Would you like to enjoy a stay in unique accommodation? Come and discover Spain's inns. They are special buildings, either on account of their architecture, given that many have centuries of history, or on account of their location in stunning natural surroundings. They offer all kinds of creature comforts and excellent service.

In recent years, inns have become an excellent choice for accommodation. Apart from the peace and quiet to be enjoyed in these places, at the same time you can discover many aspects of Spanish art, countryside and folklore. Not forgetting gastronomy of course, which has a privileged role in these generally small, cosy establishments.

The foundation of Madrid is debated between legend and history. According to D. Ramón de Mesonero Romanos (the city’s first official chronicler): “Madrid has admirers who have sung its praises and tried to date its origins as far back as mythological heroes.” From the XVI and XVII centuries, as a result of the transfer of the Capital, Madrid’s chroniclers wanted to give it an ancient lineage going back ten or more centuries before Rome was founded, a few years after the world flood, meaning it would have been in existence for over 4,000 years.
These same chroniclers, plagiarizing Virgil’s origins in the Italian city of Mantua, declared that Madrid was founded by the Greek prince Ocno-Bianor, son of Tiber, King of Tuscany and the divine Manto, and was named Mantua in his honour. (In fact “carpetana” Mantua according to its position in Ptolemy’s charts would be Talamanca, not Villamanta as several people claimed).
Others believe Madrid has Greek origins, basing their theory on the figure of the sculpted dragon in Puerta Cerrada.
If a city has no history until it is documented, we can only make references based on writings or else archaeological remains. In this way we can trace its beginnings back to the banks of the River Manzanares in prehistory (in the tertiary period, about 20 million years ago). However, the remains found from this period are only fossils of large animals, the most important of which were discovered in what is now Paseo Imperial and Paseo de las Acacias. The first human remains correspond to the early and mid Paleolithic periods (approximately 500,000 years ago) and were dug up on the terraces of the Manzanares (Cerro de San Isidro). Although if we keep to the materials that appeared in excavated pits at Cerro de San Andrés, near the river running down what is now calle de Segovia, the towns as such in the area of present-day Madrid during the late Middle Ages should not have been there until the Bronze Age (two thousand years BC).
This early town is quite logical as they had woods, animals to hunt, water, and flint to make their weapons.
In 1993 the archaeological and paleontological heritage of this area, covering both banks of the river (Terrazas del Manzanares), became protected as an area of Cultural Interest.