Fodor's Expert Review Hotel Fénix Gran Meliá

A Madrid institution that has played host to the likes of the Beatles, Cary Grant, and Rita Hayworth, this hotel has an impressive lobby with marble floors, antique furniture, and a stained-glass dome ceiling. Spacious rooms, decorated in reds and golds, evoke a bygone era with satin wallpaper, stately bergères, and polished wood desks. Also on-site is a happening indoor-outdoor cocktail bar overlooking Plaza de Colón and a renowned Latin-fusion fine-dining restaurant in Hortensio, which relocated here from its Chamberí location in 2021.