Madrid, SpainProsperidad
Hotel Puerta America Madrid
Avant-garde architecture hotel
Avant-garde architecture hotel
The hotel runs as a living gallery of experimental architecture, letting guests sleep inside radical, full-scale design installations.
“You’re trading a central tourist location for whimsical design with each floor showcasing a different look.”
What it’s good at
Exceptional
Nineteen design studios conceived individual floors, including seamless rooms by Zaha Hadid.
What they say
Michelin Selected
Michelin
Also in Condé Nast Traveler and AFAR.
It’s practically a museum of modern architecture and design, from John Pawson’s lobby and Christian Liaigre’s restaurant up through floors by Zaha Hadid, Norman Foster, Marc Newson and Ron Arad.
Right in the middle
Well-located: walkable to some things, a short ride to more.
Avenida de América runs right outside the door in Chamartín, and Salamanca's boutiques are a short metro ride away.
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The rooms
First-floor rooms curve like sculpted white caverns with floating beds, while higher floors switch to geometric steel or terracotta.
The pool
Bring a swimsuit.
The seasonal freshwater pool sits in the garden courtyard, set among leafy trees and a rock waterfall.
Gym and massage
Technogym cardio machines and weights fill the fifth-floor fitness room, and massages are available on demand.
At the table
The Observatory looks across Madrid beside an indoor vertical garden, and Marmo Bar centers on an eight-meter carved marble counter.
A colorful, towering ode to the best of modern design, the hotel is unlike anywhere else, with each distinctive floor imagined by a different creative.
How it began
Lines from Paul Éluard’s poem Freedom cover the bright facade, wrapping the 2005 tower in multilingual verse.
Madrid
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Our shorthand
How we rate hotels.
The medals
Gold
Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.
Silver
Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Bronze
They did this well. You’ll notice.
Listed
A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.
The eight vibes
Design
Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
Luxe
Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.
Local
It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.
Social
Where the city goes out. The bar is full and the night is young.
Heritage
A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
Wellness
You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
Classic
The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.
Resort
A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.
The scene
Lively
Where things happen: restaurants, shops, people.
Central
Well-located: walkable to some things, a short ride to more.
Quiet
Away from the crowds. Getting around takes intention.
Secluded
A place apart: the property is the destination.