The Independent - London, March 8th, 2008
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With just a touch of the Addams Family about its Mudejar faade, the Alfonso XIII dominates Seville's historic centre. It was built to house super-rich visitors to the Great Ibero-American Exhibition of 1929. Unfortunately, that was upstaged by the even greater Wall Street Crash of the same year, and the empty hotel positively echoed. The Alfonso has come a long way since, winning awards and hosting such luminaries as Angelina Jolie.
You almost feel you're breaching several arcane codes of etiquette just by entering the imposing lobby. The staff are polite but formal, and...
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