Hotel Urban

Hotel Urban Review

This is the hotel that best conveys Madrid's new cosmopolitan spirit, with its stylish mix of authentic ancient artifacts and daring sophistication: New Guinean carvings in the lobby, a small Egyptian museum, and antique Chinese or Burmese statues in every room—all belonging to the owner, a renowned art collector—contrast with the tall alabaster column in the lobby's atrium, the tiled and gold-inlay wall on the main staircase, and the sleek cocktail bar. Rooms, done in dark hues, are less flamboyant, and some are small. There's a great restaurant and an ultrachic bar on the roof, where the glamorous gather on summer nights to enjoy the views and sip champagne cocktails.