Hotel Florida (Madrid)
| Hotel Florida | |
|---|---|
Hotel Florida (on the right) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Location | Plaza del Callao 2, Madrid, Spain |
| Coordinates | 40°25′11″N 3°42′19″W / 40.41972°N 3.70528°W |
| Opened | 1924 |
| Demolished | 1964 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Antonio Palacios |
The Hotel Florida was situated in Callao Square #2 in central Madrid, Spain. It was built in 1924 and was used as a base by many of the foreign correspondents stationed in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. While based in Spain as a correspondent for the North American News Association (NANA), Ernest Hemingway stayed at the hotel, where he wrote a play. The hotel was demolished in 1964 and a new building for the Galerías Preciados department store was built on the site.