1217
Meat stalls are first documented on the Pla de la Boqueria, on the Rambla outside the Barcelona walls Mercat de la Boqueria
1858
Marqués de Riscal is founded in Rioja Alavesa Bodegas Marqués de Riscal
1888
Café Gijón opens on the Paseo de Recoletos, Madrid, on 15 May Café Gijón
1894
Santo Mauro is built in Madrid for the Duke of Santo Mauro; it becomes a hotel in 1991
1910
The Ritz Madrid opens, promoted by Alfonso XIII after he found no hotel fit for his guests
1912
The Palace opens in Madrid at the wish of Alfonso XIII, with the largest stained-glass dome in Spain
1912
The María Cristina opens at San Sebastián, named for the queen regent
1913
Antoni de Falguera's Modernist arches are installed at the Rambla entrance; the metal roof follows in 1914 and ends the era of open stalls Mercat de la Boqueria
1916
The Mercado de San Miguel opens in Madrid, its iron-and-glass hall modelled on Les Halles Mercado de San Miguel
1919
The Palace opens in Barcelona as the Ritz, on the Gran Via
1919
The Palace opens in Barcelona as the Ritz, on the Gran Via
1928
The Alfonso XIII opens in Seville for the Ibero-American Exposition
1928
Spain opens its first parador, at Gredos, on the king's initiative Paradores de España
1929
Adan Diehl opens the Hotel Formentor on Mallorca
1932
The Ensesa family opens the Hostal de la Gavina at S'Agaró
1954
Alfonso von Hohenlohe opens the Marbella Club and invents the Costa del Sol season
1961
Castillo Son Vida opens in a thirteenth-century Mallorcan castle
1967
Ricardo Urgell opens the first Pacha in Sitges Pacha Ibiza
1971
Hacienda Na Xamena opens on the north cliffs of Ibiza
1973
Ricardo Urgell founds Pacha Pacha Ibiza
1973
Pacha Ibiza opens at Ses Feixes, built to look like a finca Pacha Ibiza
1976
Antonio Escohotado leases a farmhouse at San Rafael and opens what becomes Amnesia Amnesia Ibiza
1979
Natura Bissé is founded in Barcelona Natura Bissé
1980
Café del Mar opens in San Antonio on 20 June, built to face the sunset Café del Mar
1980
Café del Mar opens at Sant Antoni on 20 June, facing the sunset Café del Mar
1984
Richard Branson buys La Residencia at Deià on Mallorca
1985
Renfe begins the Al Andalus and Transcantábrico services in Spain Renfe — Al Andalus & Transcantábrico
1988
The second summer of love: Oakenfold, Rampling and Fung take Alfredo's Amnesia sound to London Amnesia Ibiza
1989
Pepe Roselló leases the Platja d'en Bossa building from the Matutes family and opens Space Space Ibiza
1990
Theo Gerlach's Seaside Collection opens its first Canary Islands house Seaside Collection
1991
José Padilla takes the residency at Café del Mar and begins curating the sunset as a sequence Café del Mar
1991
José Padilla begins his sunset sets at Café del Mar; the bar starts selling recordings of its own atmosphere Café del Mar
1993
Bahía del Duque opens in Tenerife as a Canarian village
1994
Padilla compiles Café del Mar Volumen Uno — chillout becomes a commercial genre Café del Mar
1995
David Shamoon buys Puente Romano and Marbella Club
1996
Ocean Club opens at Marbella on the Golden Mile Ocean Club Marbella
1996
Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine opens in a twelfth-century abbey in Ribera del Duero
1998
Meliá launches Gran Meliá as its luxury line Gran Meliá
2000
AIRE Ancient Baths opens in Spain Aire Ancient Baths
2000
Barceló launches Royal Hideaway Royal Hideaway
2000
Hospes opens its first Spanish house Hospes Hotels
2003
Paradisus launches as Meliá's all-inclusive resort line Paradisus by Meliá
2003
The Mardavall opens on Mallorca's south-west coast
2005
Abama opens on Tenerife to a design by Melvin Villarroel
2006
Blue Marlin opens at Cala Jondal — the VIP table on the sand Blue Marlin Ibiza
2006
Marqués de Riscal opens a hotel under Frank Gehry's titanium ribbons — the bodega becomes a house Bodegas Marqués de Riscal
2006
ME by Meliá opens its first house ME by Meliá
2006
Marqués de Riscal opens in Elciego under Frank Gehry's titanium ribbons
2008
El Chiringuito opens at Es Cavallet El Chiringuito
2008
Alfredo Bataller Parietti opens SHA Wellness Clinic at Alicante SHA Wellness Clinic
2008
Alfredo Bataller Parietti opens SHA Wellness Clinic at Alicante The SHA Method
2009
Private investors reopen San Miguel as a gourmet tapas market — the model of the market as a dining room, since copied worldwide Mercado de San Miguel
2009
Finca Cortesin opens at Casares in Andalusia
2009
Cap Rocat opens in a nineteenth-century Mallorcan fortress
2011
Abel Matutes Prats and Yann Pissenem open Ushuaïa Ibiza
2013
Iberostar launches Grand and Selection as its upper tiers JOIA by Iberostar
2013
Castell Son Claret opens in a Mallorcan estate
2016
Amazónico opens in Madrid Amazónico
2016
Space closes on 2 October after 27 seasons, its lease not renewed Space Ibiza
2016
Sandro Silva and Marta Seco open Amazónico in Madrid Amazónico
2017
Trilantic buys Pacha Group for €350m Pacha Ibiza
2017
Hï Ibiza opens in the same building under Ushuaïa Entertainment Hï Ibiza
2019
The Tais opens in Georgia The Tais Hotels
2020
José Padilla dies on 18 October Café del Mar
2021
Rosewood takes the Villa Magna in Madrid
2023
Trilantic sells the Pacha nightclubs and hotels to FIVE for ~€320m, keeping Lío Lío
2023
Meliá gathers its most distinctive houses into The Meliá Collection The Meliá Collection
2023
FIVE Holdings buys the Pacha clubs and hotels for a reported €302.5m Pacha Ibiza
2024
A Valencia court annuls Roselló's Space trademark in favour of the Matutes family Space Ibiza