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Hospes Palacio de los Patos

Granada, Spain [view map]

Style: Whims ancient and modern
Setting: Shopping streets of downtown Granada

The Hospes group’s 21st-century take on the 19th-century Palacio de los Patos has created a boutique hotel in Granada that – like the city itself – offers visitors the comforts of the present without forgetting the grandeur of the past.

Need to know

Rooms: 42.
Rates: Low season €180–€660; high season €240–€945, excluding breakfast (€18) and seven per cent tax.
Check-out: Midday. Later check-out can be arranged, subject to availability.
Facilities: Spa with Turkish bath and sauna, DVD library, free WIFi throughout, valet parking. In rooms: flatscreen TV, CD/DVD player, minibar, Korres toiletries.
Poolside: The spa has a small pool lined with grey marble tiles and a handful of cushioned white loungers – you can pull across the curtains if you want some poolside privacy.
Children: Under-sixes can stay free – cots are available. Extra beds for older children cost €50 a night (plus tax). Babysitting can be arranged for around €25 with two days’ notice.
Also: Some smoking rooms are available.

In the know

Our favourite rooms: The rooms in the older part of the hotel have more soul to them, and include eye-pleasing original features such as plasterwork ceilings, Doric columns, and ornate friezes. In particular, we loved Junior Suite 40 for its silver-grey domed ceiling and marble-clad bath tub. Number 20 has lovely garden views through its three arched windows, and 43’s black crocodile-print headboard is especially memorable.
Packing tips: A big floppy sunhat to stave of that relentless Andalucían sun while you’re walking around the town (Flamenco skirts and flowers in the hair optional).
Also: Those with an ear for Spanish and a heart for literature will love the Palacio’s regular cycle of poetry nights, when the hotel is visited by contemporary wordsmiths from Spain and Latin America to perform their work.

Food & drink

Granada hotels: Hotel Palacia de los Patos, food and drink

Hotel restaurant: Senzone restaurant serves delicate international dishes with a nod to Granada’s Andalucían culinary tradition. It’s the kind of cuisine that you’d expect to be made with the aid of a geometry set and displayed in a cabinet.
Dress code: Euro-chic – smart shirts and trousers for the men and splashes of Gucci for the girls.
Top table: Sit outside at one of the few tables in the narrow strip of patio between the glassy restaurant walls and the decorative, fountain-fitted pool.
Last orders: Lunch is on offer between 1pm and 3pm; dinner from 8.30pm until 11pm.
Room service: Light bites and drinks are available 24 hours a day.
Hotel bar: A wide array of cocktails is available from Senzone during opening hours.

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