Crowne Plaza Madrid Centre Retiro

Crowne Plaza Madrid Centre Retiro sits on Calle Pez Volador in the Retiro district, with the Sainz de Baranda metro entrance metres from the door and Retiro Park a nine-minute walk away. The property runs across two connected and recently renovated buildings, shared with IHG's voco brand, giving a combined 354 guest rooms. Event space is the reason planners use it. There are 17 meeting rooms, most with natural daylight and several divisible, which suits multi-track conferences, training programmes and roadshows that need a plenary plus a spread of syndicate rooms. La Española is the largest at 271 sqm, taking 250 theatre, 200 for dinner or 250 for a standing reception, and it doubles as a restaurant space. Domínica (177 sqm) and Múcaro (130 sqm) handle mid-size sessions, while Quetzal, Flamenco, Lucayanes, Antigua, Cuba, Bahamas, Caribe, Tucán and Guacamayo cover breakouts from 20 to 120 people. Five small rooms (Guabairo, Colibrí, Esmeralda, Pelícano and Garza) seat six around a table - useful for one-to-one meeting formats. Beyond the meeting floors, The Gallery Expo takes 250 for exhibitions and receptions, the voco restaurant seats 160 for private events, and Villamonda's 200 sqm terrace and the garden handle outdoor drinks and dinners in the warmer months. There is a fitness room on site, and Atocha station is around 2.5 km away with Barajas airport 13 km out.