EL PALACE HOTEL The Barcelones still call it "The Ritz". Well, it's hard to break a habit of more than 90 years - after all, this recently revamped and renamed hotel has been a luxury landmark in the Catalan capital ever since Cesar Ritz opened it in 1919. But the grande dame of Gran Via needed a little TLC and succumbed to a £27m (NZ$54m) facelift - and a two-year closure. A phased reopening began in 2009 and in January this year, the final stage of the extensive refurbishment was...
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