Westin Palace — Madrid, Spain
About Westin Palace
The hotel's seen its share of famous literary guests, including Jorge Luis Borges and Federico García Lorca, but it's defined by Hemingway's presence here as a war correspondant in the '30s. The hotel is mentioned as a retreat for protagonist Jake Barnes in The Sun Also Rises , a peaceful respite from the chaos of Pamplona (the hotel is also a setting for Graham Greene;s 1982 Monsieur Quixote). Rooms out front, overlooking the Neptune Fountain, are the suites most associated with the historical caché of the Palace. While the exact suites and rooms are lost to history, the hotel does lean into its literary past. For instance, according to a Dutch and a British magazine write-up, there are weekly tours of the city's nearby literary quarter, the Barrio de las Letras. There's a Cervantes Suite. Hemingway gets a named meeting room. You're across the street from the famed art museum, the Prad…
Literary significance
Yes, named suites like Cervantes recollect Madrid's literary history, but the detail is a name only.
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Location
Plaza de las Cortes 7, Centro, 28014 Madrid, Spain