“The only positive aspect is the location, avoid ISRAEL at the reception like the plague!!”
My husband and I have just returned from Madrid where we stayed for the duration of a conference. I picked this hotel due to its location and in fact the location was a positive aspect. Salamanca/Retiro is a nice neighbourhood to be staying at.
The hotel IS NOT GEARED TOWARDS BIZ TRAVELLERS. THERE IS NO IRON in the entire hotel because someone sometime decided that Irons are fire hazards only for this hotel!!!
There is an outside laundry service that you have to pay for and you need at least half a day lead time. SO if you get to the hotel on a sunday or a national holiday and you need an iron to press your shirt for tomorrow morning's meeting you are on your own. On top of that if you speak to one of the receptionists (or as he called himself the reception manager) ISRAEL you will be insulted for not knowing, you will pointed at, yelled at and all that jazz. We, like most of you people, are global business travellers and we have never been insulted by anyone at any hotel to this level. I was about to physically hit the guy when he brought his face in front of my husband's and stared him in the eyes!!! if it wasn't for our colleagues staying at the same hotel I would have not spared a moment to leave this place.
As many travellers advise for madrid, it is best to use the safe to store your passport and money rather than logging them along to the streets. There is a safe in your room however you have to pay 8 euros plus tax per day to get the key to it and you have to pay 20 some euros cash deposit to get the key.
There are so many hidden charges for the shear use of facilities and our experience with the front desk (namely this Israel) makes me say I will definitely not go back and do not advise this hotel.
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