hotel in 1910 as a great luxury hotel so that it can hold up next to Madrid’s finest. This beautiful hotel is six stories high with French windows and balconies. Even more gorgeous then the rooms is the lobby it has pillars, high ceilings, chandeliers and the most beautiful hand made carpet. To add to its elegance a piano player accompanies tea and scones in the lobby lounge and bar. In the hotel the Goya Restaurant take it residence it has delicious international and Spanish dishes. Velazquez Bar is a place to unwind and have a cocktail while chatting with some other people who are also vacationing at the Ritz. The hotel also offers five meeting rooms that hold up to 500 people, a business centre that offers high-speed internet, and onsite parking. It also has a fitness centre, and a spa retreat for the whole family.   

The Petit Palace Posada Del Peine is located only two hundred metres of the Plaza Mayor and Puerto Del Sol. It’s also only five hundred metres from the Royal Theatre. Madrid Barajas Airport is 12 kilometres from the hotel. The Petit Palace Posada Del Peine is set up in a historical building that dates back to the 1610. All the public areas in the hotel are air conditioned and have complimentary wireless internet access. Breakfast is also available; guest can also relax and enjoy drinks in the Cafetech. Like the Ritz the Petit Palace Posada Del Peine also offers a business centre with wireless internet, laptops and printers. The guestrooms are designed with contemporary minimalist furnishings. Rooms have satellite television, mini-bars and safes. Bathrooms have hydro-massage showers and designer toiletries.

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol also known as Real Madrid FC, Los Blancos, and Los Merengues is Madrid’s soccer team. This team has amazing history dating back to 1902. They also have an amazing current status.

Professors and students of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza introduced football to Madrid. They then founded Football Club Sky in 1897 which played every Sunday Morning in Moncloa. In the 1920’s Spain’s king, King Alfonso XIII, granted the club the title Real (Royal), so the club was now named Real Madrid.

Finally in 1929 the first Spanish Football League was founded. The Real Madrid didn’t win the League title until the 1931-32 season because in the 1929-30 season they came just one point behind Barcelona, so they had to settle for runner-up. Then in the next season Real Madrid won the title becoming the first to have two championships.

In 1955 President Santiago Bernabéu Yeate met with Bedrignan and Gustav Sebes and created what today is known as the UEFA Champions League. Under Bernabéu guidance Real Madrid was established as a major force in both Spanish and European soccer league. Between 1956 and 1960 Real Madrid won the European Cup 5 times in a row, permanently awarding them the original cup and the right to wear the UEFA badge of honor. The team went on to hit a couple of rough spots but then recovered with Coach Fabio Capello who was fired just a month after winning the La Liga title in 2007 for the first time in four years. This team also set the UEFA Championship League record of having the most wins of nine and semifinal appearances of 21.

Real Madrid current team has a well diverse group of people. There are nine people from Spain, four from Argentina, five for the Netherlands, three from Brazil, one each from Germany, Portugal, Italy Mali, and Poland.

According to a study done at Harvard University in 2007 Real Madrid FC is the biggest and most popular soccer club in the world. They are also the richest based on revenue. FIFA also awarded the team on December 23, 2000 the “Best Club of the 20^th Century”. 

In current news soccerlens.com says that this weekend Real Madrid will be signing a new player named Rafael Van der Vaart. Rafael is currently playing for Manchester United and is the number one enemy of Madrid. He is said to be signed for only 10 million euros which is a little low for such a valued player.

The Real Madrid FC is a team that has so much history and is so good that everyone on the team will go down in history as being on one of the most well known and great team. With all the history and current events with a team like this nothing could get boring with them. Real Madrid FC is an awesome team that will make there mark on the world of soccer.     

As the capital city of Spain, Madrid is a bustling modern city with a glorious and tumultuous past.  Madrid is centrally located in Spain on the high plains accounting for its mild winters and warm dry summers.  Spain is a democratic constitutional monarchy, with a monarch as head of state and a president as the head of the government.  The political system has a two parliament system with representatives elected from multiple parties.  Spain’s judiciary committee runs independently of the legislative and executive branches.

King Juan Carlos I has been instrumental in leading and keeping Spain a democracy for over 30 years.  On February 23, 1981 security forces tried to seize control and implement a military run government but King Juan Carlos I used his influence with the military to maintain the peace and put down the bloodless coup. 

From 1982 through 1995 the Spanish Socialist Workers Party controlled both the Congress of Deputies and the Senate, and made great strides in developing social laws and programs in the health, work, and education areas that were lacking before their control.  With the leadership of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party, Spain became a respected world leader and was able to join both NATO and the European Community.

In 1996 the Peoples Party gained control of the government and led Spain into an economic boom.  During their reign the Peoples Party implemented privatization of much of Spain industry developed plans to increase competition which lead Spain to an economic boom like they had never seen before.  The Peoples Party leader Jose Maria Aznar was a supporter of transatlantic relations, primarily with the United States and felt obliged to have Spain participate in the war on terrorism, which lead to the Peoples Parties eventual downfall.  After the March 11, 2004 terrorist bombing in Madrid the Peoples Party was swept out of office and replaced once again by the Spanish Socialist Workers Party.

Since the 2004 elections the leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party, Jose Luis Rodríquez Zapatero has been instrumental in setting up Spain’s first government to be lead by and equal number of men an women.  Proving that, Madrid the capital of Spain, is poised to be a world leader in the near future.

Spain food choices include everything from the freshest sea foods to cold vegetable soup called gazpacho.  While Spain is a peninsula as an outsider you may not think of seafood as being a mainstay in the Spanish diet, but much of the food in Spain is some derivative of sea life.  Specialties would include lobster, eel, squid, and delicious cod dishes.  Seafood is served in every city in Spain including inland areas, because Spaniards have always loved and made some of the most incredible seafood you have ever tasted. 

Jamon Serrano is a country ham that is almost a national food in Spain.  Everywhere you go in Spain you are sure to find Jamon Serrano hanging in store fronts, bars, and residences.  This delicate ham has a very rich flavor and will surly become a favorite of yours upon your first visit to Madrid. 

Dishes served in restaurants are very inexpensive with hearty portions that are sure to both please the pallets of even the most discerning eaters, and fill their stomachs.  While you travel you will find that in Spain food is as much an art as it is a meal.