"It would be difficult to overstate just how famous the Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is in Madrid, where he spent nine seasons at the peak of his career. Here, on the Spanish capital’s Gran Vía, is the first Pestana CR7 hotel outside of Portugal, and it’s a perfect synthesis of the brand and the place: like its cousins in Lisbon and Funchal it’s a modern design hotel whose graphics and artwork are full of tributes to the sporting life, and as you’d expect from a luxury hotel in Madrid it’s set in a century-old building whose architecture is an ever-present reminder of this city’s regal character." - Tablet Hotels