Urso Hotel Madrid

URSO Hotel is located in a privileged enclave between the central districts of Chamberí, Tribunal, and Chueca. The hotel is a historic building built by José María Mendoza Ussía.

This edifice integrates the royal character of the bourgeois architecture of Madrid during the 20th-century, with the modernity and comfort of a modern luxury hotel.

The building was home to the renowned company “Papelera Española”. The edifice maintains the neoclassical elegance with its towers, corner chamfers or the classic viewpoints that support the noble balcony.

Its history can also be felt in the interior spaces, with original features such as the central patio, the colourful stained-glass windows, the decorative tiles, the library, the marble floors, and the wooden walls.

Rooms
The small details in our rooms have converted them in to places of unique luxury and comfort.

From the careful decoration, with antique photographs of Madrid and the fine natural fabrics, to the exclusive furnishings, with high quality and extremely comfortable mattresses, natural fibre quilt covers, Nespresso coffee machine, minibar stocked with local products, television with international channels and superior quality bathroom toiletries.

Furthermore, all the rooms offer the option of a king size bed or two separate twin beds.

Urso Suite Terrace
Our Terrace Suites are the ultimate in luxurious comfort. They are located in the attic and have a separate sitting room, a comfortable bedroom in warm colours and an exclusive marble bathroom.

The large terrace has both a seating and dining area, ideal to relax and enjoy the Madrid sky during breakfast, an intimate evening, a celebration or a private outdoor event. This type of room is pet-friendly, allowing one dog up to 8kg, with a supplement. This option is available upon request.

Urso suite
Our room URSO Suite is a private sanctuary flooded with natural light, with a classic decoration that pays tribute to the architecture and history of the building.

The suite offers a large master bedroom decorated in warm colours for a restful night’s sleep, a spacious living area with comfortable sofas and a bathroom decorated in marble, with an independent bathtub and shower.

It offers the possibility of holding additional business or social gatherings, as well as private meals, in its separate sitting room.

Junior Suite Terrace
Located in the towers of the main facade, our Junior Suite Terrace rooms are privileged, spacious and bright, with a large private terrace, perfect to enjoy Madrid’s sky.

Deluxe
The Deluxe rooms are spacious and very luminous. They feature a marble bathroom with a separate bathtub and shower, offering everything necessary to meet the expectations of the most discerning of guests.

Gourmet spaces
Our gourmet spaces have been conceived to take pleasure in the variety of flavours offered by the madrileña cuisine with fresh, local, high-quality products. Enjoy delicious breakfasts, snacks, cocktails, lunches and dinners in our stylish spaces, which are open to the general public.

Lobby Bar
The ideal place where delicious cocktails and informal cuisine merge. There is an extensive menu with champagnes by the glass, wines and cocktails created by our bartender, available throughout the day and all of which can be relished in our sofa area with large windows to the streets of Madrid.

A select menu of breakfast, appetizers and snacks made with fresh seasonal products from the Barceló Market, complete this gastronomic experience. Our Lobby bar also hosts piano evenings several days a week, which we invite you to discover.

Sweet afternoons.
We have at our guests’ disposal a delicious selection of hot chocolates accompanied by Spanish churros, a traditional snack perfect to enjoy during the afternoon that we invite you to discover every day in our lobby bar. There is a chocolate for every taste. Discover yours here.

The conservatory
A space dedicated to gastronomy, where each morning we serve traditional breakfast, with a wide range of hot dishes from local markets, all freshly prepared by our kitchen team.

As in an authentic conservatory, the roof is composed of enormous stained-glass windows which allow guests to enjoy breakfast with views of the sky and the natural light of Madrid, in a serene environment surrounded by palms and a well-kept vertical garden, perfect for getting off to a good start.

Brunch
Every Saturday, Sunday and national holiday, the conservatory hosts our classic brunch, available also for non-hotel guests, from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

With the soft notes of a piano in the background, guests can enjoy freshly prepared eggs, omelettes, eggs Benedict or a vegetable sandwich, accompanied by a basket of pastries, toasts, a selection of cold cuts or fresh fruit. This small tribute is completed with coffee, tea and natural juices.

