Petit Palace Posada del Peine

The Posada del Peine is a lovely botique hotel, with an unbeatable location in the capital: a few meters away from Plaza Mayor in Madrid. It is of the Petit Palace chain and has four stars. It is supposed to be the oldest hotel in Spain, since the building was an old inn in the year 1610, renovated in 2005 to house the current 71 rooms hotel.

I definitely liked it and and I thought it was tastefully decorated. The house preserves the original structure and in the decoration they combined country elements like brick walls, wooden beams and forged handrails, with contemporary elements (crystal, design and white leather armchairs, modern lamps, light and straight lines in the furniture, etc.).

It is considered one of the oldest hotels in the city, next to Plaza Mayor. We believe it was inaugurated between 1610 and 1616 by Juan Posada. He bought a place in Vicario Viejo street (current Pontejos) to offer a bed and food to travelers who came to the city.

The project got successful with time and almost two centuries later the place was made bigger in 1796. In 1970 the place closed until 2005, when it was completely renovated inside and the outside was restored to give way to the current four stars hotel.

As an anecdote: the name comes from the fact that all rooms had a

Full of legend and history, the Posada del Peine is no less than the oldest inn in Madrid. Born at the beginning of the 17th century, next to the main diligence stop in the capital, it was saved from obscurity by the high tech chain. Today, thanks to a deep recovery work, the inn, adapted to modern times, shines with a minimalist appearance.