Hotels in Madrid

Tky so much for the info. Will let you know what transpires.

You cannot be any more central than the Hotel Europa. Only hotel we have used in three trips to Madrid.

Hi Jette,

We stayed at Hotel Lope de Vega last spring and loved it. It's a smallish, business hotel, probably equivalent to 3 stars. It's on a very safe little street about a minute from the Prado and a couple of minutes from the train station. They have good deals if you book in advance for a weekend stay. Rick recommends it, but the prices he lists in the book are much higher than the deals we were able to find.

For weather, someone on this board recommended:

www.wunderground.com/tripplanner/index.asp, and we found it very useful.

You input the location and the dates you're interested in, and it spits back the average temperatures for those exact days since 2001.

Enjoy Madrid!

We loved Hotel Europa . Great location, friendly staff, clean rooms and good breakfast.

http://www.hoteleuropa.es/index.html

We stayed at the Best Western Atlantico right on the Gran Via; great location to everything. We were able to walk almost everywhere. Ask for a room off of the Gran Via... breakfast is great .

Marianne-
I am also looking for hotels in Madrid and went to Tripadvisor to look at Hotel Atlantico. Did you book through the hotel because the their website is only in Spanish(and I can't find a way to change the language) or did you book through someone else?

Gail...I went through the Best Western web site; again, if you book this hotel make sure you do not have a room on the Gran Via......noisy!

Two nice 2-stars I've used are in the same building on Plaza Santa Ana, just off Plaza Mayor and a long block from Sol, but off the main route between the two, so they're quiet. hostalcruzsol.com and hostalsantacruz.com
Mid-October in Madrid is usually pretty nice with temps in the high teens or low 20's. There's more of a chance of rain in the fall than the summer or spring....but better in October than November or December.

I tried to book Aculpco for my May visit but they were booked. I have reserved Hostal Adriano, any comments or experiences i should know about??? Thanks.

Tky so much all for your input. We have now booked the Hotel Europa in Madrid as it was the favourite of a few. Will let you all know what we think when we return in November.

Once again, tky and happy travels.

Sounds like you're all set. We really enjoyed the cafe at Hotel Europa...I'm sure you will, too. For others who may still be looking, I’ll highly recommend the reasonably-priced and quite nice Hostal Acapulco (not a hostel)…we were just there in November. It’s right on Plaza del Carmen between Gran Via and Puerta del Sol, right in the city center and just a couple of blocks over and up from Hotel Europa. They’re number 2 on tripadvisor and have a 4.5 star rating. To give you an idea regarding rates, our quad with private facilities and balcony overlooking the plaza was €85 per night. A double would be cheaper yet.

Gail - I booked the Hotel Atlantico off of Expedia for a trip at the end of this month. Great rates even on an upgraded room.