Our brunch also offers the possibility of adding some specialities from Media Ración restaurant, such as the avocado toast with fresh cheese, the Comté cheeseburger with guacamole, watercress and jalapeño mayonnaise or even pancakes. All including the possibility to add different garnishes.

Media Ración Restaurant
The quality products, the seasonal cuisine and the time-honoured recipes all take centre stage in this contemporary version of the legendary Madrid bistro Cuenllas.

A restaurant with an elegant and relaxed style that reinterprets the tradition and the flavours of forever, in half portion serving dishes, with the idea of sharing and enjoying the occasion in the bar as well as the in the small dining room.

An exclusive menu that has some of the best wines and champagnes in the world complete this gastronomic experience. Open to the general public.

The private dining room
Sophisticated and very pleasing, our historic private dining room is the perfect place to hold meetings and celebrate small events, in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Accompanied by an attentive and discreet service, we offer traditional style breakfasts, lunches and dinners, prepared by the Media Ración restaurant, with thoughtful little touches to your liking, to ensure your return.

Urso Spa
Our spa, which is open to the public, is a small oasis of luxury and wellbeing where to relax in the centre of Madrid.

Allow yourself to be guided by our professional spa therapists and start a journey into a deep relaxation in which you will experience the perfect blend of ‘’Salus per aquam’’, rejuvenating treatments and discreet and personalized service.

To guarantee the best results in our treatments, at URSO Spa we only use first quality cosmetics from two prestigious brands, Natura Bissé and Sisley Paris.

Treatments for her
The URSO Spa team has designed a series of face and body treatments specifically for women’s skin, as well as delicate hand and foot care.

An exclusive moment of health and relaxation for her, through beauty rituals and massages using the prestigious cosmetic brands Natura Bissé and Sisley Paris. Consult our list of treatments specifically for women, or if you prefer, contact URSO Spa to enjoy treatments personally adapted to your needs.

Treatments for him
Come and visit us at URSO Spa to enjoy the selection of personalised treatments for men’s skin and muscles, which our team of therapists have specifically designed to improve both your personal care and health, following the most advanced techniques and using luxury cosmetics. from the prestigious Natura Bissé and Sisley Paris.

Fitness centre
In URSO Hotel, our gymnasium, which is for the exclusive use of our guests, is open 24h. The fitness area is equipped with different machines by the state-of-the-art brand Technogym, for a full body workout.

There is a static bicycle, treadmills, an elliptical trainer, a Kinesis wall bar, a range of weights, fit-balls and mats for stretching. In addition, we can also provide our personal trainer service for you to benefit from private and personalized workouts, in the gym or outdoors.

Water area
Immerse yourself in our exclusive water area, a space dedicated to relaxation in which one can delight in the different sensations of the circuit, discover the beneficial effects of the hammam, whose eucalyptus steam will refresh your spirit, or simply relax in one of the reclining loungers while savouring a glass of deliciously flavored water.

Gift Voucher
Bestow health and beauty with our URSO Spa gift vouchers, the perfect gift for whoever deserves an extra pampering for the skin, with one of the massages or beauty rituals from the list of treatments, always accompanied by the prestigious cosmetic brands Sisley Paris and Natura Bisse.

A complete deluxe experience of relaxation for both body and mind, that includes entrance to our exclusive water area and is completed with a healthy tea at the end.

Events
Redefine the art of events in any of our 9 private areas. With the timeless elegance that characterises URSO Hotel & Spa, each of these spaces offers the most attentive service, along with the most up to date technology. Our expert team will work together with you to make your event memorable.

Centuries-old cafés in Madrid
Many centuries-old cafés in Madrid continue bringing joy to our streets and our lives, offering the most traditional breakfasts and snacks in the capital. These are some of our suggestions, close to URSO Hotel & Spa:

Antigua Pastelería El Pozo (since 1830)
It is one of the best, traditional and artisan pastry shops in Madrid, where puff pastry is still made by hand, filled with cream or angel hair.

Located at number 6 Calle del Pozo, it takes its name from it, which in turn owes its name to the traditional belief of a miraculous well, located on this street and to which the relics of some saints would have been thrown, made that caused “mysterious situations.”

The place has undergone several renovations, but the original furniture has been preserved, with a marble and wood counter, an antique cash register and a classic two-plate scale.

