Hotels near Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

When it comes to A-list football venues, it doesn’t get much bigger than the Bernabéu. But then, Real Madrid has always dealt in the flashy and spectacular. To be fair, it’s quite some stadium – a metallic shell coats the vast bowl like a titanium-clad spaceship, with rocket-booster staircase turrets on each corner and capacity for 80,000 hanky-waving fans inside. Olé!