Barceló Emperatriz

Wifi Away 

Free Internet connection throughout your stay, even when you leave the hotel. A small device with battery life of 10 hours that can be used by up to 10 people at the same time. The ideal solution for you to discover the city without missing out on Internet connectivity on your mobile devices. 

Travel Light Service 

A delightful surprise for guests regularly travelling to Madrid for work or leisure. For each visit, guests can leave a suit or dress that has become their dress code for meetings and events so that, for their next stay, they will find it in their room having been laundered by the hotel’s facilities. 

Guest Experience Service 

The Barceló Emperatriz also provides guests with a specialist to help them design the experiences that will create their perfect stay. From offering recommendations for the capital’s most fashionable restaurants, to detailing the events that will take place during their stay, through managing car hire and revealing the secret corners and most special boutiques in Madrid. 

Beauty Pack

Guests of the Barceló Emperatriz will have professional hairdryers and Premium amenities available in all rooms, as well as GHD hair straighteners upon request and with no additional charge. In addition, the hotel will manage any hairdressing, manicure or beauty treatments they require, upon request. 

Pillow menu 

To ensure maximum comfort and a wonderful rest, guests at the Barceló Emperatriz can select their favourite pillow from an exclusive menu with various options. Since restful sleep is the best way to start a great day, click here to discover the selection that we offer.

Pillow menu

iPads 

The hotel provides iPads for guests to use at the hotel. Subject to availability. Limited units. 

PressReader

Guests have access to the PressReader app free of charge, which will enable you to access and download content from national and international newspapers and magazines.

The Barceló Emperatriz hotel is the result of an ambitious co-creation project involving more than 1,500 contributions sent by guests and important personalities, one of which has been selected as the winning idea: an art gallery with permanent and temporary exhibitions, creating a meeting point for art enthusiasts. 

The aim of this co-creation idea was to redesign all the processes that come together when a person spends a night at a particular hotel. From the moment they start to investigate the destination and its hotels, until they check in to the hotel, the services they demand when they stay there and even after their experience. 

A hotel worthy of its new guests who are well-travelled and require attention to detail. This is especially important for the Barceló Emperatriz, a hotel as visionary at detecting new travel trends as the icon from whom it takes its name: Eugenia de Montijo. 

How did the project start?

When the chain notified Sara Ramis, Marketing Director for Barceló Hotels & Resorts, that the hotel selected in Madrid would be the Emperatriz, she decided to create a professional women and leaders club so that they could contribute ideas to this old hotel's refurbishment project. 

The goal of the 21st-century Empresses' Club is to create a special, unique hotel with distinctive experiences, some of which have been suggested by guests themselves. That is the key to a co-creation project.

Said and done. Two intense days of work to imagine what the ideal hotel would be like with women in very different professional fields, of different nationalities and different interests but with one thing in common: a love of and need for travel.

The fitness studio at the hotel is situated on the top floor with Technogym state-of-the-art equipment as well as everything you need to enjoy exercising:

· Elliptical machine

· Multi-purpose fitness machine

· Treadmill

· Abdominals bench

· Set of dumbbells

The city's main museums, most exclusive shopping and best luxury restaurants in Madrid are found in the Salamanca neighbourhood.

Art and culture always find their home in Madrid among its wonderful museums and shows. Madrid lives long in the memory due to the extraordinary atmosphere in the streets and squares, due to the authenticity that its inhabitants ooze and due to the unique culinary offerings of its restaurants and bars. 

One of the most exclusive neighbourhoods of the city — a mecca for good shopping and luxury restaurants — is the famous Salamanca neighbourhood, which delights travellers and locals alike. It’s essential to take a walk along the famous streets of the Golden Mile, amongst which the Serrano and Ortega y Gasset shopping streets stand out, where the most luxurious brands are located or enjoy the beautiful architecture, with some of the most emblematic buildings of the beginning of the 19th century. 

As well as being one of the most sought-after areas to live in, the traditional Salamanca neighbourhood is very comfortable to travel through, with streets such as Goya and Velázquez which are worth stopping at, as well as having the WiZink Center, a concert venue that hosts all types of international artists and is the home of Real Madrid Basketball and Students' Club. 

The Salamanca neighbourhood has an excellent selection of museums, allowing you choose from the offerings of the National Archaeological Museum, the Lázaro Galdiano Museum, Casa de America, Juan March Foundation, National Library Museum, the National Mint and the Manuel Benedito Foundation. Its cultural options are also reflected in the relevant line-up of business schools it houses, such as the outstanding Instituto de Empresa, IE University, IE Business School, as well as various embassies, most notably the United States Embassy. 

Next to the Paseo de Recoletos, the Paseo de la Castellana and Alcalá street is the heart of the Salamanca neighbourhood, which you'll find in any travel guide with the highlights of the city of Madrid.