Cafés La Mexicana (since 1837)
At the end of the 19th century, Dolores Levil Biel, a Mexican daughter of Spaniards, travelled to Madrid to see the land of her parents. Seduced by the city, she decides to settle and open a small coffee shop on Preciados street, which would end up being known as “La Mexicana”.

The coffee was provided by the grandfather of the current director of La Mexicana, who had started roasting coffee in the patio of his house. The success was such that in 1990 it was recognized in the Guinness Records as “the shop that sells the most coffee in the world”.

Nuevo Café Barbieri (since 1901)
It takes its name from the Barbieri theatre, the old Madrid Theater, with which it shared a Street. In 1906, the café moved to its final location on Ave María Street, to larger premises that had been a wine shop, with permission to roast coffee across the street, and which opens as Nuevo Café Barbieri.

It is known that the survivors of General Villacampa’s republican uprising, as well as a varied group of intellectuals, met in the cafe. Today’s Café Barbieri has preserved the charm of bygone times with its elegant early twentieth-century décor.

La Mallorquina (since 1894)
Its name is due to the Mallorcan origin of the founders and its original star product was not the current Neapolitan, but the ensaimada and the hot chocolate.

It is an establishment with two very well differentiated departments, as it has a café-bar and pastry shop, although it also sells cold cuts. Their ensaimadas, Neapolitans or truffles are famous.

Chocolatería San Ginés (since 1894)
Located in one of the oldest passageways in Madrid, between Arenal and Mayor, there is this churrería. The passageway was the ideal place for “clashes of swords” with which to wash the honour and the stage that Valle-Inclán used to cause the imprisonment of Max Estrella, back in 1920 in his “Luces de Bohemia”.

Its location next to the Eslava Theater and the Church of San Ginés has provided for many years a large clientele who, after the performance or mass, drank chocolate with churros.

Its opening until late at night attracted livelihoods, intellectuals, artists, film and theatre actors, poets and writers, who found a meeting point here. Today it is still a very popular place.

La Flor del Pan (since 1888)
This bread shop is one of the oldest bakeries in Madrid. The bakery has always been run by a member of the Pereira family.

Since 2013 we can find La Flor del Pan at number 17 of Argensola street, in a space that combines the old and the modern, where we can taste breakfasts and meals at the tables of the premises since they have expanded their services to a small but exquisite restaurant, also available to go.

And, of course, we can also continue to buy quality artisan bread, totally natural, that the bread shop has been offering to their public for more than a century.

Café Gijón (since 1888)
Nor did Gurmensindo imagine that his coffee would end up being considered as “the last literary café in Madrid”. Spanish characters such as Canalejas, Ramón y Cajal, Pérez Galdós, Romero de Torres, Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, Cossío, Cañabate, Gerardo Diego, Torrente Ballester, Sastre, Cela have lectured in its room.

In 1914 he sold the premises to the barber Benigno López Jabato, with two conditions: that it did not stop being a café and that it not be renamed. Nowadays, the barber’s family continues to run the Gran Café de Gijón.

Café Varela (since 1884)
Café Varela is one of the historic Madrid cafes that were born at the end of the nineteenth century. The establishment would end for becoming a welcoming space where the cream of the crop of several generations of writers and artists would meet.

The Machado brothers, Pío Baroja, Miguel de Unamuno and the poet Emilio Carrere, who wrote a large part of his work on the cafe tables, participated in its famous gatherings, and who receives the deserved tribute of a commemorative plaque in the current café.

Nowadays is a cafeteria and restaurant that offers that mixture of memories, old and modern flavour, with which to delight customers who cross its entrance.

Madrid 1883 (since 1883)
Born as an “economic café”, it offered fritters, churros, batons, hot chocolate and also coffee and milk of its manufacture. In addition, it distributed its products first thing in the morning in different street stalls in the area.

During the Civil War, the shortage of raw materials forced the cafe to close and exclusively maintain the activity of delivery of batons and churros. Today, the churrería still offers fritters and artisan fried doughs with the same recipe.

THE HISTORY OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE
Some people say it reminds them of a garden from a fairy tale, others say it is the perfect place to let art flow. Some people, however, prefer not to speculate, being surprised by its impressive structure of glass and iron.

