Melia Castilla

Capitan Haya, 43

Madrid, ES

Rating: ***** 5*****STARS

The Melia Castilla hotel is located in the modern commercial and financial district of Madrid, parallel to Madrid's main boulevard, the "Paseo de la Castellana". Ten minutes from the airport and the IFEMA Trade Exhibition Center, a short walk from the Madrid Congress Hall and minutes from the historical center of the city. With all the comforts and services excepted of the finest hotels, you will feel at home from the moment you arrive. Ideal for celebration of Congresses, Conventions and Incentives. It offers nearly one thousand luxurious rooms equipped with air-conditioning, Mini-bar, interactive Satellite TV, Direct dial telephone, digitally operated safe deposit boxes and electronic door lock. Our Restaurants "La Fragata" and "L'Albufera" let you enjoy a great variety of High-Quality food and for faster lunches and dinners we offer "La Bodega". 5 Bars and an outdoor pool (open in summertime), a beauty salon and a shopping gallery are some of the facilities that complete our offer of services. ***Due to refurbishment, the Royal Service Floor will be close from the 8 th July to the 31 st August 2007 ***.

Room Information

The Rooms

Our 916 rooms and suites, all exquisitely decorated, are equipped with all the necessary comforts and conveniences such as air-conditioning, a telephone, connections for a computer, modem and fax, an interactive television system, electronic locks, a mini-bar etc. Sol Melia's special Â¨Royal ServiceÂ¨is available in the hotel's 100 deluxe rooms and 12 suites. Designed primarily for work and business, the hotel has a reception equipped with the very best in communications, together with a personalized secretarial system that is second to none.

STANDARD room

With all the comforts and services excepted of the finest hotels, you will feel at home from the moment you arrive STANDARD room type consists of one or more rooms of the following type: * CLASSIC ROOM * CLASSIC ROOM * STANDARD ROOM * STANDARD SINGLE USE * STANDARD ROOM * KEY ACCOUNT 1 PERSON * SPRING MELIA CASTILLA CLASSIC ROOM

DELUXE room

2 Exclusive Royal Executive Floors: 100 luxury rooms and 12 suites, designed as a small self-contained hotel within a 5* hotel, it is ideal for guests that seek superior personal comfort while remaining close to our business services & food and beverage DELUXE room type consists of one or more rooms of the following type: * PREMIUM ROOM * ROYAL SERVICE DELUXE PREMIUM ROOM * ROYAL SERVICE DELUXE ROOM * ROYAL SERVICE ROOM BREAKFAST INCLUDED * SUPERIOR ROOM * ROYAL SUPERIOR DOUBLE ROOM BREAKFAST INCLUDED

SUITE room

SUITE room type consists of one or more rooms of the following type: * ROYAL SERVICE JUNIOR SUITE * SUPERIOR SUITE * SENIOR SUITE * ROYAL SERVICE GRAND SUITE * JUNIOR SUITE * ROYAL SERVICE CASTILLA SUITE

OTHER room

OTHER room type consists of one or more rooms of the following type: * FAMILY PLAN

Directions

Our ring road M-40 takes you to the fairground area in 10 minutes and, if you prefer to avoid the traffic, you can get there quickly by underground from Cuzco station

Restaurants

Restaurants & Bars

Among the many qualities of the MeliÃ¡ Castilla Hotel it is worth mentioning its delicius cuisine: the best grilled meats and the freshest seafood accompanied by the finest wines are served in the terrace or halls of the La Fragata restaurant, guaranteeing an unforgettable dinner. Another of the restaurants, L'Albufera, allows you to taste the greatest variety of the Spanish cuisine. It is specialised in rice dishes and serves the widest range of rice and paellas of Madrid. These specialialities are prepared with the greatest care by some of the best chefs in town and can be enjoyed both in the garden-terrace and inside the restaurant, with its recently renovated halls: the perfect location for a unique dinner.

L'ALBUFERA

L'Albufera restaurant allows you to taste the greatest variety of the Spanish cuisine. It is specialised in rice dishes and serves the widest range of rice and paellas of Madrid. These specialialities are prepared with the greatest care by some of the best chefs in town and can be enjoyed both in the garden-terrace and inside the restaurant, with its recently renovated halls: the perfect location for a unique dinner.

LA BODEGA

For trying "tapas" or fast and light lunches.

Area Attractions

El Madrid de los Austrias

"Madrid de los Austrias" is the name of a zone of Madrid referring the Habsburgo Age. Here you can find buildings and monuments dating back to the renaissance and baroque period such as Puerta del Sol, Plaza de las Descalzas Reales, the area of Las Cavas, Plaza Mayor and Plaza de la Villa, with buildings dating back to different periods.

Puerta del Sol

This door was, in 15th century, the main entrance to Madrid. Today Puerta del Sol and the square, Plaza del Sol (redesigned between 1859 and 1868), are the very centre of the city. The monumental clock and the statue of the bear and the strawberry tree (el oso y el madrono) are the symbols of Madrid.

Museo del Prado

Perhaps the most beautiful neoclassic building of all Madrid. Built in 1785, it was intended to be a museum of natural history. Having been used as an arsenal during the wars against Napoleon, it became Madrid's Museum of art in 1819. Certainly it hosts one of the most important collections of paintings worldwide, with special rooms for masters like Goya, Velazquez, El Greco, Zurbaran, Murillo and Tiziano, as well as for representants of the Dutch school.

Museo Nacional Centro D Arte Reina Sofia

This modern building, featuring interesting expositions since 1993, completes the "Arts Triangle" of the Prado museum.

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

This museum, inaugurated in 1993, hosts one of the most important private art collections.

Plaza de Oriente

This square, east of the Royal Palace, was designed at the time of Joseph Bonaparte, who took over the government after the victory of his brother Napoleon against Spain. The French wanted to build a wide boulevard in the style of the Champs Elysees in Paris, but the project was never completed.

Puerta de Alcala

The Door of Alcala is a beautiful triumphal arch made by Francisco Sabatini in 1778, after the arrival in Madrid of King Charles III.

Plaza y fuente de Las Cibeles

This beautiful fountain, built on a project by Ventura Rodriguez, is considered as one of the most representative monuments of Madrid.

Recreation

SPORT & LEISURE

* Shopping gallery with gift shop, jeweller's and boutique. * Hairdresser's and sauna. * Outdoor swimming pool 20 minutes from the Hotel facilities for practicing: * Golf * Tennis * Horse riding * Squash * Ski (Sierra Navacerrada) * 5 bars * Club

Meeting Facilities

The Melia Castilla is considered to be one of the most modern conference centres in Europe. The hotel has 16 luxury meeting and banqueting halls, distributed in two of the Hotel's main floors, for up to 800 people, an auditorium for 511 delegates, a 410 m2 event room and another measuring 275 m2, as well as spacious pre-function areas, front desk services, office and a full range of services. All are equipped with the latest audiovisual aids, a perfect PA system and guarantee a first-class simultaneous translation service.