{"id":97167554,"date":"2010-08-05T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-05T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/michelle-obama-travels-to-spain-books-5-star-marbella-hotel\/"},"modified":"2014-08-05T09:25:10","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T09:25:10","slug":"michelle-obama-travels-to-spain-books-5-star-marbella-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/michelle-obama-travels-to-spain-books-5-star-marbella-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama Travels to Spain &#038; Books 5-Star Marbella Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michelle Obama and her 9-year-old daughter Sasha enjoyed a visit to a historic cathedral in the southern city of Granada, Spain Thursday as the first lady kicked off a little summer break.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While vacationing in Spain with &#8220;30 to 40 close friends&#8221;, Mrs. Obama will be staying at the 5-star Hotel Villa Padierna, a five-star Ritz-Carlton resort located in Marbella. So what exactly does this hotel offer visitors?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the amenities and features below:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Indoor and outdoor swimming pools.<\/li>\n<li>An on-site hair salon.<\/li>\n<li>A 21,000-square-foot spa with eight themed baths &amp; two<br \/>\nsaunas.<\/li>\n<li>Three golf courses.<\/li>\n<li>Two tennis courts.<\/li>\n<li>Rooms include a terrace with outstanding views of the Mediterranean Sea.<\/li>\n<li>Marble bathrooms.<\/li>\n<li>Poolside beds.<\/li>\n<li>State of the art gym.<\/li>\n<li>Four restaurants and a traditional English pub with a fine selection of cigars and aged whiskey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In other words, they are not going to be roughing it overseas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Crowds of people have been swarming the first lady and her entourage as they ventured around Granada Thursday with many yelling &#8220;guapa&#8221; or beautiful as Obama walked down the street.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Local tourism is buzzing with excitement as Obama&#8217;s visit means big bucks for the region. Talking to the Associated Press, Marbella&#8217;s tourism chief Jose Luis Hernandadez said: &#8220;The fact that the Obama family is coming to Marbella is a clear<br \/>\nindication that Marbella is considered a leading tourist destination,<br \/>\nand it is testament to all the positive changes that have been made in<br \/>\nthe city since our council was elected four years ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more a local Spanish public relations company believes the Obama visit will be reported on by over 8,000 media outlets around the world and will generate publicity worth roughly $1 billion USD (800 million euros).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Associated Press <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michelle Obama and her 9-year-old daughter Sasha enjoyed a visit to a historic cathedral in the southern city of Granada, Spain Thursday as the first lady kicked off a little summer break. &nbsp; While vacationing in Spain with &#8220;30 to 40 close friends&#8221;, Mrs. Obama will be staying at the 5-star Hotel Villa Padierna, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97167554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97167554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97167554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97167554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97168701,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97167554\/revisions\/97168701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97167554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97167554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97167554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}