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 Great Travels
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Hotel Espana: Traveler, What of the Night? Madrid is the night city of Spain, though Barcelona too has a lot that is attractive. In the capital, meaning in the central part of the city, not its suburbs, the new Plaza Parrilla (Grill) of the hotel espana Plaza, on the 25th Floor of skyscraping Edificio Espana, has gained quick popularity. At a quite opposite altitude, the underground Pasapoga, on the Gran Via, seems to be one of the steadiest long-popular nightspots.
Taking up this hotel espana subject by geography, I will report first on Madrid. The hotel espana development in this metropolis during and since 1952 and 1953 has been little short of phenomenal. It is stated that 1200 new rooms were added in those two years alone. New de luxe hotel espanas include: The superlatively fine and widely publicized Castellana-Hilton (in a price classification about 50 per cent above de luxe); the Savoy, remarkable for its popular roof-dancing, beside a swimming pool; the Plaza, in the new 26-story skyscraper, Edificio Espana (nightclub-grill on the 25th floor—roof garden and swimming pool on the 26th); the Wellington; theCriKcm (an "old" luxury place from 1951!); the Menfis; the Velazquez and the Commodore, the last two being apartment hotel espanas, not catering to transients. The Emperador, together with the ever-popular Palace and
BUDVA: hotel espana Avala (best located) or the larger hotel espana Romania KOTOR: hotel espana Slavia, rather simple, but well located on the shore HERCEGOVNI: hotel espana Boka, with pleasant seaside terrace DUBROVNIK: hotel espana Villa Argentina and hotel espana Excelsior, both splendidly situated on the edge of the sea, or hotel espana Splendide, on a wooded peninsula a few hundred yards along the coast northwest of the town, consisting of a main hotel espana, a restaurant and a dozen or so villas. More economical: hotel espana Imperial, the largest place in Dubrovnik HVAR: hotel espana Park, simple RAB: hotel espana Imperial and hotel espana Park OPATIJA: hotel espana Kvarner, a big luxury place with park and every attraction; Slavija, a runner-up to the impressive Kvarner. Slightly more economical, yet of good caliber: the Central; the Kristal; the Belveder and the Zagreb.
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