A hotel lives or dies on one question: how did you sleep? We have asked it every morning for five years, and the answers have reshaped every room in the house.
Dark, cool, quiet
Every room has blackout drapes behind the shutters, secondary glazing on the street side and climate control that whispers rather than hums. We keep rooms at nineteen degrees unless you tell us otherwise.
The small things
Two pillow weights in every room, a third on request
Wool blankets from Mira de Aire in the drawer
A real alarm clock, so your phone can stay in another room
And if you still can’t sleep, the night porter makes a very good camomile.
Written at No. 56, Príncipe Real
