https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en Blog about Madrid Tue, 04 Nov 2025 07:50:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2018/06/12/madrids-first-lgbti-hotel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2018/06/12/madrids-first-lgbti-hotel/#respond Tue, 12 Jun 2018 11:55:59 +0000 Manuel Santiago https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=1806

Axel Hotels is the first hotel chain to cater specifically for the LGBTI community, with a marketing hook I really love: “hetero-friendly hotels”. Their philosophy? To create spaces of diversity conceived for and open to all, where everybody feels truly welcome. The centrally located Axel Madrid opened a few months ago, at 49 Calle Atocha, […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2018/06/12/madrids-first-lgbti-hotel/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2016/11/08/lgbt-hotels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2016/11/08/lgbt-hotels/#respond Tue, 08 Nov 2016 08:51:30 +0000 Enrique Cortés http://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=1684

“They’re being snapped up like hotcakes!” would be an apt description of what will happen in Madrid in June 2017. I’m sure you think I’m exaggerating and that there’s still time to plan for the festivities. But I assure you that next year’s Gay Pride in Madrid will be one of the most incredible, crowd-pulling […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2016/11/08/lgbt-hotels/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2013/02/27/the-value-of-a-comb/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2013/02/27/the-value-of-a-comb/#respond Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:19:10 +0000 Silvia Roba http://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=573

The title of this blog entry is a Spanish expression dating back to the Middle Ages. At that time, a lack of hygiene was commonplace and virtually no-one spent much time on their hair. When society gradually acquired better and healthier habits, this expression came to be used as an insult hurled at the vagabonds […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2013/02/27/the-value-of-a-comb/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2013/01/17/the-palace-and-the-ritz-100-years-of-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2013/01/17/the-palace-and-the-ritz-100-years-of-history/#respond Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:15:09 +0000 Carlos Menéndez http://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=507

When visiting a city, the first thing you need is somewhere to stay. But that’s not what this post is about. Yes, the Palace and the Ritz are two hotels. Two centrally-located, comfortable, exclusive, classic, punctilious and perfect establishments. But the aim of this post is to help us understand why these two emblematic hotels, […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2013/01/17/the-palace-and-the-ritz-100-years-of-history/feed/ 0