In preparation for Madrid Hotel Week, VP Hotels has teamed up with Ediciones Siruela and the cultural experience company Cooltural Plans to show you that you can travel to any destination through literature. Since the time of Homer, the exploits of the great travellers of history have nourished our imagination, awakening our longing to discover new and unknown destinations. Cooltural Plans offers a conference with two experts in discovering cities and destinations from a unique and professional point of view: Juan Claudio de Ramón ("Roma desordenada") and Óscar Martínez ("Umbrales. Un viaje por la cultura occidental a través de sus puertas"), both authors of the prestigious Siruela publishing house. The dialogue will begin by discussing the narrative of the journey, but also their own experiences accumulated during them. The authors will further discuss the importance of not losing the globetrotter's vision, rather than that of the conventional tourist.
Juan Claudio de Ramón, a diplomat and writer, currently lives in Madrid, after having worked at the Spanish Embassy in Canada and Italy. He holds degrees in Law and Philosophy. He writes for El Mundo and has collaborated with El País, The Objective, Letras Libres, Jot Down, Claves de Razón Práctica, Revista de Libros, Nueva Revista and El Ciervo. In 2018 he published "Canadiana: Viaje al país de las segundas oportunidades". And he has just published "Roma desordenada".
Óscar Martínez has a PhD in Fine Arts and a degree in Art History. He has been an Art History teacher for more than ten years, after a period as a painter, draughtsman and engraver, with different individual and collective exhibitions. His first book, "Umbrales. Un viaje por la cultura occidental a través de sus puertas", has already gone through four editions.
Location: "La Cúpula" Room located in the VP Jardín Metropolitano Hotel
Date: 16th of November
Time: 19:30h
Price: €28
Capacity: Until maximum capacity is reached (Booking Required)
Address: Avenida Reina Victoria, 12
Neighbourhood: Chamberí
Reservations: info@coolturalplans.com – 911831810