Amy Adejokun
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The Tryp Ambassador is an elegant hotel housed in a former palace just a stone's throw from the opera house. This is a charming and characterful hotel which will appeal to history and culture lovers as well as fans off fine gourmet cuisine thanks to its superb restaurant located in the winter garden, which is also home to a parrot.
Tryp Ambassador - © EASYVOYAGE
Tryp Ambassador - © EASYVOYAGE
On the Plaza de Santo Domingo, at the heart of Habsburg Madrid, close to the Opera house, to the west of the city, not far from the Gran Via, the Royal Palace, the Almudena Cathedral and Campo del Moro park. The nearest underground station is Santo Domingo (line 2). Madrid-Barajas airport is 12 mi away and transfer time is around 30 minutes.
The bedrooms at the Tryp Ambassador have wooden flooring and furniture. They are pleasant, light and well decorated with green wall-papered walls adorned with paintings. They have a floor area of 258 sq ft, satellite television broadcasting 25 channels, a desk, a red armchair, a round table with a red tablecloth, a free electronic safe deposit box large enough to hold a laptop computer, individual air-conditioning, a mini-bar and a telephone with free Wi-Fi Internet access. Room service is available between 7am and 11.30am. The marble bathroom includes a reddish-orange bathtub with a handle and a flexible shower, a toilet, a bidet and a washbasin, also reddish-orange, elaborate hospitality products, tissues, a hair-dryer and a make-up mirror. Superior rooms are more spacious (377 sq ft) and also include bathrobes, slippers, tea and coffee-making facilities and a professional hair-dryer. Senior suites have a terrace and a large flat screen television.
The Tryp Ambassador is a former 19th Century palace dating back to 1850 and listed as a historical monument. Opened in 1990, it was renovated in 2002. The hotel's 183 bedrooms are houses in two 6-storey buildings. The hotel is a member of the Spanish Sol Melia hotel group. Guests will particularly appreciate the magnificent original staircase and the Dukes patio, which is now home to the lobby bar, under an atrium with archways and chandeliers.
Lunch and breakfast are served in the pleasant surroundings of the winter garden in the company of the parrot, Curro, who sometimes talks to the guests - a true mascot and the star of the El Invernadero restaurant! This beautiful paved, floral room which features a fountain and a street lamppost can accommodate up to 35 people. You really would think you were outside - a real glasshouse full of green plants! Here you can sample à la carte Spanish Mediterranean cuisine served between 1pm and 4pm for lunch and 8.30pm and 11pm for dinner. A buffet breakfast is served between 7.30am and 11am in another pleasantly decorated room with crystal ceiling lights. This includes health foods, fresh fruit juices, homemade patisseries, cheese, cooked meats and Viennese pastries. In short, everything you need to start the day off well! The chic and elegant lobby bar with its beautiful paintings and its crystal chandelier serves various cocktails between 11am and midnight to the sound of classical background music.
The hotel is housed in the former palace of the dukes of Grenada de Ega. The hotel's restaurant is located in a very tropical winter garden, guarded by a talking parrot!
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