Four plans to get the most out of artistic and literary Madrid, courtesy of your hotel
The cultural life of a big city like Madrid not only takes place in its museums, galleries and cultural centers, hotels also want to be a focus of activity, not only social, but also culture. For years the large hotels have focused on offering regional advice to international travelers, but also on opening up to regional customers that is not hosted. For all of them, the following hotels, benchmarks in Madrid in each of their targets, have more than interesting cultural activities for anyone who wants to join. Some take place entirely in the hotel, and others are a mix between activity within it and a route through Madrid.
THE WESTIN PALACE MADRID: Picasso and his short, but intense passage through Madrid
Cubist beef stew with cubed potatoes, and blue cocktail, two of Chef Luque’s Picasso menu creations. And two of Picasso’s landmark works on the Paseo del Arte: ‘Guernica’, and ‘Buste de Femme 43’, the first Picasso work to enter the Prado on a permanent basis.
With the title “Picasso in Madrid, life and art of a revolutionary master of the 20th century “, Insider’s Travel and The Westin Palace offer a tour that will immerse us in the life and work of the artist, as well as his short but intense stay in Madrid. After the visit, a lunch will be enjoyed at the La Rotonda restaurant, with a menu designed by José Luque, the hotel’s Executive Chef, and which he has baptized as “Picasso in the Palace” The cultural route, led by a guide, includes a visit to the Prado Museum (of which Picasso was appointed director in 1936), the Reina Sofía(Guernica tabernacle) or San Fernando Royal Academy(where Picasso studied at the age of 16). In addition, there will be a visit to the mythical shop of Capas Seseña, where Picasso made his own.
Raquel Sanz, expert in disseminating art at Flor y Nata del Villa pastry shop Magna, and one of the wonderful sculptures by Manolo Valdés in this hotel.
Under the title of ‘Meriendas con Arte’ the hotel will offer by the hand of the art expert Raquel Sáez, with whom TELVA made a podcast
, who has more than 20 years as an expert in the dissemination of art, a unique perspective on the world of art and Spanish culture. The meetings begin with a takeaway coffee or tea at the Flor y Nata pastry shop in the centrally located hotel de la Castellana. The works of Manolo Valdés that are inside it will be visited, and then a route will be undertaken towards the most emblematic temporary exhibition or gallery that is active at that time. Among all of them, the exhibition of the Museo del Prado “Picasso-El Greco” (from June 13 to September 17, 2023) will undoubtedly stand out.
The cultural project Wine & & Books has been merging literature, travel and gastronomy for a decade in the form of literary tastings, held in the establishments of the Eurostars hotel Company catalog in the main cities of Spain with the aim of creating a space for dialogue and reflection between leading authors and its readers. After the exhibition, they can chat with their favorite author over a glass of wine. On April 20, he was completely sold out with a meeting with Manuel Vilas, and on May 11 the Eurostars hotel de la Reconquista (Oviedo) receives Pepe Monteserín.
In addition, at the hotel they continue with a lively action that they have carried out every Friday in March and April: a session with stand-up comedians and comedians of a tour that we can enjoy and laugh while we dine at its Sessions restaurant, with josper dishes, Iberian meat tables, hamburgers…
Humor session plus beer or soft drink from 15 euros. More information
The UMusic Hotels group, created jointly by Universal Music Group and Dakia Entertainment Hospitality Group, offers high-level accommodation with its own entertainment in all its hotels. The guide hotel that opened in Madrid an endings last year: UMusic hotel Teatro Albéniz, is located on Calle de La Paz. Inside, one of the most important historical theaters in the city awaits us: the Albéniz Theatre, fully renovated and with capacity for almost 900 personalities. Currently, the musical Ghost is being performed, starring Bustamante and Ricky Merino. The hotel group recently announced that in 2027 it will open its second Madrid hotel in Plaza de Canalejas, the UMusic hotel Teatro Reina Victoria. To do this, the hotel group will rehabilitate three historic buildings, that boy: the Reina Victoria Theater, the Meneses Building and the Casa Allende.
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