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Frommer's Exceptional
CITY: Madrid
COUNTRY: Spain
POSTCODE: 28010
PHONE 1: 91-319-69-00
FAX: 91-308-54-77
WEBSITE: www.ac-hoteles.com/ac_stomauro.htm
This hotel offers even more style and elegance than the InterContinental . It opened in 1991 in what was once a neoclassical villa built in 1894 for the duke of Santo Mauro. Set within a garden and done in a French style, it's decorated with rich fabrics and Art Deco accents and furnishings. The former library is now a gourmet restaurant, and the ballroom has been transformed into a very stylish conference room. Another plus is the indoor swimming pool with a vaulted ceiling. Staff members outnumber rooms by two to one. Each of the rooms contains an audio system with a wide choice of tapes and CDs as well as many lovely details, like raw silk curtains, Persian carpets, antique prints, and parquet floors. Accommodations are spacious throughout and come in combinations ranging from studios to duplex suites. Celebrity guests have included stars Madonna and Julia Roberts, as well as British soccer player David Beckham and his wife, Victoria (formerly \"Posh Spice\" of the Spice Girls).
Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Madrid, 2nd Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.
