In a converted palace and hospital, this hotel has all the trappings of a luxurious place to rest one’s head, complete with a cavernous, brick-walled dining area and chic contemporary rooms named after literary figures like Washington Irving and Federico García Lorca.

Or else one may wander and wander far, and find not a place to rest one's head; the disquieting alarms of life are unceasing, the soul is confounded….'