The Crystal Palace is one of the most visited and photographed places in Madrid, but do you know the true history of this emblematic monument?

Built by the architect Ricardo Velázquez Bosco in 1887, the Crystal Palace was the official headquarters of the General Exhibition of the Philippines in Madrid. During that time, the palace hosted a greenhouse with species of exotic plants from the Philippines, at that time, a Spanish colony.

It soon became a symbol of the Spanish bonanza, exhibiting the technological progress that characterized the 19th century in Spain.

Throughout history, the Crystal Palace has received many heads of state and government. It was also the place where, in 1936, Manuel Azaña was voted as president of the Second Republic in Spain.

Currently, the palace is one of the two exhibition venues of the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid and often hosts artworks of all kinds.

Maybe is because of the way in which the light floods inside this place; maybe is because of the way it makes us feel free and protected at the same time… or maybe is because sometimes we all need a dose of fantasy. Nobody really knows what makes this place a true sanctuary, but it certainly is.

Museum of Romanticism
A few steps from URSO Hotel & Spa, we recommend you to visit the Museum of Romanticism. This former house transformed into a museum hosts a collection that stands out for its richness and heterogeneity, with more than 16.000 pieces, among painting, drawing, sculpture, furniture, photography or decorative arts, typical of this artistic period.

Furthermore, the exhibition has a historical archive with more than 4.000 documentary collections, allowing visitors to know aspects of the society during the Romantic period that in Spain took place between 1833 and 1868.

Enjoy this exclusive collection with donations that belonged to the Museum’s founder –Benigno de la Vega Inclán-, the Prado Museum and the Marqués of Cerralbo, among other important donations that nowadays complete the vision of the Romanticism.

The icing on the cake of this visit is in the literature and theatre room with the activity A work, an opera, in collaboration with the Royal Theater. Here you will find an illustrated edition of 1857 of The Lady of the Camellias, a novel by Alexander Dumas, whose story inspired Verdi’s opera La Traviata.

Bienvenidos a Palacio!
Once again, 30 palaces in Madrid open their doors again to celebrate the sixth edition of “Welcome to the Palace”. Get inside 30 palaces featuring different styles and allow yourself to be carried away by their essence and history. This free initiative offers guided visits, concerts, staged itineraries and conferences.

Some of the palaces that you can visit in this edition are: Marquis of Amboage Palace (Ambassador of Italy residence), Duke Fernán Núñez Palace (Spanish Railway Foundation), Buenavista Palace (Armed Forces Headquarters), Joaquín Sorolla Mansion (Joaquín Sorolla Museum), Duchess of Parcent Palace (Ministry of Justice), Marquis of Villafranca Palace (Real Academy of Engineering), amongst others.

Route through the gardens of Madrid
This summer, enjoy the most natural Madrid with a route through some of the city’s most emblematic parks and gardens:

Retiro Park
Retiro Park is a peaceful garden in the centre of Madrid. Among its 118 hectares of green areas, you will find thousands of species of trees and botany from around the world, different species of birds, rabbits and even a small colony of peacocks.

Stroll around the Rose Garden, the numerous fountains and sculptures (including the mythical Fallen Angel) or the Crystal Palace (created in 1887 as part of the Philippine Islands exhibition, labouring as a conservatory for a large number of exotic plants and hosting, nowadays temporary art exhibitions).

In front of the palace, there is a small lake home of a variety of ducks and swans, that allows you to enjoy boat trips with your partner.

Royal Botanical Garden
Just 20 minutes walk from URSO Hotel & Spa, nothing better than enjoying a morning in these well-kept gardens in the centre of Madrid.

The Botanical Garden has the largest variety of botany in the capital, as well as a herbarium with more than a million sheets, the library and the archive with nearly 10.000 drawings and a sample of 5.500 species of living plants.

Among its main collections of plants from around the world, it stands out the Iberian flora, the carnivorous plants and the spaces dedicated to horticulture and bonsais.

Europe Park
A tour of the most emblematic monuments in Europe, with sculptures of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Trevi Fountain in Rome or the Tower Bridge in London.

This park also hosts different entertainment areas and shows between meadows and picnic areas, perfect for enjoying a picnic on the grass while small music groups set the scene for Madrid afternoons.

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Rooms: 78

Price: from 250 EUR per night